Latest Reviews of Idea Factory Games
Review Super Neptunia RPG - Only You Can Save the Gamindustri
2D console wars
Things have definitely changed since the last time we visited the land of Gamindustri (yes, that’s really what the world is called). For one thing, everything is now in 2D which, according to the locals, is the height of modern gaming technology. Super Neptunia RPG is a spin-off from the Hyperdimension Neptunia games, a super cute...
Review Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms (PS Vita)
Choose your husbando
Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms is a visual novel otome game and a direct sequel to last year’s Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds. The main character Chizuru Yukimura is still trying to find her missing father and is still hanging out with the Shinsengumi, a military police unit made up of hunky ronin. The game tells of a time between the waning...
Review Mary Skelter: Nightmares (PS Vita)
Once upon a time
Based on some of Compile Heart’s previous games we weren’t expecting a lot from Mary Skelter: Nightmares - just a simple dungeon crawler with a bit of fanservice thrown in. What we actually got, however, was something far more interesting. The opening to Mary Skelter is surprisingly dark. The game’s protagonist Jack and his...
Review Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds (PS Vita)
Samurai lovin', had me a blast
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds is the latest game in the Hakuoki series, and is billed by developer Idea Factory as a “remastered telling of the beloved 2008 series”. Set in historic Japan, the game follows the protagonist as she's taken in by a group of samurai while looking for her father who has gone missing. Being an...
Review Superdimension Neptune VS SEGA Hard Girls (PS Vita)
To be this good takes AGES
Just when you thought that the PlayStation Vita had no new games, here comes a rather lovely RPG adventure which packs a ton of fun combat and exploration into a perfect on the go package. Superdimension Neptune VS SEGA Hard Girls is a spin off from the long running Hyperdimension Neptunia RPG series which sees various...
Review Megadimension Neptunia VII (PS4)
The same old Neptune
Playing through the main storyline of Megadimension Neptunia VII, you'd perhaps be forgiven for thinking of the series' first PlayStation 4 instalment as three different games entirely. Packaged as a trio of story arcs tied together by an overarching plot, you fight across alternate dimensions to save the fate of Gamindustri...
Review Amnesia: Memories (PS Vita)
A memorable encounter
Amnesia: Memories is an otome visual novel where you play the nameless heroine who has lost her memories. The reason given in the opening scenes of the game is that a sprite named Orion has collided with you and takes up the space in the brain where your memories used to be. A cute notion, but as the storylines unfold, you...
Review Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (PlayStation Vita)
PlayStation Noire
In an RPG franchise far, far away, there lived a CPU called Noire. As representative of Lastation, she didn't want to exist in the shadows of her allies anymore, and wanted to stand true as the game's main character. With hope in her heart, pure determination, and an army of generals at her command, her wish finally comes true in...
Review Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation (PlayStation Vita)
A real mouthful
We all know the dreaded curse of video game sequels. Studios will often find themselves with a hit on their hands, and in a feeble attempt to recreate gold, will instead serve up a horrible mess of lost potential. Japanese role-playing game Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation steers clear of this trap, instead...
Review Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 (PlayStation Vita)
Queen of Lastation
Irrespective of allegiance, we’ve all witnessed the console wars. From the days when Nintendo and SEGA contested store shelves, all the way to the triple pronged struggle of the current generation, it’s something that, as gamers, we’re all familiar with. This eternal war is at the heart of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1...
Latest Idea Factory Articles
News Fans' Dreams Come True as Amnesia: Memories Hits the Vita This Summer
They didn't forget
It topped the polls of "What female dating-sim do you want to be localised?" when Aksys Games conducted surveys after Hakuoki's release, and now fans get what they have been wishing for. Amnesia: Memories is coming digitally to the PlayStation Vita this summer, and will mark the first time that Idea Factory has released a dating...
News Female Dating Sim Klap!! Kind Love and Punish Has Unconventional Tastes
Fifty Shades of Demon
People's tastes can be unconventional, and Japan is proof of that alone. Part of Otomate, Japan's leading female dating sim brand, KLAP!! ~Kind Love and Punish~ is following the trend that love hurts. Set to be released domestically on the PlayStation Vita later this year, you'll play as a teacher in a school of demons where...
News The Console War Continues in Vita's Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation
Meet the family
If you've just started your Gamindustri adventures in the recent release of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 for the PS Vita, you might find yourself itching to carry on through this established franchise. If you wish to continue on your handheld device, developer Idea Factory has some good news in store. Hyperdimension Neptunia...
News See Where It All Began With Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 This Summer
Who will win the console war?
With a torrent of titles arriving in the West, it's safe to say that fans of console parody JRPG series Hyperdimension Neptunia have been kept largely satisfied. From saving the Gameindustri in the core series to becoming the ultimate idol in Producing Perfection, it can be confusing to find a good point to jump onto...
News The Girls Get Up-Close and Personal in Monster Monpiece This Month
Ready to bare all
Saucy card game Monster Monpiece for the PlayStation Vita will no doubt make plenty of gamers hot under the collar, with artwork so risqué that it had to be censored. Hopefully, we'll be able to keep a cool head thanks to publisher Idea Factory releasing it later this month, avoiding the current summer heat wave. You won't be on...
News Saucy PS Vita Title Monster Monpiece May Turn Up the Temperature Overseas
It's a card game, honest
Sometimes games are released in Japan that are so strange that there is no chance of them ever reaching the Western masses. Thanks to an early PEGI ratings leak, though, one such miracle is coming in the form of saucy PlayStation Vita card game Monster Monpiece. The title offers a tactical battle system where your cards...
News Fans' Dreams Come True as Amnesia: Memories Hits the Vita This Summer
They didn't forget
It topped the polls of "What female dating-sim do you want to be localised?" when Aksys Games conducted surveys after Hakuoki's release, and now fans get what they have been wishing for. Amnesia: Memories is coming digitally to the PlayStation Vita this summer, and will mark the first time that Idea Factory has released a dating...
News Female Dating Sim Klap!! Kind Love and Punish Has Unconventional Tastes
Fifty Shades of Demon
People's tastes can be unconventional, and Japan is proof of that alone. Part of Otomate, Japan's leading female dating sim brand, KLAP!! ~Kind Love and Punish~ is following the trend that love hurts. Set to be released domestically on the PlayStation Vita later this year, you'll play as a teacher in a school of demons where...
News The Console War Continues in Vita's Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2: Sisters Generation
Meet the family
If you've just started your Gamindustri adventures in the recent release of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 for the PS Vita, you might find yourself itching to carry on through this established franchise. If you wish to continue on your handheld device, developer Idea Factory has some good news in store. Hyperdimension Neptunia...
News See Where It All Began With Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 This Summer
Who will win the console war?
With a torrent of titles arriving in the West, it's safe to say that fans of console parody JRPG series Hyperdimension Neptunia have been kept largely satisfied. From saving the Gameindustri in the core series to becoming the ultimate idol in Producing Perfection, it can be confusing to find a good point to jump onto...
News The Girls Get Up-Close and Personal in Monster Monpiece This Month
Ready to bare all
Saucy card game Monster Monpiece for the PlayStation Vita will no doubt make plenty of gamers hot under the collar, with artwork so risqué that it had to be censored. Hopefully, we'll be able to keep a cool head thanks to publisher Idea Factory releasing it later this month, avoiding the current summer heat wave. You won't be on...
News Saucy PS Vita Title Monster Monpiece May Turn Up the Temperature Overseas
It's a card game, honest
Sometimes games are released in Japan that are so strange that there is no chance of them ever reaching the Western masses. Thanks to an early PEGI ratings leak, though, one such miracle is coming in the form of saucy PlayStation Vita card game Monster Monpiece. The title offers a tactical battle system where your cards...