Anima: Gate of Memories

If you're a fan of Nier and looking to get your fix until the proper sequel is out, it is easy to recommend Anima. RPGs rarely hold my attention but I happily sank my time into this one no problem. There's enough quality content here that it feels like the developer or publisher is selling itself short by setting the price so low, as I would have easily been satisfied with this at double the price. It's even more impressive knowing the game was developed by three people. Just know going in that toward the end, you're going to be frustrated with some boss fights, pending the developers don't tweak them in a future update.

Anima: Gate of Memories is a game filled with potential that it generally fails to execute.

Much of the time in this review was spent bagging on Anima: Gate of Memories’ many, many (many) flaws.

Anima: Gate of Memories is an standard action RPG with hack and slash combat, various fun gameplay elements, deep upgrade system and also many boss battles. if you are a fan of action RPGs. Anima: Gate of Memories is absolutely worth your time and money, but you must expect weaknesses like some technical problems, lot of backtracking, weak hit detection (and feeling the hit) system and some other issues. If you accept its weaknesses, Anima: Gate of Memories can give you an enjoyable entertaining experience.

Anima: Gate of Memories is an ambitious, but uneven, anime-inspired third-person action adventure game now available for the Nintendo Switch.

Even with the game’s other failings, compelling and tight combat could have been a real saving grace...

Now available on Nintendo Switch as Anima: Gate of Memories: Arcane Edition, this innovative Action JRPG game is full of good intention, great storyline, and solid gameplay even if it's not technically on par with bigger budget games.

Overall I didn’t really have a good time with Anima: Gate of Memories – The Nameless Chronicles. It was way too boring and easy for a game that tries to mix RPG elements with Bayonetta & Devil May Cry – The gameplay was a slog and the story was mediocre; the only things I found interesting at most were the art style for the most part and the music.

I liked my time with the game for my Anima: Gate of Memories review. It’s a fun action-RPG with solid gameplay mechanics and an interesting story that you should definitely try on PlayStation 4. I look forward to seeing what the studio does next. Who knows, we might get a sequel to this one!

I want to like Anima: Gate of Memories – and, to some extent, I do – but the character flaws and clichés, the shaky combat system, and the absolutely droll and horrific dialogue (YouTube the Reading Ergo) pull down a title that, with a little more polish or a more experienced development team, could have succeeded on multiple levels.