Akiba's Trip 2

I prefer the more unique games out there rather than the same old releases that most U.S. companies provide us every year 'cough' Call of Duty 'cough'. This one fits the bill quite nicely and it is one of many games that kind of show that the more adult oriented games released in Japan are slowly but surely making their way into our gaming culture. It would have been done already, but there is still that strange belief here that video games are only for kids. We also have a problem with anything sexual while games featuring massive killings are all right. This one is mildly suggestive, but really not all that bad. The game itself was surprisingly fun and it was done very well as they recreated the town featured here down to a tee from what I've heard. The game has a few aspects to it as you have some dating simulator in it and fighting. You also have the ability to free roam and visit shops too.

The story has you captured at the outset of the game as apparently your character's love for figurines has made him part of a bizarre experiment that has turned him into something dubbed a 'Synthesizer'. He is rescued by a girl named Shizuki who will transform him into something more and soon he and her join up with his friends at a shop called MOGRA's to fight the strange outbreak of these creatures and find out the reason they have come into being. They will also be joined by the president of a pharmaceutical company and a pop idol as they try to uncover the mystery.

The game play has you performing certain missions and side missions going through the city. You fight in this game and you strip your enemies! The game is a bit perverted, but not all that bad. It is not even as bad as the game "Catherine" which I thought was overrated as far as its adult content. Sure you see panties, but that is it for the most part. Granted, you can do a maneuver that makes all the clothes disappear, but there is a light that prevents you from seeing anything. You see more when you do the simple strips. It is fun roaming the town, just wish that you could buy more things and clothing. There could also be a few more things to do in the town as far as side quests, but that is like many side quests in games. Too often most of the side quests in even the most complex game end up being similar to one another. Overall though the game is fun.

So overall, this game was fun, but it could have been better. A bit more things to do here and there in town would have made the game more fun. I also think it could have been a bit more perverted too. During the game at times you get pictures and some are a bit risqué, but I played a T rated game, "Time and Eternity" where the pictures were more risqué. The game does seem like it will have good replay value as you can get multiple endings. So, I probably will play this one again at some point as it was fun and it also did not take 100 hours to play through it the first time, like so many games these days seem to want to do.