OneManArmy 82 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) This review doesn't contain any spoilers, so feel free to read. I'm going to make a bold prediction and say you'll really enjoy the last route.... I am not sure why. With this said, I just finished the true route of dengeki stryker and to be honest, I don't know if I liked it or not. The main problem of the game is the big difference of quality. Sometimes you've some awesome scenes or an interesting situation and in the next moment, bamm, stupid conversation feat. retarded character behaviour right in your face. Every freakin time you're hoping for some good stuff but only get half of it...or nothing. This really sucks. Anyway, the characters are another problem of dengeki stryker. Never, never use stupid looking characters for a serious story, it won't work. Also, every single of them (I'm not lying) is totally plain. The music was actually pretty nice, same goes for the voice actors. Another thing I really liked was the outfit of the protagonist, but then again, I've a secret coat fetish. What? I've a coat fetish?! http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/fetish_zpswr1bzedr.jpg Yeah, that guy's coat is definitely sexy. ...damn, that was the worst way of starting a review ever...but the show must go on! Description Yamato has a great sense of justice and aspires to be a hero. He always tried to protect his childhood friend Haruna when she’s being bullied, but he always got beat down instead. One day, Haruna was going to move away and wanted to say goodbye to him. However, he despaired that he was never able to protect her once in the end. He met an old man called the ‘Memory Collector’, who could grant any wish in exchange for one’s memories. Yamato wished to become a Stryker, the hero from a manga he loved. Several years later, some people with superpowers called the Balbora Empire appeared in the city Haruna was living in. The police and army were powerless in stopping them, but one warrior showed up and beat them with one kick. He was the hero of the manga Dengeki Stryker. Music I'm not gonna lie but the music was pretty good, especially the battle tracks were pleasure for the ears. And hell, even the normal slice of life tracks were surprisingly enjoyable. So thumbs up for the music. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Art The art itself isn't bad BUT why does overdrive always create ugly looking characters?! Just why? Where is the sense in doing this? I can't understand it. Also, the boobs are weird but look for yourself. http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/boobs_zpswnnoto4a.jpg I'm complaining like hell but the main characters and backgrounds were well done. I also liked the animated scenes in battles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Characters Like I said before, all of them were plain. On the other hand, they're supposed to be plain, we're talking about heroes after all. The two heroines were okay and I actually liked Sayaka which is a little bit surprising, I usually hate big boobs. OH! And I liked that freakin, awesome, cock-teasing robot-dude! http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/hardtobelieve_zpsl1bqait4.jpg You don't have to understand it my friend so let's have children!!! (Do I also have a secret robot fetish? Uuhhhh....) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Routes : Haruna's Route http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/483_zpss45mz44d.jpg The route itself was pretty bad...BUT it was a good way to introduce everything. And I believe that's the whole purpose of this route, to introduce the characters, the world and the conflict. It was nevertheless rather boring and the romantic scenes were placed so horrible that I wanted to cry. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sayaka's Route http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/487_zpsloumuhlf.jpg To be honest, when I started that route I didn't expect anything because Haruna's route was just terrible. And here comes the big surprise! I enjoyed this route and the story was partially even exciting. There was still some stupid stuff but screw it, I liked this route. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ True Route http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/498_zpsolwocebf.jpg It was just weird. Stuff happened totally randomly and this is something I can't stand. I'm fine with magic and fantasy BUT if a lot of things are just happening randomly without making any sense...not my cup of tea. Also, the route felt somehow rushed. It was interesting at the beginning but then, random stuff ftl! \o/ So yeah, desi's prediction was definitely wrong. I enjoyed the route partially (like the whole game) but not all of it. And dat ending song, damn! Japanese is such a beautiful language so why the hell are so many refrains of japanese songs into english? Why? My ears!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc486/OneManArmy369/forgottomention_zpsfhomd3jd.jpg Because it seems that I unlocked two mini routes, I'll check them out...now. Each of them contains basically a sex scene and one stupid love conversation...yep...interesting...CRTL GOOOO!!!!! \o/ ^Which means that I just cleared the game for 100% ... this makes me really happy...yeah... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Score So yeah, I always end up complaining more than I want, the game itself was actually good, not awesome but good. It was mainly the first route which was trying to break me down. Check this game out if you like hero stuff or enjoy games made by overdrive. I'll give this title a fat... 6,9/10 Edited March 1, 2015 by OneManArmy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Haika 12 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Nice to hear that the other route/s were better. I stalled out trying to make my way through Haruna's route. Might go back after reading this some. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OneManArmy 82 Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 I stalled out trying to make my way through Haruna's route. Totally understandable. Oh and you can pretty much crtl through the whole route if you want. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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