Late Play is a new editorial for games we have played later then the rest of the world- or just wanted to talk about them way after the games release. In this titles case, it has been reviewed in the past by me. But today we are taking another look at it.
The World Ends With You captures one thing in my mind every time I think about the title, it isn’t its unique game play, its engrossing story no- the thing which I think about when I hear its name. Is the soundtrack.
The soundtrack is full of Japanese Pop. Which suits the game just so well. What more, is for a video game soundtrack is enjoyable outside of the game as well. With many of the songs been done by real singers.
As for the game, when I played it for the first time- the “emo” presentation of the main character I thought embodied the game quite well. In real life if you meant someone like that you would slap them, but in this game, the audio and visual cues at the start wrap it up so nicely you fit yourself into the characters. It’s a really polished game, and one of the best on the Nintendo DS system.
Crashing into the game itself, some players might find the game style a little rough. Overall however the game play is quite unique for the platform. The game allows two different characters on both screens. No doubt this could be done on the 3DS if a sequel ever happens, but just replacing the main character to the top screen, and the side character to the bottom.
The game is based around a Japanese city, and been a Japanese game has many over egzaduated Japanese designs within the title. But overall it doesn’t feel to empowering- and seems to fit in a nice neat bundle.