![]() ![]() A nice touch here is that the whole hideout slowly becomes decked out with all the crap you’ve given them, and it is entertaining to see them interact with the stuff during the “break period”. They not only add to character development and the overall plot, but also improve their powers during combat. These encounters, along with giving them gifts to their liking, are necessary. These come in the form of either more talking or a short mission you do with them. In between main missions, you head to the group’s hideout, which acts as a central hub where you can interact with your companions and learn more about them through bonding episodes. Unfortunately, after a while, this all feels like a lot of padding that lengthens the already long and bloated story of Scarlet Nexus. When the story does get going though, it gets bloody exciting… that is until you get interrupted again by the repetitive and mundane. And man is there a ton of plot and exposition in this game! I get that you need to understand what is going so there is a backstory to be told but the way it is done is just so boring and takes forever. So, essentially what you get is these awesome combat sequences, abruptly interrupted by a visual novel with still images and horrible voice acting spewing exposition and plot at you. ![]() But then, unfortunately, all the cutscenes and character dialogues are done through Visual-Novel-style stills with character faces popping up on the screen as they talk with each other. The action, on the ‘Other’ hand, is flashy, stylish and fast-paced. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it is in this straightforward telling of this meaty story where Scarlet Nexus feels a bit flat. The whole story is very linear There are no choices you can make that influences the outcome of the story or your relationship with your companions. However, it does start to fall apart a bit for several reasons. While the premise starts out pretty straightforward, in typical anime fashion things quickly pick up the pace, snowballing into a massive plot of twists, conspiracies and drama which, for the most part, works. While the premise starts out pretty straightforward, in typical anime fashion things quickly pick up the pace… Along for the ride are the OSF companions – a ragtag team of anime stereotypes. Both Yuito and Kasane happen to have the same psychokinetic power which allows them to move objects around with their minds. The OSF soldiers use special psionic abilities to combat these dangerous enemies who each have their own unique abilities (because as we know, variety is the spice of life). Yeah, it’s a weird name but we’ll just roll with it. A group of weird and grotesque monsters called Others. You take on the role of one of two main protagonists, Yuito (male) or Kasane (female), who join an elite special forces unit called the OSF or Other Suppression Force which specialize in dealing with an unknown entity. Scarlet Nexus takes place sometime in the distant future. An(Other) Dystopian City in the far off future And in this case, Scarlet Nexus is a bit of an outlier on this for me, as it mostly gets it right but falls just short of being truly amazing. ![]() Now, whether that is a good or bad thing is up for debate since the success of any game ultimately comes down to its execution. That is pretty much Scarlet Nexus in a nutshell because if you’ve played any sort of Action JRPG over the last decade, this one fits the mould and so you should know what to expect. A massively convoluted plot that doesn’t know how to end? Yeah, check as well. Over-the-top action combat with some unique though familiar gimmick to it? Check. Playable male and female protagonists? Check. Dystopian future set in some city? Check. ![]()
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