‘Akiba's Beat' has a real personality and aesthetic all its own, but once you get into the core gameplay, it disappoints at every turn. Its uneven ratio of combat to NPC wrangling make this an unentertaining and uninspired experience.
Akiba's Beat2016
Akiba's Beat
2016 ACQUIRE Corp.57Mediocre
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- $19.99
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- Launch
- December 15, 2016
- Developer
- ACQUIRE Corp.
- Publisher
- ACQUIRE Corp.
- Genres
Overview
Akiba's Beat is an action RPG developed by Acquire and is the sequel to Akiba's Trip. The game takes place in Akihabara where the party getting stuck in a world of delusions, trapped in a repeating day-long cycle on a Sunday.
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Reception
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Mediocre- Metacritic55from 33 reviews
- OpenCritic58from 30 reviews
Akiba's Beat tries really hard to show off an interesting combat system with a full story but falls short when faced with one dimensional character, repetitive dialogue, and lack of variation between many important locations. JRPG and Anime fans may enjoy but games extremely slow start hurts chances of players picking up the game again.
Akiba's Beat efficiently translated into English, offering a variety of funny situations and well implemented jokes that seems a huge achievement for a game from a small developer. But if you are not a fan of anime and a long visual stories, you can remove a couple of points from our score. And judging by the statistics, the majority of gamers have...
Akiba's Beat is a poor game, with poor combats, poor RPG mechanics and poor customisation. Acquire forgot everything that made Akibas' Trip such a great game.
Akiba's Beat is a generic and mediocre videogame. Instead of improving the flaws of its predecessor, it loses its personality. It is a standard JRPG that gives no satisfaction when playing it.