Trinity Universe

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  • Summary: The Demon Dog King Kanata and Valkyrie Rizelea are both searching for their own solution about how to resolve the issue of drifting space debris appearing in the Netheruniverse. Explore the space debris, send them out of orbit, protect the Netheruniverse from destruction, and solve why theThe Demon Dog King Kanata and Valkyrie Rizelea are both searching for their own solution about how to resolve the issue of drifting space debris appearing in the Netheruniverse. Explore the space debris, send them out of orbit, protect the Netheruniverse from destruction, and solve why the universe's discarded items come to the land tucked away in the Netheruniverse: Empyria. [NIS America]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. Worth Playing
    80
    Trinity Universe is a good choice for RPG fans who don't mind a heavy dose of humor in their games, and it'll keep you entertained for quite a while.
  2. Digital Chumps
    76
    Dozens of dungeons overflowing with enemies and treasures for you to battle and collect to your hearts content, but it will require some patience and tolerance on your part to fully enjoy. For JRPG and turn based fans, this is certainly worth your attention.
  3. GameCritics
    75
    It's light, accessible, and almost hysterically funny at times.
  4. Everyeye.it
    65
    The battle system is quite interesting, but Trinity Universe has no story, no NPC interactions, no exploration. Designed for the perfect "Otaku", not for other players.
  5. Eurogamer
    60
    While it's commendable that publishers are still localising these quintessentially weird and wonderful Japanese games, ironically, Trinity Universe's biggest problem might just be that it's not quite crazy enough.
  6. Cheat Code Central
    60
    While TU might be weak in all other areas, it delivers exactly what the targeted niche market is expecting: A huge cast of oddballs going crazy during unbelievable cutscenes.
  7. games(TM)
    40
    Trinity Universe's combat lacks the depth that Nippon Ichi and Gust have shown in the past. It too often feels repetitive, clunky, and lacking the strategy we've come to expect. [Aug 2010, p.124]
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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. Razzee
    Apr 21, 2019
    8
    In the current year, I have come to know about Trinity Universe through a video, mentioning that it was a prequel of the first Neptunia game,In the current year, I have come to know about Trinity Universe through a video, mentioning that it was a prequel of the first Neptunia game, I bought a new/sealed copy of this game from a shop two months ago, played it to its platinum trophy and I must say that Trinity Universe became one of my favorite RPGs, although mostly for its visual novel elements. The visual novel portion of this game is revolutionary, since the "Active Animation Adventure" system, which is present in almost every game from Idea Factory, was first introduced here, and it is simply gorgeous, with its living sprites conceived by the experienced illustrator Tsunako. Take a look at the "System" tab on the (still up) official website to know what I'm talking about. The gameplay portion (classic dungeon-crawler, similar to Mary Skelter) is not the best I have seen but it works well - it seemed balanced to me as I didn't have to grind a lot and dungeons are not that repetitive, compared to Neptunia. Loading times inside dungeons were not that bad either. If I have to complain about something in this game, is that the whole game runs directly from the disc, there is no install option, thus if you do something that demands more than the reader can load, the game may freeze your console. It happened to me once while I was browsing the art gallery. This is a known issue and can happen if you skip dialogues too. 3D models of the characters could have been better worked on (they look like from an early PS2 game, made of wax). If you're a fan of games from Idea Factory or visual novel in general, Trinity Universe is a title I highly recommend you, since it originated the Neptunia franchise, the system I mentioned before (present in IF games only) and, well, for what Trinity Universe is, a RPG with a silly but enjoyable story and likable characters (plus the jokes) that anime fans will surely feel familiar with. Adding to replay value, each protagonist has their own route, and every dialogue line is voiced - quite impressive for a 2009 game with low budget. Unfortunately, this game is not very accessible, since it is a PS3 exclusive disc-only game and physical copies are rare. I hope to see it remastered and ported to more platforms once the actual publisher loses its publishing rights.… Expand
  2. vahn
    Jul 28, 2012
    8
    I dare to say this is one of the FEW good jrpgs on the ps3, and I'm writing this review 2 years after the release of TrinityI dare to say this is one of the FEW good jrpgs on the ps3, and I'm writing this review 2 years after the release of Trinity Universe...showing that to this day we still lack good jrpgs, lacking basically anything, from story to gameplay, from longevity to entertainment. I know there few good jrpgs, but this game showed what a good game needed. First of all, the game is based on irony and comedic moments, meaning that the plot will be very light and not totally serious, which can be both good and bad, depending on your tastes. Second, the game is a turn based jrpg: few tweaks in the mechanics, few difference from the other games, but the system is almost untouched: your turn->you attack->next member. Even if overused, the turn based formula is still a great way to combine both strategy and action; infact, you press buttons to put a combination of attack in order to make a better combo attack, which is actually nice (and, if I have to make a comparison, it reminded me of Legend of Legaia on the first playstation). What only saddens me is that this generation considers this kind of gaming "too old", but I only say this: "If it's old and overused, it's because it still works greatly, doesn't it?". Oh, and it's also very repetitive. Anyway, third: there are many secondary actions to do: item creation (gust's trademark), the colosseum (in order to get some specific items usually, and to beat harder monsters), the managraphics (which usually add different effects to your weapons and also makes you get specific mana from enemies), plus there is a total of 15 characters...and NONE of them are to be downloaded (the rest of the dlcs are also useless: they only give you items that you can easily get in game). And...that's it, unfortunely, and now I gotta start saying that, even if fun, this game is extremely lacking in content: there is basically no exploration, except for the dungeons, but your main place is basically the ONLY place you can visit: that's so cheap and very poor, especially when we're talking about planets! Not only that, the dungeons are also very lacking: they tend to be the same after a while and change only the themes (even though they are many). And on top of that, it uses the "Dungeon Crawler" formula, which is usually good for a portable console. And unfortunely, even if it's interesting at some points and it's supposed to be funny and not taken seriously, the story is very boring and tends to be forgotten very fast, because you'll mostly go grind experience and hardly follow the story, which is also very short by the way. It gives you however two different starts, which is a nice idea, but they are very short in general and it's only meant to "look" longer, especially since there's no played time counter. Even if flawed, this game however is still fun and it's basically "complete": it adds nothing with dlc, and it's can be long if you want to, for example, take the true ending or have all of the 15 characters: basically, the flaws of this game are overthrown by the good sides, and I highly recommend to give it a look.… Expand
  4. dragon0085
    Apr 29, 2013
    8
    This game is VERY funny and the story is entertaining, the thing that stops it from being 'perfect' is two major flaws that detract: itemThis game is VERY funny and the story is entertaining, the thing that stops it from being 'perfect' is two major flaws that detract: item grinding and simple battle system.

    It is typical Idea factory grind, meaning it takes forever to get anything. The battle is a simple combo system but really it could have just been 'attack' and saved time.

    It is unfortunate, because I have not laughed as much as I have with this game's story that takes two different sides.    … Expand
  5. Pepsi_Biofusion
    Jan 31, 2012
    7
    Trinity Universe is a solid, if rather repetitive, JRPG with 2 separate story lines and a cast of wonderful... and annoying characters. YouTrinity Universe is a solid, if rather repetitive, JRPG with 2 separate story lines and a cast of wonderful... and annoying characters. You spend most of you're time walking around dungeons beating up monsters to some very catchy music, the dungeons themselves are like any IF game in that they are bland and made up solely of corridors and square rooms. The graphics are a mixed bag with some decent texture work and polygons but theres a lot of repetition in backrounds and enemies and party members look like there made of wax for some reason. Unfortunately some of this game is plain lazy, most enemies are taken straight from Cross Edge or Agarest, many of the enviromental objects aswell, and there is a lack of variation in enviroments. While this games music is top notch, very funky, the voice acting is hit or miss... largely miss especially the english dud, although Etna stands out as particulary strong. The battles are 3 vs 3(usually) turn based (sort off) in that you press buttons to correspond to different attack types, square for light, triangle for magic and x for heavy and you can combine combos through multiple characters for big damage and high multipliers. The battle system is fun but it gets old quick, as in 5 hours in the 15 hour story (there are 2 plus an end game so you get a good 30-40 hours) you will basically know all there is to know about it and have nothing to strive for. That said the story itself is ok, nothing as clever or humorous as Hyper D but far better than Cross Edge, it notably suffers from 1 too many tedious characters, particulary the young males. I wont spoil the story but its largely there just to give you an excuse to go through dozens of repetitive dungeons, theres a dolip of humour too which did make me smile every so often. Aside from 2 stories there are optional dungeons to tackle, over 100 gallery artworks to unlock, which are often done using super-deformed characters, synthesis and monster creating, optional events to watch aswell as a lot of customisation from weapon skins to meteorites (which increase you're characters stats) Theres also a lot of DLC avaliable for TU (at least here in the UK) but its very expensive for what it is, usually £2 for 5 weapons and the like, all the DLC combined could easily cost more than the game itself and it adds rather little to an already easy game. All in all this is a fun little JRPG with plenty of content but it does outstay its welcome through excessive repetition and there are cerntainly better anime JRPGs out there.… Expand
  6. asdasd33a
    Apr 23, 2014
    0
    I cant belie I am saying this but this one of the worst game I've ever actually played to the end.
    The game itself is more or less standard    I cant belie I am saying this but this one of the worst game I've ever actually played to the end.
    The game itself is more or less standard turn based combat jrpg without much story - the world is ending and characters that do not impress. The gameplay itself consists of same looking single corridor dungeons with some split off square rooms and a boss - always. Go in straight corridor kill boss advance story and collect some useless upgrade stuff. The predecessor to this game Cross Edge at least had an innovative battle system and was challenging this thing has no appeal and is a very poor game at best. Replaying any good PS2 jrpg is more fun than exploring this new world. Nothing to see or experience here other than tedium and some frustration.    … Expand