Hyperdimension Neptunia GS Review

Looks like a lot of kids over at the NISA forums are butt hurt over the review.

They aren't the only ones, a site that starts with Sankaku has a lot of guys wining over the review.

Looks like a lot of kids over at the NISA forums are butt hurt over the review.

They aren't the only ones, a site that starts with Sankaku has a lot of guys wining over the review.

Yangire

[QUOTE="Yangire"]

Looks like a lot of kids over at the NISA forums are butt hurt over the review.

They aren't the only ones, a site that starts with Sankaku has a lot of guys wining over the review.

Guppy507

"Etrian Oddyssey sexualizes the girls FAR more than Neptune"

"Yeah no. Don't EVEN put Neptunia on the same level as Galgun. Neptunia's actually a very innocent game. It really doesn't have sex appeal to speak of."

Not liking NISA's fanbase.

"Etrian Oddyssey sexualizes the girls FAR more than Neptune"

"Yeah no. Don't EVEN put Neptunia on the same level as Galgun. Neptunia's actually a very innocent game. It really doesn't have sex appeal to speak of."

Yangire

[QUOTE="Guppy507"][QUOTE="Yangire"]

Looks like a lot of kids over at the NISA forums are butt hurt over the review.

They aren't the only ones, a site that starts with Sankaku has a lot of guys wining over the review.

Yangire

"Etrian Oddyssey sexualizes the girls FAR more than Neptune"

"Yeah no. Don't EVEN put Neptunia on the same level as Galgun. Neptunia's actually a very innocent game. It really doesn't have sex appeal to speak of."

Not liking NISA's fanbase.

Wow they are really butt hurt lol.

Not liking NISA's fanbase.Yangire

i think he was sarcastic, well i hope he wasda_illest101

Nope.

You rather a man be attracted to real life little girls than lolis? :P

said by an anon its good explanation on that site

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Gamespot is owned by CNET, which is a subsidy of CBS Corporation. IGN is a subsidy of News Corp, which owns Fox News. Is anyone surprised?

Most of these gaming "review" sites are geared towards promoting titles from established video game companies(which include Activision, Capcom, Sony Entertainment Software, Bioware, etc) and there is generally no room for smaller businesses(which include Atlus, NISA, Bandai, etc).

Bias towards JRPG? Nothing surprising. We've seen it with the first North American launch of Monster Hunter Portable and how little it sold in the West compared to Japan. We've seen it with Atelier Rorona(a Gust/NISA title like Neptunia) and how it was trashed up by IGN. And now the same is happening with Hyperdimension Neptunia.

My guess on why Hyperdimension Neptunia is currently trashed by these so called "critics":

1.Western fears towards Sexuality--
While some folks in the West have become more open to topics on sexuality, sex is still rings an uncomfortable tone among the mainstream mindset. So naturally, anything having the slightest inch of sexuality is bound to be criticized. No need to look any further, just look at this review and you can easily tell it was judged by its cover.

2.Feminism being misinterpreted--
There was a time when Feminism was a real movement for equality. And time was the early 1920's when Suffragist Genevieve Clark and Margaret Fuller lead the way to women eventually earning the right to vote. Most of today's vocal "feminists" are either ultra-feminazis bent on degrading males or social conservatives.

Females have historically been underrepresented in Western art and sexuality. Take Greece and Rome for example. Quite oftenly ancient sculptures and artwork are modeled after famous Greek/Roman males, often depicted nude while females were generally always clothed.

The only feminists who can see the realities of this world are Sex-positive females, because they know how underrepresented/unappreciattive they truly are.

3. Western/Eastern Cultural clash--

Do I need to say anymore? Just look at 1/4 quarter of the **** inflammatory remarks laid around here and its self-explanatory. The West has pretty much been resistant towards anything from the East. Spirited Away was the only Anime to receive the Emmy nomination, almost communicating a message to the Japanese as if their entertainment/culture is inferior to ours. Quite a sad display in cultural exchanges indeed.

In reality....Reviewers control customer via lies and sell it bad thus Japan gaming industry falling down,more fanboys telling it sucks,and shooter-fan craze

wow surprised the thread is still up there with people still talking about the review, i mean you make an announcment thread and nobody comes in, you make a thread regarding reviews and everybody are here :P.. see this is why i include numbers/exclusive/review when making a thread, SW love teh numbers i tell you!

^ You shouldn't be linking to that site. One of the banned sites on Gamespot's list.

I'm almost embarassed I bought the game now, but at least I recognize it's pretty awful.

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majestix1988

Yo dog watch out, that place is NSFW.

Are people not realizing that she has podcasts about JRPG at 1UP? She seems to be a huge fan of the genre.

remove it...hehehe...O_o i guess...they need to change its reviewer setting

Bias towards JRPG? Nothing surprising. We've seen it with the first North American launch of Monster Hunter Portable and how little it sold in the West compared to Japan. We've seen it with Atelier Rorona(a Gust/NISA title like Neptunia) and how it was trashed up by IGN. And now the same is happening with Hyperdimension Neptunia.

majestix1988

said by an anon its good explanation on that site

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gamespot is owned by CNET, which is a subsidy of CBS Corporation. IGN is a subsidy of News Corp, which owns Fox News. Is anyone surprised?

Most of these gaming "review" sites are geared towards promoting titles from established video game companies(which include Activision, Capcom, Sony Entertainment Software, Bioware, etc) and there is generally no room for smaller businesses(which include Atlus, NISA, Bandai, etc).

Bias towards JRPG? Nothing surprising. We've seen it with the first North American launch of Monster Hunter Portable and how little it sold in the West compared to Japan. We've seen it with Atelier Rorona(a Gust/NISA title like Neptunia) and how it was trashed up by IGN. And now the same is happening with Hyperdimension Neptunia.

My guess on why Hyperdimension Neptunia is currently trashed by these so called "critics":

1.Western fears towards Sexuality--
While some folks in the West have become more open to topics on sexuality, sex is still rings an uncomfortable tone among the mainstream mindset. So naturally, anything having the slightest inch of sexuality is bound to be criticized. No need to look any further, just look at this review and you can easily tell it was judged by its cover.

2.Feminism being misinterpreted--
There was a time when Feminism was a real movement for equality. And time was the early 1920's when Suffragist Genevieve Clark and Margaret Fuller lead the way to women eventually earning the right to vote. Most of today's vocal "feminists" are either ultra-feminazis bent on degrading males or social conservatives.

Females have historically been underrepresented in Western art and sexuality. Take Greece and Rome for example. Quite oftenly ancient sculptures and artwork are modeled after famous Greek/Roman males, often depicted nude while females were generally always clothed.

The only feminists who can see the realities of this world are Sex-positive females, because they know how underrepresented/unappreciattive they truly are.

3. Western/Eastern Cultural clash--

Do I need to say anymore? Just look at 1/4 quarter of the **** inflammatory remarks laid around here and its self-explanatory. The West has pretty much been resistant towards anything from the East. Spirited Away was the only Anime to receive the Emmy nomination, almost communicating a message to the Japanese as if their entertainment/culture is inferior to ours. Quite a sad display in cultural exchanges indeed.

In reality....Reviewers control customer via lies and sell it bad thus Japan gaming industry falling down,more fanboys telling it sucks,and shooter-fan craze

majestix1988

Finally, somebody points out all of those trolls who rip into this game just because it's Japanese

[QUOTE="majestix1988"]

Bias towards JRPG? Nothing surprising. We've seen it with the first North American launch of Monster Hunter Portable and how little it sold in the West compared to Japan. We've seen it with Atelier Rorona(a Gust/NISA title like Neptunia) and how it was trashed up by IGN. And now the same is happening with Hyperdimension Neptunia.

thom_maytees

Pokemons become popular because of kids and more easier to play

Dragon quest/Final Fantasy are longer series and accepted by on 80 to 90 even this generation...

she review it..on adult's eyes mostly the game is more-like teen like anime

[QUOTE="thom_maytees"]

[QUOTE="majestix1988"]

Bias towards JRPG? Nothing surprising. We've seen it with the first North American launch of Monster Hunter Portable and how little it sold in the West compared to Japan. We've seen it with Atelier Rorona(a Gust/NISA title like Neptunia) and how it was trashed up by IGN. And now the same is happening with Hyperdimension Neptunia.

majestix1988

Pokemons become popular because of kids and more easier to play

Dragon quest/Final Fantasy are longer series and accepted by on 80 to 90 even this generation...

she review it..on adult's eyes mostly the game is more-like teen like anime

What about Persona 3 & 4, The World Ends With You, Devil Survivor, Demon's Souls, Valkyria Chronicles, Half-Minute Hero and Radiant Historia? They all received great reviews from multiple sites, and the Persona games is very Japanese-centric, so I don't really think the culture clash applies here.

said by an anon its good explanation on that site

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Gamespot is owned by CNET, which is a subsidy of CBS Corporation. IGN is a subsidy of News Corp, which owns Fox News. Is anyone surprised?

Most of these gaming "review" sites are geared towards promoting titles from established video game companies(which include Activision, Capcom, Sony Entertainment Software, Bioware, etc) and there is generally no room for smaller businesses(which include Atlus, NISA, Bandai, etc).

Bias towards JRPG? Nothing surprising. We've seen it with the first North American launch of Monster Hunter Portable and how little it sold in the West compared to Japan. We've seen it with Atelier Rorona(a Gust/NISA title like Neptunia) and how it was trashed up by IGN. And now the same is happening with Hyperdimension Neptunia.

My guess on why Hyperdimension Neptunia is currently trashed by these so called "critics":

1.Western fears towards Sexuality--
While some folks in the West have become more open to topics on sexuality, sex is still rings an uncomfortable tone among the mainstream mindset. So naturally, anything having the slightest inch of sexuality is bound to be criticized. No need to look any further, just look at this review and you can easily tell it was judged by its cover.

2.Feminism being misinterpreted--
There was a time when Feminism was a real movement for equality. And time was the early 1920's when Suffragist Genevieve Clark and Margaret Fuller lead the way to women eventually earning the right to vote. Most of today's vocal "feminists" are either ultra-feminazis bent on degrading males or social conservatives.

Females have historically been underrepresented in Western art and sexuality. Take Greece and Rome for example. Quite oftenly ancient sculptures and artwork are modeled after famous Greek/Roman males, often depicted nude while females were generally always clothed.

The only feminists who can see the realities of this world are Sex-positive females, because they know how underrepresented/unappreciattive they truly are.

3. Western/Eastern Cultural clash--

Do I need to say anymore? Just look at 1/4 quarter of the **** inflammatory remarks laid around here and its self-explanatory. The West has pretty much been resistant towards anything from the East. Spirited Away was the only Anime to receive the Emmy nomination, almost communicating a message to the Japanese as if their entertainment/culture is inferior to ours. Quite a sad display in cultural exchanges indeed.

In reality....Reviewers control customer via lies and sell it bad thus Japan gaming industry falling down,more fanboys telling it sucks,and shooter-fan craze

majestix1988

WOW, talk about conspiracy theories!

83 user votes averaged at 8.0. I've never seen public opinion be so different from that of the critics.

83 user votes averaged at 8.0. I've never seen public opinion be so different from that of the critics.

TehOverkill

[QUOTE="TehOverkill"]

83 user votes averaged at 8.0. I've never seen public opinion be so different from that of the critics.

thom_maytees

Not really when you consider that the rest of the reviews are generally giving the game between 5-7s, to me the 3 and what Kat Bailey wrote in that review just stinks of been unprofessional.

Most of these gaming "review" sites are geared towards promoting titles from established video game companies(which include Activision, Capcom, Sony Entertainment Software, Bioware, etc) and there is generally no room for smaller businesses(which include Atlus, NISA, Bandai, etc).

Bias towards JRPG? Nothing surprising. We've seen it with the first North American launch of Monster Hunter Portable and how little it sold in the West compared to Japan. We've seen it with Atelier Rorona(a Gust/NISA title like Neptunia) and how it was trashed up by IGN. And now the same is happening with Hyperdimension Neptunia.

majestix1988

And what about Demon's Souls, published by Atlus and made by a Japanese studio, which won game of the year 2009 over Uncharted 2.

It's complete bias I tell you! :x And that's why FF XIII scored an 8.5 :P

[QUOTE="thom_maytees"][QUOTE="TehOverkill"]

83 user votes averaged at 8.0. I've never seen public opinion be so different from that of the critics.

Newhopes

Not really when you consider that the rest of the reviews are generally giving the game between 5-7s, to me the 3 and what Kat Bailey wrote in that review just stinks of been unprofessional.

More reviews are out, and they're pretty much in line with GS' score.

Destructoid - 3.0/10

RPGamer - 1.5/5

Eurogamer: - 2/10

GameCentral - 2/10

Metacritic average - 43.

I'm surprised how low RPGamer gave it; I was expecting a 2.5 from them.

*Incredibly contrived conspiracy theory nonsense*

majestix1988

Yeah, I guess that's why games such as Demon's Souls, Pokemon Black and White, Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Final Fantasy XIII are critically acclaimed. :roll:

Why can't people just accept that this game is legitimately bad?