Death end re;Quest: Code Z

It's another Baby's First Mystery Dungeon game, and it's probably recycling the Omega Labyrinth Life engine with a Death end re;Quest skin-- fine by me. I haven't run into any of the infamous bugs this game is reported to have on other platforms, so I hope that means Idea Factory and Compile Heart resolved those issues for the PC release. This is an easy 7/10 for Mystery Dungeon fans, and probably a 8/10 for series fans who are just in it for the story if the last 2 games are any indication, I'm only 2 chapters in as of this writing.

There's a funny story about this game, because I found it on a Neptunia's Japanese threads. The first thing that I see is the games main character: Sayaka, which I found to be beautiful and had a very cool apparels. Believe me when I'm saying that I got a soft spot on anime character that was dummy thicc (but beautiful). Talking about Sayaka, I heard that this game was a bit of a downgrade from the previous two installments and some of the story still using the same assets. It has a roguelike gameplay and with the dungeon were simplified, all character on gameplay were made to be chibi and were made with grid, so each step would show the enemy next move base by your movements. So yeah, it's somehow a big downgrade. However, I had a bigger soft spot when I found out that this game scriptwritter is the same one who made Corpse Party (Makoto Kedouin). And since this game were rated CERO: Z in Japan, disturbing images of deaths is expected in this game (that explains a lot on the games t...

i liked the combat of the previous games can't say the same about this one and i wish they would've kept the dub cast i hope if we get another game that it goes back to the original game play style

Oh look, best girl got her own game ! And Arata must've been feeding her something rather nutritious, because now she's 乇乂ㄒ尺卂 ㄒ卄丨匚匚 only in HD tho Why can't i have best girl be dummy thicc in 4k ? Is this too much to ask ?

[code]Notice: Compile Heart had effectively no involvement with the game. This review was originally written with it in mind that the devs were CH/IF. All development was done by Now Production. IFI you should probably add them to the developer section on the Store Page.[/code] Death end re;Quest: Code Z is a striking departure from the original 2 games which were more traditional 3D 3rd Person RPGs with it now taking the gameplay formula from [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/836760/]Sei Madou Monogatari[/url], which is a Mystery Dungeon Roguelike game. [h2]Gameplay[/h2] While these 2 games are extremely similar to each other (both being CH/IF games) the notable distinction with DERQZ is that the whole "Rougelike" mechanic can be completely avoided. At the start of DERQZ you're given these options, [olist] [*]Normal Where you keep all your items and money upon death. [*]Elite Where you lose all items and money upon death. [*]Expert Where you lose all items, mon...

ehho ehho ┌( □ v □ )┐ on my way to replay this 25 floor dungeon for the FOURTH GOD DAMN TIME WITH EACH RUN TAKING OVER 30-60 MINUTES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MANUAL SAVE BEFORE A DEATH END LIKE THE PREVIOUS GAMES TO SEE THEM AAAAAAAA MAKE IT STOP NOT TO MENTION YOU HAVE TO DIE 3 (THREE!!!!) TIMES TO EVERY SINGLE ENEMY MOB IN THE GAME TO GET ALL THE BAD ENDS WITH THE LAST REQUIREMENT NEEDING YOU TO BE AT 0 SANITY, THEN DIE TO A MOB ATTACK THAT DEALS MINISCULE DAMAGE INSTEAD OF YOUR OWN SELF INFLICTED DAMAGE FROM LOW SANITY WHY?? I get that this is a spinoff but being forced to replay every single dungeon 4 times, most of the times more whenever there is a new enemy mob, in order to get all the bad endings is such a waste of time. Unless you play on EXPERT and have permadeath on the game is not even that hard, it just takes soooooooo long to find the stairs on each floor unless you're insanely lucky with your pathing or got a lot of DLC Mapping item. For having a CERO-Z rated game,...

Here's an unpopular opinion for you: This game is the best in the DerQ series so far. The first game doesn't support keyboard and mouse, has massive game-breaking (actual) glitches, has a weird system where you need to play some VN sections for a bit so some doors will be unlocked in the dungeon you're in, and has characters who will never STFU with their moaning when you free roam. The second game is even worse. A very pathetic story, barely any new teammates, with most of them being borrowed from the first game (the person who gives them to you is like "yeah i just restored these from backup so here you go lol"). I also think that the characters in this game are annoying and stupid. This spinoff game is much better than those two. There's actual KBM support, and the gameplay is now a dungeon crawler, which I actually like. The knockback gameplay in the previous entries was incredibly easy and not fulfilling. In this game, you actually have to try. New players should start with th...

Okay, this is gonna be a weird review. Story: Pretty good, it fits a midpoint very well. This follows Sakaya's story a character who reflects a certain murderer in DE1. While at first she was more shy and hid behind Shina, as it goes along she gains more confidence. This story continues off of DE2 and connects DE1, in a parallel world. Where Iris did something(Being as vague as possible here to avoid spoilers). Everyone do not have their memories from the previous DE, but it is reclaimed as it goes along. Including Barbas being sealed within Mai. Mai is one of the few who does retain some of her power. Anyway, Arata is the antagonist in this one. And he is from the High World, he came up with a plan. Which involved the Glitch Girls to help with his ultimate goal to destroy the High World, thinking that's how they can truly be free. Which also involves destroying the fake world Sayaka is in. He needed her power, and helps to draw it out more and more. Sayaka fights against her mur...

I love the Death end re;qest series and I love mystery dungeon games. This is a dream come true.

While this games gameplay certainly wasn't as fun as the other main series games, I still found this game quite enjoyable (if not a bit tedious at times). That being said, I did need to keep a wiki open at all times to try and remember all the terms and characters from the previous games... If you played and enjoyed the story of the other two, then I think checking this one is out worth your time even though the core gameplay is completely different, but if you haven't then go play Death end re;Quest instead.