![]() If you manage more than seven pieces of clothing in a single chain you’ll be granted the ultimate “bonus” of having your opponents stripped completely naked, at which point their genitals are covered by a shining light as they dash off into the adjacent streets. Your opponents’ clothing needs to be whittled down with high, middle or low attacks before jumping in to tear them off, which sets off a chain attack in which you can remove any clothing that’s sufficiently weakened. No matter which story beat you’re following, Akiba’s missions always boil down to stilted, dull, slow-paced and laggy combat. Those details add a dash of colour and charm that was badly required, as without them, Akiba’s Trip would have been one of the worst RPGs I can recall in recent console history. Fake Twitter threads and emails drop into the protagonist's phone every now and then, and those are often cutely-written send-ups of silly message board discussions about pop idols, food outlets and all the other obsessions that define daily life in Akihabara. Real-world shops are featured heavily throughout the game, whilst the history of the town is discussed at every opportunity. Indeed if there’s one thing to praise about Akiba’s Trip, then it’s the clear love for its primary inspiration. The action that follows adheres to an extremely basic RPG template, with missions branching out into rough approximations of real-life Akihabara locations. ![]() He’s soon rescued by a mysterious girl, and the two quickly find themselves part of a ragtag group of “Akiba Freedom Fighters”, waging war on the Synthister menace. ![]() ![]() Of course, things swiftly go wrong for our primary protagonist, and he soon finds himself strapped to a table and interrogated by a bunch of “Synthisters”, a group comprised largely of overly-dramatic superhumans with an inability to stand direct sunlight for more than a few seconds. You begin the game as a typical nerdy male teenager, venturing into a dark basement in Akihabara to attend a job interview. Akiba’s Trip might have made a passable short anime at some stage in its life, but as a videogame it’s just a bit too icky for its own good. ![]()
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