A.W.: Phoenix Festa

 PlayStation Vita
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 17
  3. Negative: 6 out of 17
  1. The Vita Lounge
    Aug 15, 2016
    48
    A.W.: Phoenix Festa is a title that doesn't know what it wants to be; offering something for everyone, but failing to make all the bits work together in harmony. If tuned properly, this could be an enjoyable title, but as-is it's so easy and/or monotonous at times that it's only slightly better than doing nothing at all.
  2. PlaySense
    Aug 11, 2016
    45
    Nice characters and an engaging management aspect aren't enough to save this mess of game. Skip it.
  3. GameCritics
    Aug 31, 2016
    40
    Even by the lowered standards of licensed tie-in titles, Phoenix Festa fails to impress, seemingly intent on undoing the redemptive work of other, better, tie-ins like the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm series or even the various Sword Art Online adaptations.
  5. CGMagazine
    Aug 20, 2016
    40
    Exhaustingly trite and mechanically shallow, A.W. Phoenix Festa is a waste of memory card space better occupied by something like Steins;Gate.
  6. High-Def Digest
    Aug 10, 2016
    40
    For as much as A.W. : Phoenix Festa fails to capitalize on the potential of its strong ideas, there is something oddly compelling about the whole game that had me start up a second playthrough pretty much immediately after my first ending. I can't really recommend this to anyone but diehard fans of the series, but even then, it comes with the caveat that it's a flawed, rushed game. It's nice to see more titles like this brought over, but this is one that can safely be skipped.
  7. We Got This Covered
    Aug 8, 2016
    40
    There's an interesting story to be told in A.W.: Phoenix Festa, but sadly, this game only teases it.

Awards & Rankings

25
#25 Best PS Vita Game of 2016
23
#23 Most Discussed PS Vita Game of 2016
18
#18 Most Shared PS Vita Game of 2016

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User Score
4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 7 out of 11
  1. Rangertwin1208
    Aug 26, 2018
    3
    Incredibly underwhelming (and at the same time, unnecesary). Story is ultimately shallow with no consequences whatever path you take, theIncredibly underwhelming (and at the same time, unnecesary). Story is ultimately shallow with no consequences whatever path you take, the climax of the story was unsatisfying, light dating sim, combat lacks weight and suffers issues like the hit detection, some characters are stronger than others, some of MC's skills are weak and some are too OP, stereotypical characters that only peopel that only cares about cute girls and self-insert MC will like (in other words, people with mediocre taste), no online (only local 2 player), characters don't shout when during combat, endings for each girl are the same and graphics so mediocre that look like something out of a PSP game, s. I actually thing that the SAO games offers more replayable content than this game. Is obvious that A.W. PF is only for the fans, but I highly doubt they will even remembering this game, since I barely hear anyone talking about this game (even the PS Vita fanbase have forgotten about the game).

    Looking at the user score, I'm honestly surprised that there people who actually likes the game (of course, it could just mean that 1 person with 3 accounts scored highly the game). I get that not everyone will have the same taste as mine (I mean, come on, there are people out there who actually enjoy games like Umbrella Corps, Godzilla and Natural Doctrine) I mean, if the game was that good, there should have been Vita players on how much of a masterpiece this game was. Either that, or the reason why people aren't talking about this game is due to how dead the series is. Hopefully, is the    … Full Review »
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