Gal*Gun: Double Peace

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 4 out of 21
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  1. TheSixthAxis
    Aug 8, 2016
    70
    The poor visuals and complicated story requirements are a shame, but they never truly soured my time with the title and as soon as I finish this review, I plan to play more.
  2. Brash Games
    Aug 6, 2016
    70
    I personally had fun with it and was impressed with the overall presentation, however the repetitive gameplay leads me to feel that it is still quite overpriced.
  3. Eurogamer Italy
    Aug 5, 2016
    70
    Quotation forthcoming.
  5. Gaming Age
    Aug 31, 2016
    67
    It's clearly not for most people, whether it controls more smoothly on PS4 or not. But it's also a cut above a whole bunch of equally offensive games, and for that reason (if nothing else), it deserves its share of praise.
  6. God is a Geek
    Aug 13, 2016
    65
    A unique experience that gets tedious very quickly but also one that should be experienced by anyone craving some mindless (but perverse) fun.
  7. Areajugones
    Aug 5, 2016
    65
    GalGun: Double Peace is an interesting videogame based on anime gal games, which also features the simplest plot ever. It’s as enjoyable as repetitive and absurd.
  8. IGN Spain
    Nov 23, 2016
    60
    We analyze one of those titles that could only come from Japan, Gal Gun Double Peace, one of those games that mixes two genres as diverse as can be visual novels and shooter on rails.
  9. Gameblog.fr
    May 27, 2016
    60
    Gal Gun Second Peace is of course a sexy game for otakus, but it is also quite a good rail shooter, even if it fails to renew the experience compared to the first episode.
  10. 4P.de
    Jul 26, 2016
    50
    I liked the idea of a stylistically different railshooter. And I like the seriousness with which Gal Gun treats the sometimes awkward situations and dialogues. But overall the quirky action gets boring quite fast.
  11. Vandal
    Jul 22, 2016
    50
    Gal Gun is clearly aimed at the Japanese audience, so you probably know if it's a game you can enjoy. Its gameplay, no matter if you like the concept, is quite weak anyway.

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User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 56
  3. Negative: 13 out of 56
  1. SoftwareLibre
    Aug 3, 2016
    8
    Gal Gun: Double Peace is a game that is at its heart a on-rails shooter. You are a student at a school who has been hit by a super-love arrowGal Gun: Double Peace is a game that is at its heart a on-rails shooter. You are a student at a school who has been hit by a super-love arrow and have to shoot "pheromones" at girls that are either influenced by the "love angel" or a demon. In addition you can pick up little extras such as finding items that are tasks given by people in the school which appear in your cell phone. The shooting is mostly controlled by the left analog stick, sometimes with the D-Pad to switch directions and the square button for shooting and the right shoulder button for zooming. Personally I find that type of control not as intuitive as a move control, e.g. "Blue Estate" had an interesting idea to use the controller in a vertical position to hold it like a gun, but it works well enough.
    Typically a player will choose story mode to begin the game which essentially is a combination of shooting and visual novel elements, you will even have options that influence the story and thus, there are multiple endings. Besides there are some sections where the player has to touch the girls and raise a gauge. These sections resemble a little of "Dokidoki Majo Shinpan" or "Criminal Girls", I don't find those terribly interesting, but it makes for a change of pace, and sometimes the controller touch pad needs to be used which I find relatively hard to figure out how to do right. The story is cute and silly, though not particularly deep or original, but it does the job.

    I don't often play on-rails shooters and my favorites have been the "House of the Dead", "Typing of the Dead", and "Time Crisis". In my opinion the shooting sections are not quite as good as in those, but there still is quite a bit of variety and the graphics are quite clean and fluent. I deliberately chose the PS4 version, because from the Critic Reviews I could tell that the Vita version would not be quite as responsive.
    As for the replayability of the game, the story mode is rather short, you'll get through it in maybe 2, 3 hours, but with the branching story line and many unlockables there are enough incentives to play this again. There is also a Score Attack mode, so you can try to best your personal High Scores.

    My main critic points are the lack of move controls and the lack of sub titles for the voices, since they are in Japanese, it would be sometimes great to know what the characters are saying.

    I would give this a 7.5, but there are no half points on Metacritic, so I gave it an 8, this is with respect to it being an on-rails shooter.    … Full Review »
  2. Crext
    Aug 6, 2016
    8
    This game brings something new which we hasn't seen in a while, and delivers on what it tries to give. It's a bizarre adventure in the formatThis game brings something new which we hasn't seen in a while, and delivers on what it tries to give. It's a bizarre adventure in the format of a rail-shooter, where the innuendos fly rapidly, and fan-service aplenty, though it takes no damage on the gameplay which is solid as a standalone. Personally I love the puzzle parts where you do quests and try to find hidden objects admits all the havoc. Minigames like getting the schoolbook filled out (including the girls measurements and weak spots) and the dating sim elements + routes also give the game an RPG feel which keeps the overall progression going, where you always feel you get further despite if you mess up or not during some of the runs. It won't be game of the year, but if you are into fan-servicy games and bizarreness combined with an unique but functional gameplay, then this is defiantly worth your money.… Full Review »
  3. Biggun
    Mar 10, 2022
    10
    Rail shooter dont le but est de tirer sur de jeunes filles sexy en chaleur.
    Plus vous leur tirer dessus plus vous accumulerez de points    Rail shooter dont le but est de tirer sur de jeunes filles sexy en chaleur.
    Plus vous leur tirer dessus plus vous accumulerez de points améliorerez votre shoot et les jeunes filles seront de plus en plus chaudes.    … Full Review »
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