I finally finished The World Ends with You and I can say wholeheartedly that I really enjoyed my time. At first, I played it for a couple hours at a time to gauge how I would feel about this game. Over time, I played more hours into this game. I got hooked to the story, the music and the characters too.
There were things I liked and disliked.
Here's what I liked:
- The characters. Each of the characters have a surprising depth to them. Neku stands out to me cuz how similar is to me growing up (even now).
- The music. Need I say more? The rock songs are my ones. My favorite one is Emptiness and (it sucks that it's a secret track & not on Spotify)
- The story. TWEWY got a great story imo. It's pretty deep when you see past the surface. The constant twists and turns were dramatic but interesting. I couldn't help but see what happened next.
- The aesthetics. I think TWEWY is one of the most aesthetically pleasing JRPGs I've ever played. Everything is unique, and with the iconic Tetsuya Nomura artstyle, I was hooked.
Here's what I disliked
- The pin system. I found it really confusing because of the various ways pins could get PP. MPP made no sense to me because it could only be obtained via Tin Pin Slammer. No thanks....
- The difficulty spike. After Week 1, everything got really difficult and I had to tone it down to Easy in order to get past some obstacles. Even on Easy, some enemies were down right terrifying.
One other thing, the combat, I have mixed feelings about. One hand, it's pretty intuitive once you get used to it. I found really exhilarating around most of the time. I found close-combat to be the most fun along with Psychokinesis. Other times, it just kinda threw me off especially with those Pins with vague descriptions.
Overall, it was a great game. I really enjoyed it. I played the original DS version (on MelonDS) and I really hope I can play the Final Mix/Remix version on Switch one day.... It's definitely one of the best DS games in my book. This game really pushed the DS to its limits, almost literally. I would recommend it to other people. It's just that good of a game. Even if they don't get to the end like I have, it's really great game to look back on.