Anima: Gate of Memories

Critic reviews

• Hardcore Gamer

  Jason Bohn · Jun 07, 2016

  6.0

  The story is contrived, but intriguing. The combat is poorly balanced, but still has moments of greatness. I have never reviewed a game with so many glaring problems that I have enjoyed so much. So, players with a strong sense of patience and more forgiveness than should be required in their souls should check this out. There are jewels among the rubble of this tower.

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• COGconnected

  Alexander Thomas · Jun 06, 2016

  7.0

  For its beautiful and often haunting graphics, its surprisingly solid and intriguing plot, and its whole host of great qualities, Anima: Gate of Memories is a fantastic experience for those who love a good blended title like God of War or Darksiders. With customizable attacks, puzzles, and an exemplary combat system, the only downfall to this title comes from its often overzealous and sometimes painful voice acting. This is a title I encourage players new to RPG’s to dig into and deserves a spot in everyone’s library.

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• PS Lifestyle

  Jowi Meli · May 30, 2016

  3.0

  Anima: Gate of Memories is a crushing disappointment. There are plenty of places where the love Anima Project’s team has for its world is evident, but they’re buried under an avalanche of stunningly poor design choices. Being forced to listen to the terrible voice acting and relentlessly unfunny humor of protagonist Ergo made me wish for his quick and agonizing death — but even he’s not as painful as the game’s punishingly poor level design.

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• ZTGD

  Ken McKown · May 27, 2016

  8.0

  Anima: Gate of Memories is a solid action/RPG that would have easily slipped under my radar. It is longer than I expected, and continuously spices things up with new enemy types and puzzles throughout. I had a blast with this game, and it surprised me at almost every turn. I definitely recommend checking it out; the $20 price tag is more than worth the experience contained within.

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• Cubed3

  Thom Compton · Mar 22, 2017

  8.0

  Anima: Gate of Memories is a must-play. There's no point in calling it anything else, it's just a fantastic game that suffers from poor enemy balancing. If you view it from the perspective of toppling giant after giant, it might be a bit easier to swallow, as the wins feel legitimately rewarding. Still, the difficulty spikes are noticeable and tough to excuse unless you look at it that way. Outside of them, this is a wonderful and dark world that begs you to explore it. Do yourself a favour, and accept the invite.

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• Cubed3

  Eric Ace · Jul 01, 2016

  6.0

  Anima: Gate of Memories is going to appeal to those who enjoy dark action-RPGs, as it has many of the necessities, along with some improvements that make it comparable within the genre. It's tainted because there are many inconsistencies between quality throughout it, which are notable and many times hard to forgive, and which drag the game down.

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