Gamespot score:n/a
my score:7.0
(+)pros:- upgraded roster from previous HTS game,- more characters have more different modes to choose from,- campaign lasts fairly long,- more tag attacks.
(-)cons:-gameplay still remains extremely linear,- not much increase in gameplay modes,- same prob regarding those who dont understand much jap
gameplay time:10-20 hours( below average)
Heres part 2 of the HTS combo, its gonna be about HTS 6. Kinda obvious since ytd was about 5. Anyway for an opening statement theres really nothing new to add from ytd. This was released last year and is the second heat the soul game I played. I didnt play this as much as 5, since gameplay still had the same linearity and theres was not much new content, exepct for character roster. Theres actually still quite alot for a hardcore bleach fan to find in here, but if you're looking for new content, you're gonna be quite disappointed.
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Once again, story is jap, dun understand shit. But yet, once again, the story follows the anime. This game's story campaign is actually pretty damn long, quite alot of fights. This game's campaign revolves around the anime from the very start( literally, since ichigo doesnt even have shikai yet) till the arrancar-shinigami war. But for some reason only halibel was included, no stark and barrigan :(.
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Gameplay is still as linear as ever, but luckily, the expanded roster helped save the game from being all ever so boring. Be noted the roster expansion was quite welcome in this game, since more new characters mean more moves to try out. In game animations and stuff remain mostly unchanged, most of the animations are recycled, sad. The tag system is back though, 2 v 2 is still here and once again its more fun than 1 v 1. There are more compatible teams now, like urahara and that shopkeeper guy (cant remember name), and of course these allows more experimenting with different tag teams, since other characters can perform some sweet combos.
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bNow as you can see roster has expanded, and this is good. Most of the new additions are cool, especially dark rukia, gotta love her. The tag refrences are the same from the previous game, assist types and all. Other than that, if you're like me, when all characters are unlocked, one can just screw the campaign and jump str8 to free play and fight to your heart's content. To unlock all these guys you play campaign missions, but if im not wrong you can also unlock them via save data. Anyway if you're playing normally, you will probably unlock all characters before the campaign is cleared.
bMuch like the previous HTS game, or any other jap game you will ever play, the problem with not understanding objectives still arises. But once again this is very expected, and can be solved by trial and error. And unlike before, free play can be pretty fun, since increased number of characters allow you to try them all, and I assure you most of them are fun to play.
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Happy gaming.
