Utawarerumono Zan

 PlayStation 4
User Score
3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 6 out of 12
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  1. minneyar
    Sep 27, 2019
    8
    It's not amazing, but if you're a fan of Utawarerumono and just want to beat up mooks with your favorite characters from Mask of Deception, you'll have a fun time with this.

    To get it out of the way first -- this game covers the events of Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, but in an extremely abridged form. MoD is a 40-hour visual novel and it takes about 6 hours to beat the story mode    It's not amazing, but if you're a fan of Utawarerumono and just want to beat up mooks with your favorite characters from Mask of Deception, you'll have a fun time with this.

    To get it out of the way first -- this game covers the events of Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, but in an extremely abridged form. MoD is a 40-hour visual novel and it takes about 6 hours to beat the story mode in this game. Zan cuts out entire characters and story arcs in order to compress everything down, and it doesn't add anything new. If you're only here for the story -- which is fair, if you're a fan of the visual novels -- there's nothing here for you. If you haven't played MoD, this game is just going to feel choppy and confusing.

    The rest of the game fares much better, though. The graphics are good and the soundtrack is great; it's filled with high-energy remixes of Utaware tracks, and the special edition is almost worth buying for the soundtrack along. The gameplay isn't incredible, but it's fun; you pick a character and run around beating up lots of enemies. There's some variety to missions, and there are some that involve destroying objects or gathering resources instead of killing enemies. Every character is unique and plays differently, and the controls are responsive. Multiplayer also works perfectly well, although you may have trouble finding an online group if you don't have friends who you can get to play the game with you.

    The worst aspect of the game is the lack of content. Like I mentioned earlier, you can beat the story mode in under 6 hours, and even if you do all of the optional content in the game, you can get the platinum trophy in 15. It's nice if you want a quick platinum, but it's up to you whether that's worth paying full price for the game.    … Expand

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Cubed3
    Nov 7, 2019
    70
    Anyone looking for an anime brawler will find this one to be a very good one. It is not to be played for its highly-compressed retelling of a former story, nor its short length; but for mindless action and fighting it delivers fairly well. The combat is fun with enough to it to stay fairly interesting for the ten or so hours it takes to beat, just be warned there isn't some great adventure to partake in here.
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  2. SpazioGames
    Oct 23, 2019
    54
    For a fan of the series this is still a pleasant diversion, even though we don't think it's worth the full price. For a new player, this doesn't seem like the ideal title to get introduced to the series.
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  3. Gameblog.fr
    Oct 9, 2019
    50
    Utawarerumono Zan is a remake of the first episode with muso phase instead of tactical RPG ones. The result is not bad, but the visual novel part suffers from all those changes.
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