For more Neptunia content, subscribe to my buddy Yellow Super Nintendo th-cam.com/users/YellowSuperNintendo ! Have you played any of these games? Correction for the video: I say there are 11 games, I meant 12 😊
Got into the series in 2017 started with mk2 platinumed that, moved on to Victory platinumed that, had a lot of faith in the series and continued to enjoy it for awhile. Currently I'm in a love-hate relationship where can't stand the majority of the decisions made, and bad design overall. Superdimension is probably my favorite as it takes SEGA's Sega Hard Girls puts them in something else (they're fantastic characters by the way) and they changed up the system battle system for once, and gave you some abilities you should've had in previous games, while making the IF the protagonist, giving her a great redesign and some small personality changes, letting her just be herself. My latest fray was trying Action Unleashed, it has some fun parts here and there, but was mostly a slog, had a few interesting ideas but the execution was decent. (thanks in part to Tamsoft) Only thing I have left uncompleted right now is Megadimension me and a friend were curious and ended up getting it on sale for $3.99, it made some improvements here and there, and it's fairly decent, though there's still things we don't like about it. It improved some things while adding tasks that are unreasonable. Overall I'd say Neptunia has some good ideas, just that the execution and flow is generally not that great, unless other companies and developers come in and help make the games, that usually irons out the bugs and gameplay/design issues, depending on how much freedom they have to do their work. With the change in upper management recently and from what I've seen from the trailers for Sisters VS Sisters, it's looking good going back to what made mk2 interesting, and focusing on the better characters; however that game on PS4 will be the last chance I give it, if it's not acceptable to great I'm done with the franchise.
A couple of my students told me about this series many years ago because they new I was really interested in the history of consoles. The 'cute' aesthetic kinda made me wary, but I picked up Action Unleashed and really enjoyed it. The humour is something I really like about the games I have played. I am probably showing my age these days as my tired brain just cannot keep track of the multiple releases in a modern franchise like this, but I think I will try the Rebirth games you mention. Thanks for the video! Edit: one thing I loved about the games was the variety and goofy enemies. It really adds to the funny tone.
No it felt so different! I think I missed the old dialogue artstyle with moving anime characters instead of 3d sprites. And I'm not into vtubers. And thank you ❤️❤️
I looked around for a top 10 list and came across your video, I was wanting a new jrpg to play and saw neptunia games were on sale on steam. I've heard of the series but never played, so I purchased your top 4 thanks for your input. Have a nice day!
i gasped when i saw this bc i was literally gna ask for a video about this series!! i never had/don't have a ps vita or ps4 so my only options are whats on switch; so it makes me happy that ysn said vii is his favourite! thank u for another helpful, interesting nd in depth video ircha
I think you just showed my a series that I didn't know I wanted but now I will do my best to find a Ps vita and start playing some of the games because they look really fun! thanks a lot for the video!
@@patyos2 This tip actually saved me! because I live in the forgotten corners of Latin America, so I went to steam and now I'm playing Megadimension Neptunia VII, I was able to find a lot of the titles for cheap and I will try to collect and complete the recommendations from the list!
IchigoKurosaki10 Yeah the only games you cannot get on Steam is the Original PS3 Trilogy and Producing Perfection which is only on PsVita So you can play the whole main series on Steam since it has the remakes plus every other spin off Just keep in mind the Remakes Re;Birth games are all made with the same Engine and Assets from the 3rd Neptunia game on Ps3 Neptunia Victory
Action Unleashed killed so much of my time in the day, I’m being blasted with some nostalgia here ❤️ I don’t know why I ever fell off of the Neptunia series. It’s time for me to hunt down Hyperdimension Re:Birth 3 to finish continuing my journey. Great video Ircha
Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed was my first Neptunia game. I love it, it's a great game and a great place to start. Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online is another Neptunia game I really like. If one wants turn-based combat, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 and Megadimension Neptunia VII should be very enjoyable to play. I like how you didn't reference the fact that these games always have some level of fanservice, I guess it's obvious with the gameplay (and character designs) throughout this video, so, if one doesn't have a problem with fanservice (I don't have a problem with fanservice in the slightest), these games can be very, *very* enjoyable to play. Speaking of fanservice...well played (7:30).
I enjoyed the fan service across the games! They don't feel offensive at all, they're more on the empowering hot side. Except for in Neptunia U where the clothes break, that was bit "uh.. Lol" but I could turn that off 😂 👍
My favorite was Blanc and Neptune vs Zombies. One of the most fun games to play! I really liked the beat em up aspect. I'm about to start the Sega Hard Girls game next so I'm glad to see it was a good game for you that ranked higher on your list!
I've spent almost 300 hours on Action Unleashed, and i *rarely* spend that much time on any game i play. You can tell how much i really enjoyed it (and i still play it on and off to this day) ❤
@@ircha Yes XD I'm a sucker for musou games, another game i spent a similar amount of time is Hyrule Warriors. Action Unleashed is very much like a Neptunia-musou in it's own right, so it's no wonder that i got addicted. It's also the game that got me into Neptunia ❤
I like how passionate you talk about this gameserie. You explain it very well and thoroughly. I enjoy watching it, even though it is not my cup of tea. Keep it up!
I remember when you were streaming Virtual Stars on some VC's in your Discord a while back. You really were doing your best to try and like it. Another thing, I recall too, while it wasn't too big of a concern, you felt a sort of disconnect with the game without the Iconic English voice cast. While I know there are fans out there that would most certainly enjoy the Japanese Dub of the game, and I most certainly have no issues with the Japanese cast, I very much enjoy showing support for the English cast for all their hard work they put into the characters they voiced. It certainly seems so odd to have a game where Neptune and Purple Heart don't have Melissa Fahn voicing her. While you hypothesized that it might have been due to Rona and Budget reasons, I hope if they do a re-release of the game, they include the English cast. It would also be interesting to see whom they get to have as the voices for all the "vTubers" in the game. Would be amusing if they got a deal with Hololive, vShojo, or CyberLive to have some actual vTubers voice them to really sell it. MegaDimension Neptunia Victory-II(R) is my personal favorite of the series. I have the PC version with the Virtual Reality addition to the game, a great addition to it with some added features to interact with the cast of the game. While I know it wasn't touched on in the video, the Soundtrack really sold it to me, I still enjoy several songs in a playlist on TH-cam while I work or go out for walks and such. I am a metalhead, so there are plenty of awesome headbangers in this game. At the same time, it has plenty of great orchestral, techno, hard rock, metal, and cheeky/comical music. My absolute favorite song is "Uranus", of which for those that haven't played this game and would be interested in hearing what the OST sounds like, I gift you this (th-cam.com/video/j1DsxrSFV38/w-d-xo.html) VS Sega Hard Girls is my second favorite in the games in the franchise that I have played. The additional traversal mechanics that were included in the game are really great to get around the map. Although I have to question some of the animations lol, nothing bad of course, but they look a little silly, like the climbing animation where Iffy looks like she is climbing sideways with her legs, seems a bit unnatural from my perspective in game designing. I would like to add that, when it comes to jumping into this game, if you are not prepared for it, the vulgarity in this game goes up a notch compared to other games in the franchise. As an example, there are quite a few F-Bombs dropped. For those that are ok with this, the vulgarity certainly adds to the humor of the game. This game really touches home to me for having been a Sega child, growing up with their consoles. I enjoyed the Mega Drive/Genesis era the most between Plutia/Iris Heart and Mega Drive (Genesis). Cherami Leigh does such a great job voicing Plutia and is such an iconic Genesis/Mega Drive CPU. The banter between the CPU and system is hilarious. Action Unleashed was actually my first (and only) Musou game I have ever played, a very fun story. Might want to mention for those that aren't expecting a certain *cough* "Game Mechanic" *cough cough* lol. As a precaution, they allow the player to turn it off. It's totally understandable for Re;birth1 to hold a #2 slot in a Top 10. When it comes to games that are the "Father" or "Grandfather" of a franchise, they can end up in that position especially when the sequels can 1-up the original with game mechanics, story, etc. Here are the games I have played in the orders that I liked them: 6.) HyperDimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed 5.) HyperDimension Neptunia Re;birth 2 4.) HyperDimension Neptunia Re;birth 1 3.) HyperDimension Neptunia Relbirth 3 2.) SuperDimension Neptune vs Sega Hard Girls 1.) MegaDimension Neptunia V-IIR As a bit of a final note too, These games are also available on PC, while I know you mentioned the Switch and PS4. In a bit of a comical note, wonder when Idea Factory will get a deal with Xbox, gotta show Vert/Green Heart some love and support by getting Neptunia games on her platforms lol.
Your comment has finally arrived! Yeah I tried liking Virtual Stars, but I much more like other entires, to put it like that ;) I don't have the VIIR version of V2, only the normal PS4 version, and a great game it was.
@@irchadefinitely try the VR version at some point, it's a great bit of comedy and it has some major "waifu" moments with you as the player and the CPUs. Blanc is honestly so adorable in VR. Iffy and Neptune's banter in vs Sega Hard Girls is also another great bit of comedy in the game.
It's great to see another female fan of the series 🙂 Super Neptunia RPG got me into the series. That and Megadimension Neptunia VII are my favorites so far..so my top list would be quite different. Also Rebirth 1 was remade again for the PS5 as Neptunia ReVerse so it's more accessible than a lot of the other titles. At least they ported Rebirth 2 and 3 to Steam.
So nice to see the love for The All Mighty Nepster (BROTHER!). Megadimension is my favorite main series entry with Cyberdimension being my favorite (kind of) spinoff. Producing Perfection is best left forgotten unless SUPER curious.
I don't personally think Super Nep RPG is horrible. For a NEP game it feels a bit above the usual budgetary constraints. But on switch... yikes! There's lots of little annoying things in the game regardless but the performance is just ungodly.
I totes regret buying it on the Switch despite being a 2D entry that shouldn't have any sort of issues running on it... until I played it all the way through myself, suffering through the godawful performance. Hadn't I picked it up on PS4 or PC, I would have had a much better time with it, annoying gameplay bits aside.
I bought every game released on PC from the last sale. All of them are on steam thankfully. Waiting to play on my steam deck when it gets here. Gonna be awesome!
Happy to find another lady fan of the series! You have my respect! And these are excellent choices!! Though its funny that your first choice is actually my least favorite of the Mainlines, but its still nice to see people enjoy these games anyway. (I don't hate it its just my least favorite mainline) Loved this video!! Well done!!
Hey there, I've actually been a Neptunia fan since 2017 and own every game ever, I found it interesting that you said Megadimension Neptunia V2 is not a good place to start as that was actually the first Neptunia game I ever played, also I love the Switch version and actually like and enjoy that version more, good video though.
It’s not too late to get a Vita and catch up! I got mine 6 months ago from a Japanese import seller and have been having a blast. It was/is a totally underrated system!
I just started getting into Neptunia. Luckily I bought the Vita games while they were still doing Vita sales. To expand my collection I wanted to buy the PS4 games but I was wondering what is the difference between Mega Dimension Neptunia vii and Mega Dimension Neptunia viiR?
@@ircha I was also wondering what you think about the Neptunia and Senran Kagura crossover. Do you think it will bring RPG elements to Senran Kagura or do you think it will more of a Neptunia action beat-em-up?
Hmmm, no mention of VII R? I know it only adds PSVR support and some extra scenes but still... Also Neptunia ReVerse on PS5, I have yet to play it, I hope it fixes the insane difficulty curve right at the beginning...
In fact Idea Factory are my favorite publisher. So many colorful lovely games 🥰 This video is so great since there are a lot of games in the series and can be difficult for newcomers to know where to begin.
I enjoy your content and I'm subscribed. If you ever did any Let's Plays of Atelier games. I would definitely watch. You have a passion for them thats obvious and I think that would be fun to watch in a video.
No matter how the serises go i always use compa my fav chacrter along with sisters. They need more love. Still trying to platuime rebrith 2 and love them so much.
Nice to see you again ircha your always a breath of fresh air! ... I have never played neptunia... But I may check it out now.... It looks pretty fun... But I usually shy away from games that are jrpg with anime style art... But I dunno it looks pretty fun tho... If I had ps4 and vita might check it out one day.... All I have is switch for now :( still waiting for botw2 myself.. Have a good night ircha... :)
What do you think of Neptunia ReVerse? I never played any Neptunia game but I think I'm going to pick this one up for the PS5. It's apparently a remake of the ReBirth 1 game?
I found these games during my tenure as a Vita owner and I'm glad I did not judge them based upon the shop imagery, as the comedy and breaking the fourth wall moments are fantastic! Despite selling my Vita due to lack of use, I've since bought all possible Neptunia titles via GOG.
While I absolutely adore the character designs and the idea behind the games, it's always a bit intimidating to get into such an extensive series. Especially when you don't know where to start! This helps a lot.
@@TheGoodDoktor4451 who is this Chris chan? I never heard the name before. What does this person did that make christopher said chris ruins everything?
@@rooksdaw1999 the rabbit hole goes far too deep for one man to appropriately summarize in a comment section. If you’re curious enough and got some time to kill, look up “Chris Chan Documentary” here, on TH-cam. And take you’re pick from the list of available videos. But if I had to TLDR a summary of him, it’d be. A person so absurd, that if it wasn’t for the comical amount of information available. You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s all too ridiculous to be real.
Where would you put Sisters vs Sisters now that it is out? I just bought it as my first Neptunia game. Fingers crossed. I bought based on a blurb you had about it in another video.
I appreciate that you gave your honest opinions. I bought the first game when it came out but wasn't impressed. however after watching this I might take one of your recommendations and give it another try.
It's funny that you slightly compare Hyperdevotion Noire to Disgaea and Fire Emblem because when I played that game, I felt like it's what you get when you combine the gameplay and a battle flow of Disgaea with the map design of Fire Emblem. (The 3rd map gave me Tellius Fire Emblem bridge map flashbacks NGL)
I just finished zenoblade cron.3 and i gotta say Wow! Best game ive played in a few years. Thanks Irene for the recomodation. Now i need a long vacation.lol😅😊
I have not played the rebirth game because I don't own a Playstation Vita and I don't play PC games but I do own the original one from the PlayStation 3 and megadimension Neptunia V2 but the question for I loved all them although the first one is actually not canon they later confirmed that the first one is not do the how the endings are set up and how it was only supposed to be one game so they rebooted it on Mark 2
i loved the rebirth series it was easier than megadimension VII because of the going in and out of the dungeon to the safeplace just to heal and i have to worry about getting into fights along the routes. Unlike rebirth series i just go out of the dungeon and im fully healed.
The entire series is all on PC on Steam if you are looking for a platform to binge the entire series except Producing Perfection and the Original version Ps3 games but thats fine PC has the Remakes of the original trilogy even if they are completely different.
We are very different people: for my top 7, from best to worst): Hyperdimension Neptunia (PS3), Megadimension Neptunia VII, Superdimension Neptune vs Sega Hard Girls, Super Neptunia RPG, Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2, Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, and finally, Action U Yes, I think that the writing of the first game is so good, that I consider it the best. Also, I’ve never played the remakes, so I don’t know what the differences are. Overall, I like your video.
I do love the Nep series and have almost all the games.....though on PC. Out of all the games, V2 was the only one that did not make me want to replay it, I got bored with it. Just a bunch of little things added up. Did you try the side scroll RPG one?
Great video! Definitly an under rated.series. hey just wondering what happened to neighbor gaming?? Im subbed to his channel as well and havent seen a new video from him in a few months. Hope everything is ok
He is no longer my neighbor, he moved 1 hour away.. I'm not sure why he isn't making videos, but I think it was just a small phase/short term interest from being my neighbor.
This reminds me of Happy Console gamer when he reviews a whole long series like Ys for example. I think I bought one of Neptunia games for ps3 no idea which.
Definitely need to pick up one of these. The hack and slash one in particular peaked my interest. I do have one question tho, when looking at all of them - why is the Xbox lady so buffed in certain areas than the rest of the girls?
Personaly what i would suggest: Play the first three (neptunia 1 2 3), three is the best story and character wise (plushia is...something...completly crazy) Then play Fairy fencer F, advent dark force, as the writing, story and character is also very funy (this game is not a neptunia game) Play hyperdevotion noire black heart as a substitute if you really are in desesperate need of one more neptunia game.(gameplay is nice but map tend to repeat) (i still have to play the 2 muso like games so i can't tell for those 2) And that's all. I ve played all, just to hope to have another similar laugh and fascination than the neptunia 1 and 2 gave me. But no other idea factory games reach the same level of writing and humour. I think it's because neptunia 1 2 3 was written by a specific team and none of the other games of the franchise were written by that talentuous team. It make me cry everyday but it's the sad truth.
For more Neptunia content, subscribe to my buddy Yellow Super Nintendo th-cam.com/users/YellowSuperNintendo ! Have you played any of these games? Correction for the video: I say there are 11 games, I meant 12 😊
I beat HDN mk2 back on ps3. Really wish I had stuck w the series because it was fun combat-wise and I too love the idea that they're the systems etc
Got into the series in 2017 started with mk2 platinumed that, moved on to Victory platinumed that, had a lot of faith in the series and continued to enjoy it for awhile. Currently I'm in a love-hate relationship where can't stand the majority of the decisions made, and bad design overall. Superdimension is probably my favorite as it takes SEGA's Sega Hard Girls puts them in something else (they're fantastic characters by the way) and they changed up the system battle system for once, and gave you some abilities you should've had in previous games, while making the IF the protagonist, giving her a great redesign and some small personality changes, letting her just be herself. My latest fray was trying Action Unleashed, it has some fun parts here and there, but was mostly a slog, had a few interesting ideas but the execution was decent. (thanks in part to Tamsoft) Only thing I have left uncompleted right now is Megadimension me and a friend were curious and ended up getting it on sale for $3.99, it made some improvements here and there, and it's fairly decent, though there's still things we don't like about it. It improved some things while adding tasks that are unreasonable.
Overall I'd say Neptunia has some good ideas, just that the execution and flow is generally not that great, unless other companies and developers come in and help make the games, that usually irons out the bugs and gameplay/design issues, depending on how much freedom they have to do their work. With the change in upper management recently and from what I've seen from the trailers for Sisters VS Sisters, it's looking good going back to what made mk2 interesting, and focusing on the better characters; however that game on PS4 will be the last chance I give it, if it's not acceptable to great I'm done with the franchise.
YOU ARE SO CUTE !!! BETTER YET 4 LOVING NEPTUNIA
I wonder why the original hyperdimension neptunia for ps3 wasn't on the list or even mentioned 🤔
A couple of my students told me about this series many years ago because they new I was really interested in the history of consoles. The 'cute' aesthetic kinda made me wary, but I picked up Action Unleashed and really enjoyed it. The humour is something I really like about the games I have played. I am probably showing my age these days as my tired brain just cannot keep track of the multiple releases in a modern franchise like this, but I think I will try the Rebirth games you mention. Thanks for the video!
Edit: one thing I loved about the games was the variety and goofy enemies. It really adds to the funny tone.
Ah, you didn't get along much with Virtual Stars either. I hadn't had high expectations ... but I was still pretty disappointed.
Lovely video!
No it felt so different! I think I missed the old dialogue artstyle with moving anime characters instead of 3d sprites. And I'm not into vtubers. And thank you ❤️❤️
is it worse, the same of better that "producing perfection"?
I looked around for a top 10 list and came across your video, I was wanting a new jrpg to play and saw neptunia games were on sale on steam. I've heard of the series but never played, so I purchased your top 4 thanks for your input. Have a nice day!
Wow nice!! 😁 😁 👍
i gasped when i saw this bc i was literally gna ask for a video about this series!! i never had/don't have a ps vita or ps4 so my only options are whats on switch; so it makes me happy that ysn said vii is his favourite! thank u for another helpful, interesting nd in depth video ircha
This makes me so happy to hear, thank you so very much!!
I think you just showed my a series that I didn't know I wanted but now I will do my best to find a Ps vita and start playing some of the games because they look really fun! thanks a lot for the video!
Wow that's awesome 😁 great!! 👍
In case you have trouble on finding a PSvita the series is also on PC on Steam if playing games on a computer with a controller is an option for you.
@@patyos2 This tip actually saved me! because I live in the forgotten corners of Latin America, so I went to steam and now I'm playing Megadimension Neptunia VII, I was able to find a lot of the titles for cheap and I will try to collect and complete the recommendations from the list!
IchigoKurosaki10 Yeah the only games you cannot get on Steam is the Original PS3 Trilogy and Producing Perfection which is only on PsVita
So you can play the whole main series on Steam since it has the remakes plus every other spin off
Just keep in mind the Remakes Re;Birth games are all made with the same Engine and Assets from the 3rd Neptunia game on Ps3 Neptunia Victory
I am not a gamer but loves your content, insights, and your love for the games itself.
❤️ ❤️ Thank you 💯
Action Unleashed killed so much of my time in the day, I’m being blasted with some nostalgia here ❤️ I don’t know why I ever fell off of the Neptunia series. It’s time for me to hunt down Hyperdimension Re:Birth 3 to finish continuing my journey.
Great video Ircha
Costume breaks?
Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed was my first Neptunia game. I love it, it's a great game and a great place to start. Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online is another Neptunia game I really like. If one wants turn-based combat, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 and Megadimension Neptunia VII should be very enjoyable to play. I like how you didn't reference the fact that these games always have some level of fanservice, I guess it's obvious with the gameplay (and character designs) throughout this video, so, if one doesn't have a problem with fanservice (I don't have a problem with fanservice in the slightest), these games can be very, *very* enjoyable to play.
Speaking of fanservice...well played (7:30).
I enjoyed the fan service across the games! They don't feel offensive at all, they're more on the empowering hot side. Except for in Neptunia U where the clothes break, that was bit "uh.. Lol" but I could turn that off 😂 👍
@@ircha Costume breaks are great! Very good fanservice.
My favorite was Blanc and Neptune vs Zombies. One of the most fun games to play! I really liked the beat em up aspect. I'm about to start the Sega Hard Girls game next so I'm glad to see it was a good game for you that ranked higher on your list!
Neptunia vii on switch is in my backlog. I got it from an eshop sale.
I love Ircha's voice.
Thank youu 😃
I love ircha's stunning piercing blue eyes . Totally stuns me how beautiful her eyes are but that's just my opinion.
@@MrHalo087 Omg thank you!!
@@ircha your very welcome Ircha.
Same 😍😍😍😍😍
I've spent almost 300 hours on Action Unleashed, and i *rarely* spend that much time on any game i play. You can tell how much i really enjoyed it (and i still play it on and off to this day) ❤
The addiction was real xD
@@ircha Yes XD
I'm a sucker for musou games, another game i spent a similar amount of time is Hyrule Warriors. Action Unleashed is very much like a Neptunia-musou in it's own right, so it's no wonder that i got addicted. It's also the game that got me into Neptunia ❤
Lots of great content on this channel. I can't wait to hear more of your recommendations.
Thank you so much 😀👍😁
I like how passionate you talk about this gameserie. You explain it very well and thoroughly. I enjoy watching it, even though it is not my cup of tea. Keep it up!
Fun vid, form a perspective I wasn't expecting, you made me more positive towards playing Hyperdevotion Noire.
Omg… I bought a bundle on steam. I have so much fun with Rebirth1! Thx for sharing such good content! 💛🎮
OMG Ircha i could hug you right now, ive been waiting to play the series despite having rebirth 1 and V II on steam thank you so much!!!
I remember when you were streaming Virtual Stars on some VC's in your Discord a while back. You really were doing your best to try and like it. Another thing, I recall too, while it wasn't too big of a concern, you felt a sort of disconnect with the game without the Iconic English voice cast. While I know there are fans out there that would most certainly enjoy the Japanese Dub of the game, and I most certainly have no issues with the Japanese cast, I very much enjoy showing support for the English cast for all their hard work they put into the characters they voiced. It certainly seems so odd to have a game where Neptune and Purple Heart don't have Melissa Fahn voicing her. While you hypothesized that it might have been due to Rona and Budget reasons, I hope if they do a re-release of the game, they include the English cast. It would also be interesting to see whom they get to have as the voices for all the "vTubers" in the game. Would be amusing if they got a deal with Hololive, vShojo, or CyberLive to have some actual vTubers voice them to really sell it.
MegaDimension Neptunia Victory-II(R) is my personal favorite of the series. I have the PC version with the Virtual Reality addition to the game, a great addition to it with some added features to interact with the cast of the game. While I know it wasn't touched on in the video, the Soundtrack really sold it to me, I still enjoy several songs in a playlist on TH-cam while I work or go out for walks and such. I am a metalhead, so there are plenty of awesome headbangers in this game. At the same time, it has plenty of great orchestral, techno, hard rock, metal, and cheeky/comical music. My absolute favorite song is "Uranus", of which for those that haven't played this game and would be interested in hearing what the OST sounds like, I gift you this (th-cam.com/video/j1DsxrSFV38/w-d-xo.html)
VS Sega Hard Girls is my second favorite in the games in the franchise that I have played. The additional traversal mechanics that were included in the game are really great to get around the map. Although I have to question some of the animations lol, nothing bad of course, but they look a little silly, like the climbing animation where Iffy looks like she is climbing sideways with her legs, seems a bit unnatural from my perspective in game designing. I would like to add that, when it comes to jumping into this game, if you are not prepared for it, the vulgarity in this game goes up a notch compared to other games in the franchise. As an example, there are quite a few F-Bombs dropped. For those that are ok with this, the vulgarity certainly adds to the humor of the game. This game really touches home to me for having been a Sega child, growing up with their consoles. I enjoyed the Mega Drive/Genesis era the most between Plutia/Iris Heart and Mega Drive (Genesis). Cherami Leigh does such a great job voicing Plutia and is such an iconic Genesis/Mega Drive CPU. The banter between the CPU and system is hilarious.
Action Unleashed was actually my first (and only) Musou game I have ever played, a very fun story. Might want to mention for those that aren't expecting a certain *cough* "Game Mechanic" *cough cough* lol. As a precaution, they allow the player to turn it off.
It's totally understandable for Re;birth1 to hold a #2 slot in a Top 10. When it comes to games that are the "Father" or "Grandfather" of a franchise, they can end up in that position especially when the sequels can 1-up the original with game mechanics, story, etc.
Here are the games I have played in the orders that I liked them:
6.) HyperDimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed
5.) HyperDimension Neptunia Re;birth 2
4.) HyperDimension Neptunia Re;birth 1
3.) HyperDimension Neptunia Relbirth 3
2.) SuperDimension Neptune vs Sega Hard Girls
1.) MegaDimension Neptunia V-IIR
As a bit of a final note too, These games are also available on PC, while I know you mentioned the Switch and PS4. In a bit of a comical note, wonder when Idea Factory will get a deal with Xbox, gotta show Vert/Green Heart some love and support by getting Neptunia games on her platforms lol.
Your comment has finally arrived! Yeah I tried liking Virtual Stars, but I much more like other entires, to put it like that ;) I don't have the VIIR version of V2, only the normal PS4 version, and a great game it was.
@@irchadefinitely try the VR version at some point, it's a great bit of comedy and it has some major "waifu" moments with you as the player and the CPUs. Blanc is honestly so adorable in VR. Iffy and Neptune's banter in vs Sega Hard Girls is also another great bit of comedy in the game.
Thank you couldn’t decide which one to start with but im gonna go with rebirth 1. Downloaded dlc too
It's great to see another female fan of the series 🙂 Super Neptunia RPG got me into the series. That and Megadimension Neptunia VII are my favorites so far..so my top list would be quite different. Also Rebirth 1 was remade again for the PS5 as Neptunia ReVerse so it's more accessible than a lot of the other titles. At least they ported Rebirth 2 and 3 to Steam.
Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth 1 is available on the PS Vita store for $19.99 US. I just bought it. 2 and 3 are available as well. Great video.
So nice to see the love for The All Mighty Nepster (BROTHER!). Megadimension is my favorite main series entry with Cyberdimension being my favorite (kind of) spinoff. Producing Perfection is best left forgotten unless SUPER curious.
I don't personally think Super Nep RPG is horrible. For a NEP game it feels a bit above the usual budgetary constraints. But on switch... yikes! There's lots of little annoying things in the game regardless but the performance is just ungodly.
I totes regret buying it on the Switch despite being a 2D entry that shouldn't have any sort of issues running on it... until I played it all the way through myself, suffering through the godawful performance.
Hadn't I picked it up on PS4 or PC, I would have had a much better time with it, annoying gameplay bits aside.
I bought every game released on PC from the last sale. All of them are on steam thankfully. Waiting to play on my steam deck when it gets here. Gonna be awesome!
You put more weight in to gamepaly than me. Im here for the characters so Rebirth2 is best if you ask me especially the conquest ending.
Happy to find another lady fan of the series! You have my respect! And these are excellent choices!! Though its funny that your first choice is actually my least favorite of the Mainlines, but its still nice to see people enjoy these games anyway. (I don't hate it its just my least favorite mainline) Loved this video!! Well done!!
But Plutia is so good 😍 😍 😉
@@ircha That she is... XD I enjoy her too to a degree c:
Fantastic video and it was really cool to see YSN here. He's one of my absolute favorite TH-camrs
I am with you, I absolutely adore this series and I own every single game physically too!
Glad some one is doing videos on this series.
I noticed there weren't many on TH-cam that talked about this series, so I felt it was my duty 😎😁👍!
Hey there, I've actually been a Neptunia fan since 2017 and own every game ever, I found it interesting that you said Megadimension Neptunia V2 is not a good place to start as that was actually the first Neptunia game I ever played, also I love the Switch version and actually like and enjoy that version more, good video though.
Great video! Didn’t know anything about this series and never owned a Vita. Seems like I missed out on a lot of fun games.
It’s not too late to get a Vita and catch up! I got mine 6 months ago from a Japanese import seller and have been having a blast. It was/is a totally underrated system!
@@ViolinChick5 Thanks for your reply. I guess I should check out some import sellers!
I just started getting into Neptunia. Luckily I bought the Vita games while they were still doing Vita sales. To expand my collection I wanted to buy the PS4 games but I was wondering what is the difference between Mega Dimension Neptunia vii and Mega Dimension Neptunia viiR?
The VIIR one has a virtual reality (3d) section where you must wear VR headset. But that's all from what I know 😁
@@ircha I was also wondering what you think about the Neptunia and Senran Kagura crossover. Do you think it will bring RPG elements to Senran Kagura or do you think it will more of a Neptunia action beat-em-up?
I'm hoping for the best, all I know is that I will play it 😋
I like the recent videos. Always great to see you in my notifications!
Hmmm, no mention of VII R? I know it only adds PSVR support and some extra scenes but still... Also Neptunia ReVerse on PS5, I have yet to play it, I hope it fixes the insane difficulty curve right at the beginning...
Yay! All the love for my favourite Compile Heart series 🤍🤍🤍🤍
I might have to check it out! I have such a back log of games though lol!
In fact Idea Factory are my favorite publisher. So many colorful lovely games 🥰 This video is so great since there are a lot of games in the series and can be difficult for newcomers to know where to begin.
Meanwhile I truly dont care about publishers and just look at the games by themselves. And Neptunia is very good.
Considering youre talking to people who dont know the series you should have really explained that HDD is Hard Drive Divinity.
I enjoy your content and I'm subscribed. If you ever did any Let's Plays of Atelier games. I would definitely watch. You have a passion for them thats obvious and I think that would be fun to watch in a video.
No matter how the serises go i always use compa my fav chacrter along with sisters. They need more love. Still trying to platuime rebrith 2 and love them so much.
Compa is so good
Nice to see you again ircha your always a breath of fresh air! ... I have never played neptunia... But I may check it out now.... It looks pretty fun... But I usually shy away from games that are jrpg with anime style art... But I dunno it looks pretty fun tho... If I had ps4 and vita might check it out one day.... All I have is switch for now :( still waiting for botw2 myself.. Have a good night ircha... :)
Thank you 💯 there are currently 2 Neptunia games on the Switch, like Megadimension Neptunia VII. 👍
This is where I come to when looking for games to play. Great advice.
Thanks 😍 👍
Im new here but you rank super highly with me on multiple levels! Well met!
Nice 😍 thanks!
What do you think of Neptunia ReVerse? I never played any Neptunia game but I think I'm going to pick this one up for the PS5. It's apparently a remake of the ReBirth 1 game?
I'm sure it's going to be the best place to start, because yes, it's Rebirth 1 just looking better. It's gonna be bomb 😁😉👍
I found these games during my tenure as a Vita owner and I'm glad I did not judge them based upon the shop imagery, as the comedy and breaking the fourth wall moments are fantastic!
Despite selling my Vita due to lack of use, I've since bought all possible Neptunia titles via GOG.
Awesome 😁 👍 yeah the humor is so good 🙌
While I absolutely adore the character designs and the idea behind the games, it's always a bit intimidating to get into such an extensive series. Especially when you don't know where to start! This helps a lot.
What a coincidence. I just got into jrpgs, with ni no kuni 2, and I'm having a good time with it.
JRPGs ❤️❤️🎉
So true there are so many games in this franchise
Have you played octopath traveler?
Rebirth 2 will always be my favorite...Though I may be biased given the fact that I absolutely love Nepgear lol.
Nepgear isn't my favorite personally, (she's up there though.) But Rebirth 2 is solid. It gets too much flack imo.
Yes. So glad Re; birth 3 is getting the love it deserved. It is my fav
I remember playing these alongside the RuneFactory series. while no living World of Warcraft, Best times ever.
There's one question I have about VII. Since there's also VIIR, are there any big differences or is it just some small changes+ the vr stuff?
But which one on switch has the most fan service? 🙈
No software is rare if you can get it bough from Steam and GOG. Also there are many dimensions, Rebirth2 does not follow Rebirth1.
I'm not really interested in jrpgs but I always enjoy watching ur videos!
This franchise always (through no fault of its own) reminds me a little of Chris-Chan now.
Chris ruins everything, I can't even drink orange fanta anymore!
@@ChristopherMSFish sadly true. I’m more of an orange crush guy now.
@@TheGoodDoktor4451 who is this Chris chan? I never heard the name before. What does this person did that make christopher said chris ruins everything?
@@rooksdaw1999 the rabbit hole goes far too deep for one man to appropriately summarize in a comment section. If you’re curious enough and got some time to kill, look up “Chris Chan Documentary” here, on TH-cam. And take you’re pick from the list of available videos. But if I had to TLDR a summary of him, it’d be. A person so absurd, that if it wasn’t for the comical amount of information available. You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s all too ridiculous to be real.
@@TheGoodDoktor4451 okay. I'd check it out.
Where would you put Sisters vs Sisters now that it is out? I just bought it as my first Neptunia game. Fingers crossed. I bought based on a blurb you had about it in another video.
Somewhere in the middle of the list 😁👍 probably also because of nostalgia talking with the titles near the top 😊
Looks like a series I will have to check out.
I watched your top 10 ps vita games a little while ago 😅 then youtube notified me that you have a new video i click it right away lol 💖
That video is too old by now 😊 about time I made a new Neptunia video 😂 👍
@@ircha Yeah 😅 i always watch your old videos and your vlogs lol i love it, i love your personality 🥰
Wow, YSN and Ircha? What an amazing crossover.
Yes he's so good!! 😍
Funny, Producing Perfection was one of my favorites for the amount of goofy story.
YSN ftw, my respect to both of you for creating great content no one else do.
I appreciate that you gave your honest opinions. I bought the first game when it came out but wasn't impressed. however after watching this I might take one of your recommendations and give it another try.
Love your collection.
I rented the first game on ps3 at my local library but they added a metal bar on the disc that made noize in my ps3.
It's funny that you slightly compare Hyperdevotion Noire to Disgaea and Fire Emblem because when I played that game, I felt like it's what you get when you combine the gameplay and a battle flow of Disgaea with the map design of Fire Emblem. (The 3rd map gave me Tellius Fire Emblem bridge map flashbacks NGL)
I loved Hyperdevotion Noire, I have such fond memories!
Maybe to late but is there a way to get the Neptunia together again??? They are so seperated...
I enjoyed Super Neptunia RPG's gameplay and story.
Great review! Great series!
I love the neptunia games ^-^, and right now I'm working on getting all the platinum trophies for the series
One of my favorite series! I have all the games on my Vita / PS4 💜💕 the dialogue is always so fun between the characters!
I love my Vita it’s one of my favourite handhelds! I have never played any Neptunia games but I did see them for sale.
I just finished zenoblade cron.3 and i gotta say Wow! Best game ive played in a few years. Thanks Irene for the recomodation. Now i need a long vacation.lol😅😊
i love the neptunia series and have almost all the games. I really love re birth 1 and that battle music is amazing
Your top 1 and 3 choices are some of my most played vita games outside of ff7 over and over.
I would love a new updated Neptunia ranking including remaster/remakes and new games.
I'm not into these types of games but the artwork has always appealed to me. Cool show n tell 😊😊😊
Thaaanks 😍😁
I know you said to avoid Super Neptunia RPG but it looks interesting to me so I may get it. Thanks.
I may give it a new go and a new chance soon 😁👍👍🎉
wow. Your video is the BEST for introducing players to Neptunia Games
I have not played the rebirth game because I don't own a Playstation Vita and I don't play PC games but I do own the original one from the PlayStation 3 and megadimension Neptunia V2 but the question for I loved all them although the first one is actually not canon they later confirmed that the first one is not do the how the endings are set up and how it was only supposed to be one game so they rebooted it on Mark 2
i loved the rebirth series it was easier than megadimension VII because of the going in and out of the dungeon to the safeplace just to heal and i have to worry about getting into fights along the routes. Unlike rebirth series i just go out of the dungeon and im fully healed.
I found this series after watching the anime, but a lot of the games (especially the good ones) are on outdated consoles and are hard to find. /;
True, and that's a shame really!
The entire series is all on PC on Steam if you are looking for a platform to binge the entire series
except Producing Perfection and the Original version Ps3 games but thats fine PC has the Remakes of the original trilogy even if they are completely different.
We are very different people: for my top 7, from best to worst): Hyperdimension Neptunia (PS3), Megadimension Neptunia VII, Superdimension Neptune vs Sega Hard Girls, Super Neptunia RPG, Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2, Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, and finally, Action U
Yes, I think that the writing of the first game is so good, that I consider it the best. Also, I’ve never played the remakes, so I don’t know what the differences are.
Overall, I like your video.
My favourite, Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory.
"Never played"? Hey I'm a NEP fan! Nepuuuu ^_^
Watching this again 😊 while waiting for your new video 😅
Thank you 💯 I'm working on it now ❤️
@@ircha nice 🥰 you're always welcome 💖
I do love the Nep series and have almost all the games.....though on PC. Out of all the games, V2 was the only one that did not make me want to replay it, I got bored with it. Just a bunch of little things added up. Did you try the side scroll RPG one?
So beautiful as always. Never heard of that game tho, especially in my country..
It's a very hidden and underrated game series, so I'm not surprised 😊
Great video! Definitly an under rated.series. hey just wondering what happened to neighbor gaming?? Im subbed to his channel as well and havent seen a new video from him in a few months. Hope everything is ok
He is no longer my neighbor, he moved 1 hour away.. I'm not sure why he isn't making videos, but I think it was just a small phase/short term interest from being my neighbor.
This reminds me of Happy Console gamer when he reviews a whole long series like Ys for example. I think I bought one of Neptunia games for ps3 no idea which.
This video is so amazing!!!
Thanks 😍👍👍
Definitely need to pick up one of these. The hack and slash one in particular peaked my interest. I do have one question tho, when looking at all of them - why is the Xbox lady so buffed in certain areas than the rest of the girls?
Because Microsoft has powerful hardware.
Its a joke on how big and Bulky the Xbox hardware is so they made Vert Big
The complete Same and Opposite reason for Blanc with Nintendo Wii
I love what you do👍
Always love your videos 👍
Personaly what i would suggest:
Play the first three (neptunia 1 2 3), three is the best story and character wise (plushia is...something...completly crazy)
Then play Fairy fencer F, advent dark force, as the writing, story and character is also very funy (this game is not a neptunia game)
Play hyperdevotion noire black heart as a substitute if you really are in desesperate need of one more neptunia game.(gameplay is nice but map tend to repeat)
(i still have to play the 2 muso like games so i can't tell for those 2)
And that's all.
I ve played all, just to hope to have another similar laugh and fascination than the neptunia 1 and 2 gave me. But no other idea factory games reach the same level of writing and humour. I think it's because neptunia 1 2 3 was written by a specific team and none of the other games of the franchise were written by that talentuous team. It make me cry everyday but it's the sad truth.
For me the top best game in the franchise is Neptunia MK2 because we were introduced to Nepgear who's my favorite character of the franchise
i still need to complete the first one but i love the story of every neptunia games (kinda...)