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Loop8: Summer of Gods
Released On: Jun 6, 2023
49
4.2
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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64% Mixed
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36% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
49
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
64% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
36% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Loop8: Summer of Gods offers an intriguing premise with a wide cast of characters and strong social component but lacks to offer more variety in its gameplay, which results in a constant feeling of repetition.
The beauty of the Japanese countryside and its folklore fails to save Loop8, a game that remains imprisoned in its own vicious circle. It feels like a JRPG with dating sim and roguelike elements, but lacks souls and personality, becoming yet another forgettable Persona clone on the market. And that's a real shame, because it looked really promising.
Loop8: Summer of Gods tries many ideas but doesn't execute any of them well. Most of the game involves you building your relationship with people who don't even want to help you save the world. Its combat is unrewarding and doesn't even feel like its necessary. Its only saving grace is its great art design and, on most occasions, its voice acting.
With its interesting premise that blends time-looping mechanics and extensive relationship-building into Persona's familiar formula, I went into Loop8: Summer of Gods expecting a summer to remember. It's just a shame that none of these elements come together as cohesively as they could have, making for an uneven experience. With repetitive dialogue choices that feel mostly weightless, a quirky combat system, dungeon-crawling that comes across as mostly tacked-on, and a severe lack of variety, don't go canceling your summer plans for this one.
Loop8 isn’t able to present a coherent
whole – underwhelming writing, overly
simple mechanics, and an annoying loop
mechanic simply don’t mix. [Issue#29, p.94]
Loop8: Summer of Gods aspires to capture the human experience through a multitude of ambitious subsystems. Unfortunately, virtually none of these ideas make a meaningful impact on the game. The end result is a shallow, disjointed, and undeveloped experience. Rather than reflecting the nuances of our everyday lives, Loop8 most closely resembles the lives of aquarium fish.
Pretty much everything in Loop8 boils down to building up your stats past an arbitrary barrier by looping and repeating the same dull, boring conversations and tasks ad nauseum. The characters are tropey and uninteresting, the unique premise is squandered by disjointed storytelling, and the combat is devoid of strategy or depth. The only positive thing I can commend the game for is the visuals, which feature a nice mix of detailed 3D models and lovingly crafted 2D background elements. They really nailed the look of an 80’s Japanese island town, but the actual game is such a chore to play that I can’t recommend it to anyone. Spend your summer somewhere other than Ashihara.
User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 18 User Ratings
4.2
22% Positive
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User Score
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 18 User Ratings
4.2
22% Positive
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28% Mixed
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50% Negative
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Summary Eight months after hope for humanity was destroyed... Nini, the protagonist who lost his home and family to the ancient calamity known as the "Kegai," arrives at the peaceful countryside town of Ashiharanakatsu to stay with his mother's relatives. In this town where everyday life and the extraordinary intertwine, Nini's radiant and str...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
- Xbox One
- PlayStation 4
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Jun 6, 2023
Developer:
- SIEG Games
Publisher: XSEED Games
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