Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon

COGConnectedJudi Azmand

82/100

Nights of Azure made its debut last year that had us noting its lack of customization and variability, but praising its concise, straightforward, and accessible structure that doesn’t make you feel as if you owe it 100+ hours. You can check out the full review for it here. A year later, we are greeted by Nights of Azure 2 maintaining many elements seen from the original, all while introducing a brand new cast of characters and updated features.

Video ChumsA.J. Maciejewski

7.9/10

Gust may be best known for their fantastic Atelier series but it's great that they're branching out to new franchises. Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon is a sequel to last year's gothic tale so let's see how haunting it is.

Capsule ComputersTravis Bruno

7.5/10

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon offers a decent new storyline with enough changes to keep the simple combat system feeling fresh but falls short on offering a challenge outside of a troublesome timing mechanic that limits player freedom.

DualShockersAzario Lopez

7.5/10

I enjoyed the new battle systems and all of the additional features that Gust added to Nights of Azure 2. However, it's clear that keeping the action fast and the frame rate stable were the developers biggest concerns and it shows in the forgettable environments. Thankfully, there's too many good features about Nights of Azure 2 for fans of Gust to not pick it up, while at the same time introducing new players to the developer. As for me, I'm going to hope that they continue to support this awesome action RPG series and its casual yuri story plots.

GamingBoltAlex Jackson

7/10

As a fan of the action RPG genre, Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon should be everything you’ve been craving after devouring the other great titles this year, but that’s probably the worst knock on the game as well, it does little to make itself stand out and call it a game you must play, or even should probably try eventually.

MonsterVineSpencer Legacy

The music in Nights of Azure 2 is the best part of the game, as each song brims with atmosphere. There’s a gothic feeling that permeates the majority of the soundtrack, making it feel pleasantly grim. I found the majority of the game’s songs to be catchy and worth listening to even outside of the game itself. The voice acting is strong as well, though there’s only so much the performers can do with the fairly flat characters.

GameSpewMatt Eakins

6/10

Playing through Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon is a strange balance of joy and determination — long periods of boredom tend to surround shorter pockets of enjoyment. It’s shy of a hack-n-slash yet falls short of being a dense JRPG, and caught in the middle of the two, it fails to carve out its own identity. While it delivers good memories to its fans, it fails to open a door for newcomers properly. Nights of Azure 2 is a beautiful night that somehow only requires a passing glance.

KeenGamerSean Rehbein

5.3/10

With the help of new friends and old, Aluche will do battle with the Moon Queen to save the world and her friends! Nights of Azure 2 is an anime action RPG with an all female cast, complete with relationship building, demon collecting, and frantic combat.

Gamer EscapeAnthony Moss

5/10

From the traditional combat to the dated visuals, Nights of Azure 2 is a mixed bag of boons, banes, and jiggle physics that feel ripped straight out of the ‘00s. There’s a dark allure to this gothic fairy tale that help it feel more nostalgic than antiquated for a time, but the waning moon mechanic and repetitive grind erode its charm if allowed to overstay their welcome. Altogether average in every other respect, I would recommend it as a light trek for an off day, but the price tag (cur...

RPGamerZack Webster

Gust has been outputting games at a decent clip in the past couple of years. Whether that rate allows those titles to reach their full potential is certainly open to debate.

Impulse GamerNathan Misa

Nights of Azure 2: Bride of the New Moon is a fantasy action role-playing game from Gust, the makers of the bright and light-hearted Atelier series. As a

Analog Stick GamingJeff Young

3.5/10

A good game has an interesting and engaging story, well-conceived characters and gameplay mechanics that serve to complement the many intricate systems at play. If either of these elements gets in the way of one another, then it can upset the balance and cause the experience to be poor.