Contains vague story spoilers: Overall, a nice game. The atmosphere got considerably mysterious at end of first part, and the graphics and backgrounds actually felt amazing for given era. (possibly except human models). Yeah, the mechanics were somewhat clunky, and you often thought "Oh, so i could do that?" when you had to check walktrough after getting stuck. However, the whole second half of the game felt like sidequest gone wrong - "Oh, you are going somewhere? How about you find person X for me in place Y that just happens to be at the only place you can get from here?" It was nothing more than doing random favours that had nothing to do with theme of the story, and at this point i lost all respect for the story. Picking potatoes would progress the story just as much.
Actually a nice game. Lack of map, or bad camera can be irritating at times, but the mechanics, strategically eradicating opponents and messing with AI enemies is great fun. The environment is gorgeous, and story looks intereting. However... the game ends abruptly. After something i would call an "introduction act". As in, the story finished first arc, two chapters in, and we get "to be continues screen". As in, imagine Diablo 2 or whatnot ending after act 1. So, no idea if i did not play enough new games, and this is standard, but.... it is incredibly short.
Humour? 8.5/10 Story? 5/10 Gameplay? 5.5/10 Cuteness? 10/10 It was fun, that is true. Ridiculous jokes (Noire? Nice name, you must not have any friends), funny characters and nice premise. Sounds & effects are nice, and it became my most favourite dress-up game so far. However, the gameplay felt somewhat lacking - takes too long to get your ExeDrive spells, and the amount of spells & various attacks is limited, and the game usually ends up as "clicking one auto attack over for 3 minutes". On top of that, my characters leaving and joining team meant everyone had different levels, and i finished the game with lvl 90 Neppa just soloing the final boss & everyone else dead. Also, the story is the weak part, as its usually "cliche villian HAHAHA I WILL DESTROY YOU ALL, OH NO HOW COULD YOUVE BEATEN ME?", but it is true this is not a game you buy for deep thrilling story. All in all, i loved this game, but i hope later versions improve the combat & level/item scaling.
