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Hyperdimension Neptunia

Idea Factory · Feb 15, 2011

PS3

Teen

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Hyperdimension Neptunia is a unique RPG for PlayStation 3 that features game consoles personified as goddesses -- CPUs (Console Patron Units) -- who you can customize visually with equipment to enhance their stats. Players take the role of Neptune and follow her quest to save the captive Histoire. This leads her to face the corrupt monsters ravaging the world of Gamindustri unleashed by the evil Arfoire. Neptunia also features iconic characters from classic games as special summon skills.

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PlayStation 3

Critic 4.3 (11 critics) · Gamer 7.2

5.8

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  • Games Radar+

    Heidi Kemps · Jun 24, 2012

    5.0
    Its slow-paced combat and exploration, weak visuals, and plodding plot leave a lot to be desired. The game-industry parody angle is novel, but its execution leaves much to be desired – and the moe-heavy presentation is likely to leave some players very skeeved out. It’s a shame, too, because there’s a lot of potential in a concept like this.
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  • Inside Gaming

    Lawrence Sonntag · Mar 14, 2011

    5.0
    There’s just no excusing the dearth of content variety and boring-as-hell gameplay
  • Destructoid

    Matthew Razak · Mar 04, 2011

    3.0
    What we have with Hyperdimension Neptunia is a shell of an RPG. The idea for the world is there and the idea for a unique battle system is there, but nothing is actually inside these ideas. Maybe Idea Factory should have turned the game over to Actually Making An Interesting Game Factory once they came up with the concept for the game. Or maybe they should have just not made it at all.
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  • GameSpot

    Gamespot Staff · Mar 01, 2011

    3.0
    Put simply, Hyperdimension Neptunia is a bad game. Even the unique ability to create a summon using a picture saved on the PlayStation 3's hard drive is disappointing; cool as it is to call in a Gundam for an attack, the ability costs far too many action points for far too little damage. It's one missed opportunity among many.
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  • IGN

    Jack Devries · Feb 24, 2011

    6.0
    But besides some cool battle sequences, funny gaming jokes, and a few nice images, the rest of Neptunia is a middling RPG that doesn't put in the effort to make itself noteworthy or worth playing, which is ironic considering it's a game about SEGA trying to prove it's not just that.
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  • PS Lifestyle

    Cameron Teague · Feb 14, 2011

    5.0
    In Hyperdimension Neptunia we find yet another JRPG full of potential but held back by a slew of missed opportunities. A funny twist to the console war, diverse characters, and an interesting take on healing are the positives.
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