Okay, so I finally decided to touch on Enstars. Feel free to criticis my critique, I'm always open to others opinions.
I downloaded Ensemble Stars!! Music two times with an open mind but I truly do not understand why people love this game.
The graphics are just... It's sad to look at. If you're going to read my other opinions on other games you will probably see I wrote how bad BanG! Dream models where. Well, now I think that those models are worse. Its sad because they don't even try to make the models smooth movements.
But I'm just talking about the 2D models, when it comes to 3D models they are really smooth, sweet and cute! The same goes to the chibi 2D models.
Sound is one if not the only thing great about this game. Although the song don't have as much difference as, for example, BanG Dream or Black Star, they are really nice to listen to.
There is little voice acting though, and with the models it looks, like I said, really sad.
I don't have a lot of things to say about the gameplay, it's the usual rhythm thing but you can have fun with the chibis too. (Although, it gets boring really quick. )
I will admit, I didn't read any of the stories. But from what I heard there is a trans character in this game, (Correct me if I'm wrong. ) and it touches a lot of subjects as gender norms and abuse as a whole. I think it's very brave that they give such serious topics a chance and this is one of the reasons why I think it's good that Enstars is popular.
Now value, I usually don't think spending any money on games, especially rhythm ones is worth it. I personally don't like the art, and did not have any special connections with the characters, so maybe I don't understand something. For me personally both times the gacha was pretty bad, especially with the fact that getting diamonds is hard. (Ones again correct me of I'm wrong.)
Overall, I think for a quite old game it can be better and improve much more. Like the 2D models or maybe even voice acting, although I think it's better to start from the first one.
Edit: This is an answer to every comment, since my answer is generally the same. I was quite nervous when posting this citique because the fandom is huge and I didn't knew how y'all will react to it. I will say that I'm really happy that we agree on quite a lot of things, and I should definitely read some of the stories.
Many artists that I love are from Pixiv, most if not all of them do not have any mainstream social media or just not use it.
Pixiv helps me find them, maybe I can follow them on Twitter and see their art there. Or maybe they sell stuff like t-shirts or their own manga, I can find the website and if affordable, buy and support my favourite artists~!
And one of the things I love about Pixiv is that it has beautiful art quality. I can download majestic art in great quality, and, I always enjoy a good quality art piece from my favourite artists.
The only thing I could warn you about is the NSFW content there. I don't have a problem with that, but I'm just saying for the people who may not like that kind of stuff.
Edit: Shit, I wrote this yesterday at 3am and I was half asleep. Anyway take a shot every time I say art or Pixiv.
I don't have enough words to even describe this amazing, fabulous, fascinating game~!!
The graphics are amazing, much better than any game on the ps4 and the up coming ps5~! Seriously this is just so amazing.
The sound is just so good~!! I swear when I go to sleep I can hear the music, it's just like shawty's like a melody in my head that I can't keep out got me singin' like na na na na everyday, it's like my iPod stuck on replay, replay-ay-ay-ay.
Should I even start talking about the gameplay, it's amazing~!! So deep and meaningful, I showed it to my mom and she was like 👁️👁️.
And the gameplay is amazing, it has so many thing from rhythm to making meaningful decisions and progressing with the characters, it's struly amazing.
Yes, you should buy anything they say to. Do it. P̶̢̨̧̧̢̢̢̖̣͇̥͚̝͔̟͙̬̖̻̪̘̙͇̜͔̺͚͇̩͉̱͇͇̦̖̱̱͈͖̫͕̘̗̮̞͈̲͈̜̞̣̥̥̝̬̗̯̜̪̰̱̻̺̪͕̃̉̃̀͗̿͊̈́̽̽̈͊͑̄̂̀͗̈̈́̇̈́̈́̈̇̚̚̚͘͜͜͜ͅͅͅl̴̳̲̭̽͂̾̈́̈̓̈́̑̍̈̊̐̅̎͆́͋̏̇̅̀̔͛̌̏̓̆̅̕̕e̴̢̢̢̤͙̭̠͍͖͓̙̦̩̱̲̥̩̝͖͉͉͖̣̰̍̽̀̓̌́̏͊̑́͌͋͋̌̒̈́͐̈́̌̎́̂̒͌̔̂͒̀̉̋͜͝â̴̘̩̞̼͉̳̳̗̔̈̇͐̏̓̈́ͅs̴̢̢̢͇̺̦̞̝̺̝̜͖̗̺̼͙̝͖̟̥̜̺̥̜̪̜̜̗̮̼̱̤̫̖͈̜̼͖̝̲̼̝̝͍̝̞̥̮̈̉̕͜͜͝ͅͅḛ̵̡̡̢̨̢̢̢̪̼̥̳̘̼̜͍͇͚̠̤̘̞̠͎̬̰̯̹̹̦͙̞̘̗͖̤̯̹͖̰̥͖̘͉̰͓̖̬̻̩͕͇͍͙̪̥̺̼̞͙͓̰̘͂̀̌̈̈́͌͐̑̈́͛̋́͋̎̽̎̋̄̉̓̐̏́̔̿̊͊̿̅̑͛̇̃̈́̚̕͜͝͠͝͝͝͠͝ͅͅͅ ̵̜̺̪̥̞͔͎̮͖̲͇̱̦̮͈̥̠̦̺̪͓̺̠̘̭̟̺̮̫̠̦̌̉̉̈́͆̎̅̿̑̕͜͜ͅḧ̵̢̧̧̛͕̪̰͓̜̥̠̣̭͙͚̱̣̘͈̼͔̝͈̰͎̜͉̜̲͖̖̞͇̬̞́̽̉̅̅̄̀̊̐̓̈́͊̾͌͂́́̉̂̍̎̑̄̋̄̇͂̈́́̄̍̓̚̕̕͜͝͝ͅȩ̴̢̢͕̩̦̙̫͈̰͕̱̣̖̬̙̥̟͔̪̜̬̰͕̫͚͓̪̜̻̝̮͎̻̖̘̫̼͇̖̹͓̻̟̬̰̭̮͉̰̰͉̦͓͉͛̿̎́͛̎͊̿͜͜͜͜͝͠ͅͅͅḻ̷̡̢̡̘͉̗̘͎͓͉̟̰̳̫͙̣͓̑̓̔̅́̐̆̒͌̋̾͐̾̐̐͒̀̆̾̀̚̕͘̕͝͠͠͠͝p̶̡̨̢̡̨̨̛̟̞͕̲̹̫͇̩̬̳̫̞͚̗͇̬̖̰̺͈̼̠̺̬̳̼̹̳̥̥̼͙͖̙̥̤̬̹̩̯̩̙͉̻̯̰̳͚̤̙̣͎͚̩͙̳̰̙͇̘̞̄̆͛̍̅̏̅͊́̏̊̊̾̓͊͛̽̒͌̏̾́͊̄̊̉̇̎͑̾́͐̉́͒̈́͌́̓̎̚͘̕̚͜͜͝͝͠ͅ ̸̨̧̧̡̛̛̣͓͕͍̼̙̞͕̳̩͙̪̫̭̫̮̘̭̫̫͍̘̰̙͉͍̺̻͓̦͍̬͖̋̇̆̒̂̈͋̂̉̈́̽̾͊̓̈͒̂̆̀͋̄͂͛̅͋́̇̃̐̒̊̒̾̋͛͋͋̄͂̈́͘͘͝͠͝͝͠m̷̡̢̡̧̧̛̛̙̬͓̩͚̠̼̯͇̜̜̞̰̠̣̬̼̝͕̹̪̞̟͉͍̜̝͇͇̬̮͙̙͇͚͕̫͉͉͙̞̘̹͙̫̤̺͉͔̱̌̐̏̑̔͛͌̋̉̿̆̀̈́͑͊̎̉̽̎̊͋̅̍̀́͗́͗̍̐͆͑͊̐̿̍͋̈́́̾̀͋̇̉̎͗̿̌͌̄͗̈́̆̏̍͛͌̇̀͑͗͑͊̔̕͘͘̕͜͝͝͝ë̷̛̛̠̟͍͇͖͎̺̠̘́̍̇̀̽͑́͑́̏̽͗̌̎̿͛̒̓͌͂̉̽̾̑̈́͗̏́̏̈́̀͛̂͛͊͑̊̈́͂̓̀̎̐͋̿͒̓̕̚͘͝͝ ̵̰̙̼̹̬̤͎̜̯̦͂̅͋͆̌͂̓̾͗̾͂̏͗̎̿̈́̈́͐͛̀̓͑̂͋͊̄̐͗͊̿̔̔͒̌̃́͊̅̀́͊̈͗͆̽̆̂̔̋̃͒͛̿̀͘̕̕̚̚̚̚͠͝͠͝ò̶̢̡̨̧̧̢͙͉͎̰͔̱̜̙̹͕̤̺͔̲̞̰̳̯̺̤̠̤͔̤̱͉̞̪͉͎͚͓̟͇̺̟̫̞̳̹̻̰͈̠̠̭̭͉͉̬̫̥̭̼͕̽̅̒͆̌̾̿͆̆́͜ͅú̸̡̡̨̨̨͎̹̼͈̰̥͖̖̦̫̰̯̤̘̯̹͙̩̤̳̳̯̖̰̹̙̙̺͎͉̲̲̼̩̝̲͕͍͙̝͉̣̗͖͕̻͇̲̺̙̠̘͎̙̗̭͛͑̓͌̊̕̚͜͜͠ͅţ̴̢̖̭̹͔̖̈̉͊́̚͜͝ ̶̢̡̨̨̨̢̩͖̲͙͓̘̹͔̩̱̻̣̼͖̫̩̭̘̥̪͂̑̋̂̈́͑͌̊̈́̍̓̎͂́̌̑̔͋͊͗̃̾͐̏̽͗̆̀̓̏̈́̈́̈́̄̐̾͗̉̐͆̽̃͋͐̾͘͜͝͝͝͝͠I̵̢̢̢̡̨̛̬̘̟̲̩̲̩̹͉̙̣͇͔̞̣̼͓̣͔̯̤̹̯̳̗̤̟͖̗̜̞͓͕̤̪͔̜͚̲͓͚̟̲̓̒͋̓̌̊͛̿̍̊̓͑̇̔̔̄̓̍͆̆̒̃̀̄̇̄͂̾̾̈́̇͐͒̌̈́̊́̋̚͘̚̕̕̚͝͠ͅ ̸̡̨̧̛̟̠̤͇͈̝̟̖͔͉̟̻̤̻̻͖͚̥̩̪͔̟̣̲̤̼͈͍̗͎̼̹̫̰͎͓̰̖̙͍̘̙͚͍̗͍̫̤̩̺̰͖̦̰̤́̈́́̒̏̉̂̋̔͒̊̓̌̎̆͒̔͑́̆̋͆̿̈́͒̍́͆͐̇͐͐̂͊̒́̆̒̂͂̔̓̉͊̅̄͛́̒͊̎̆͛͐̄̈́̈́̈́̃͛̑̚͘͘̕͜͠͝͝͠͝͝ͅņ̷̢̧̨̢̨̡̧̭͚͔̝̗͇̞̦̱̘̰͈̟̱͙̰͍̦̱̭͉̦̰͎͎̞̜͖̜͈̜̮͓̤̭̣͈̗͔̱̭̤͔̩̫͎͕̬̐̅̽̔̐̅̄͗͒̓̆̇̍̈́͋̋̉͒̽͋̓̑̃̓͌̑̽̌͆̓̿̓̒̌̍̉̈̀̄̊̾͛̒̋̀́͛͊͒̃͑̈̓̊͂͂̍̃́̓̑̚̚̕͘͜͝͝ę̷̨̡̢̡̡̡̰͇̞̱̭̭̬̠͖͉̥̟̖̫͈̣̺̝̠̘̠̭̰̻̩̥̙̫̣͕̮͕͚͉͚̯͉͖̥̹̞̱̜̤̫̥̊̿̋͛͗͆͋̓̒̒͊̊͋̚ͅę̴̧̠̟̬̱̰͍͎͇̰̻̥̹̠̹̭̯̩̮̫̻̙͕͙̝̥͍̮͖̬̲̞̭͙͎͎͕͓̉ď̷̢̢̡̢̢̩͓̫͔̝̪͕̼͇̙͕͖͖̫͈͔̰̗̞̠͇͙̠̼̗̻̝̯̙̦͚͚̫͈̞̭̱̼̖̩̩̞̻̄̒͌̅́̑̃̇̾̊́̐̈́̇͆́̉͒͛̂̑̉̽̌͋̽̋̑͐͗̇̉͂̀̐͘͘͝͠ͅ ̷̡̨̢̛̝̙̦͎̜͎̰̗̩̳̰̠͇̰̤̮̠̪͔̦̤͙̠̺̦̙̖̺̞͎͒̄̀́̋͛̈́̂̿̃͒̆̾́̇̍͂̿͊̎͂̊̓͗̄̅͛̀̈́͛̈́͑́̈́̌͂̓̋̃̆́̌̉̓͗̂̋̔̓͊̀̆͆͛̈́̅̍̚͘͘͘̚͠͝͝͠ͅh̶̡̡̡̛̛̛̝̖̣̘̲͔̤̘̭͖̰͈̺̳̫̮̠̻̙͖̺̹̣͎͖͈͙̲͖͚̬̙͇̱̹̫͈͎̝͈̫̗̼̬̠͔̜͇̻͕̘͚̫̠̘͔̪̤͎̥̩̜͈̪̭͍̖͈̺̬̞͋̈́̃͆͋́̏̏̑́̊̌̄̃͐̒̇͑̉̂̑́͘͝͝͝ͅę̶̢̡̧̡̨̧̧̢̨̧̻̻͍̰̟̙͓̖̬͓̜̲̹̗̣͈͓̩͎̙̝̬̗͉̫͉̻̩̬͙̙͍̬̳̗͕͚̪͚̯̟̼̼̪͚̻͍̻̻̪͔̻̖̦̱̣̺̮͕̰̪̣͎̄̅͌̒͌̀̓̓̕l̸̢̡̛̬͕̮̖̮̯̙̥̝͓͙̬̥͎͖̤̼̘͙̳̠̘͈̲̅̃̔́̆̎̂̓̂̽̊̇̀͋͑̅̈͂̐̀̆͒̅͂͐̆͘̕͘̚͠͝͝p̷̢̧̢̨̨̡̧̧̰͓̮̫͉͔̠̞̬̰͍̗͈͙͓̻̜̝̗͖̟̼̠̠̭̰̮͎̺̣̝̲̮̹̬̙̦̟̞̫̲̝̼̱̘͔͍̻͖̤̹͍̘̊͌͆̋͊͌͆͗̂́̌̔͆̅͗͛͆͆͋̊̃͐́̔̾̅̓̽̀̈͒̉̀͆͒̏̂̆͗̇̋̋̀̾̌̄͋̐̑̈́͂̋̀͘͜ͅ
Okay, so as a person who played Bandori since the start of 2020, I decided that I have enough experience to talk and critique this game.
Graphics are kind of bad, and I'm talking about the models. The chibi's are okay, not terrible. But the models of the characters as a whole are kind of bad. I would really be glad if they just took the time to make better models, and not, for example, two events a month.
The sound is actually really good~! From the voice acting, the theme and to the songs. What I really love about BanGDream is that every band has other styles of music so every person can find at least one song to their taste.
Gameplay wise it's like every other rhythm game. Except of the rhythm part there is really nothing else to do.
Storyline is okay, not bad. Every band members has their own inside problems and at the end you can relate to at least one of the characters.
Now the biggest problem. Gacha and stars. It's really hard getting a 4*, for example one time I had 20k stars and wasted all of them while getting one 4*. Now if you want to buy stars it's really a lot of money, for example 1200 stars are like 15-20 dollars or even more. This is really a lot of money for nothing.
The art as a whole is really nice looking until you look closer at some of the cards. In some of the cards the anatomy is really bad but at some others it's really good. Some 4* are just don't worth even trying to get because they look like a 3*.
Now don't get me wrong a love BanGDream, it's one of the rhythm games in which I didn't lost immediately interest, but I can't ignore its flaws. I hope they get better with time, they are still a recent game and have a lot to do to get better.
The first time I heard about this game is from Twitter, from one of the people that I follow. So I became really curious of what all the hype is about.
When I first started playing I heven't had the idea that it will become one of my favourite games and honestly I'm still surprised that I'm still playing and enjoying it.
The graphics are really pleasing to look at, the character models and the chibi's have great movement and well lip sync with their voices.
The sound is nice, the voice actors do a great job and the theme and tracks from the game are pleasant to hear.
Now, when it comes to the gameplay I have a problem. Let's start from the biggest one I have and it's the rhythm aspect. I have no problem with anything in the rhythm games except of the fact that sometimes the rhythm games just don't work.
The strategy part is just good, not great but it's not really problematic or anything.
The storyline is actually great! I usually really dislike otome games because the plot and story is just basic copy-paste and nothing too interesting. But this one is pretty good~!
Now, the gacha is really great compared to games like BanGDream. The whole thing about getting an SSR after 100 rolls is really sweet to be honest, and when it comes to the art itself is just really beautiful.
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Ensemble Stars!! Music | Japanese
4.0Okay, so I finally decided to touch on Enstars. Feel free to criticis my critique, I'm always open to others opinions.
I downloaded Ensemble Stars!! Music two times with an open mind but I truly do not understand why people love this game.
The graphics are just... It's sad to look at. If you're going to read my other opinions on other games you will probably see I wrote how bad BanG! Dream models where. Well, now I think that those models are worse. Its sad because they don't even try to make the models smooth movements.
But I'm just talking about the 2D models, when it comes to 3D models they are really smooth, sweet and cute! The same goes to the chibi 2D models.
Sound is one if not the only thing great about this game. Although the song don't have as much difference as, for example, BanG Dream or Black Star, they are really nice to listen to.
There is little voice acting though, and with the models it looks, like I said, really sad.
I don't have a lot of things to say about the gameplay, it's the usual rhythm thing but you can have fun with the chibis too. (Although, it gets boring really quick. )
I will admit, I didn't read any of the stories. But from what I heard there is a trans character in this game, (Correct me if I'm wrong. ) and it touches a lot of subjects as gender norms and abuse as a whole. I think it's very brave that they give such serious topics a chance and this is one of the reasons why I think it's good that Enstars is popular.
Now value, I usually don't think spending any money on games, especially rhythm ones is worth it. I personally don't like the art, and did not have any special connections with the characters, so maybe I don't understand something. For me personally both times the gacha was pretty bad, especially with the fact that getting diamonds is hard. (Ones again correct me of I'm wrong.)
Overall, I think for a quite old game it can be better and improve much more. Like the 2D models or maybe even voice acting, although I think it's better to start from the first one.
Edit: This is an answer to every comment, since my answer is generally the same. I was quite nervous when posting this citique because the fandom is huge and I didn't knew how y'all will react to it. I will say that I'm really happy that we agree on quite a lot of things, and I should definitely read some of the stories.