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Mugen Souls
Mugen Souls is an RPG developed by Compile Heart with collaboration from GCREST. The main protagonist of Mugen Souls, Chou-Chou, plans to conquer the universe by subjugating the seven worlds it comprises, as she thinks the planets look pretty. Gameplay revolves around exploration and turn-based, open-field combat, and the game also includes mini ga...
Details
- Released
- March 22, 2012
- Developer
- Compile Heart
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy · Adventure
- Publisher
- NIS America, Compile Heart, Ghostlight Ltd.
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Mugen Souls Reviews
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Compile Heart and Idea Factory team up to tell the story of one little girl who wants to be the god of everything. Does it have enough clout to make JRPG fans its Peon?
Mugen Souls is a fun game when you don’t look too much into the intricacies of the gameplay and characters. It has value giving more Disgaea type ridiculousness but not with Disgaea.
Mugen Souls is a hard game to write about because even though it doesn’t click with me, I can’t pin down any of the design choices Idea Factory have made as objectively bad, but rather just pandering for a very specific audience. I know enough to not complain about overcomplicated and underutilized combat systems by now, as well as the more questionable choices of equipment and clothing, but both of those elements have genuine care put into their design which is admirable to even a non-fan. So this is all I’ll say: Mugen Souls is a game that’s great at pushing buttons. Not everybody’…
If you've been reading this review and thinking, “This guy just doesn't 'get' Japan,” I implore you to reconsider -- not for the sake of my reputation, but for the sake of your wallet. This isn't about “anime bias”, nor is it about culture shock. We could all argue until we were blue in the face about how things that are taboo here are accepted there or how different their sense of humor is from ours. That isn't the point. I got every joke in Mugen Souls, I just didn't find any of them terribly funny. Whether your tastes align more with the East or the West, poor game design is still poor game...
Taking many ideas and themes from NIS's own Disgaea franchise, Mugen Souls provides an RPG adventure that starts off quite promising despite an over-abundance of moé.