🔬 VaporLens
Positives:
Engaging Story and Characters
Strong Utawarerumono Series Prequel
Enjoyable and Innovative Combat
Excellent Voice Acting and Music
Appealing New Character Shunya
Negatives:
Unpolished Gameplay & Graphics
Overpriced for Quality
Unfriendly to Newcomers & Series Fans
Difficulty Imbalance & Grinding
Weak JRPG & Combat Mechanics
Gameplay:
Shift to Traditional JRPG
Unique 'Action Ring' Combat
3D Maps & Exploration
Limited Enemy Information
Dialogue-Heavy & Pacing
Performance:
Frame Rate & Display Issues
Improved Post-Launch Stability
Persistent Text Display Bugs
Key Updates & QoL Improvements
Limited PC Port Features
Recommendations:
Primarily for Series Fans
Story Over Gameplay
Consider Purchase on Sale
Sequel Highly Anticipated
Mixed Reception for JRPG Aspects
Miscellaneous:
A first attempt at 3D JRPG
Game length and features
Faceless NPCs for optimization
Achievement hunting considerations
20th anniversary title