This or the other Akibas Trip to play first?

[DRUNK_CANADIAN]

Owned the other one for like a billion years. Still haven't played it. Do I or should I play this one first? (Hellbound and Debriefed or the other one)

[happynaru]

Although Undead & Undressed is the sequel in the Akiba's Trip series, the story is from what I remember, mostly unrelated. So story-wise, you will not miss out on anything important or significant.

However, Hellbound & Debriefed is the first game, so it lacks quite a few QoL improvements as compared to the second (Undead & Undressed). And in terms of graphics, Hellbound & Debriefed was originally a PSP game, so the remastered graphics looks like a PS Vita game at best.

Personally, I feel that if you played Undead & Undressed first, you will find Hellbound & Debriefed much more difficult to play. So you might want to play this first, then enjoy the improvements they made in the second game (Undead & Undressed).

[The_Azure_Striker]

Originally posted by happynaru:

Although Undead & Undressed is the sequel in the Akiba's Trip series, the story is from what I remember, mostly unrelated. So story-wise, you will not miss out on anything important or significant.

However, Hellbound & Debriefed is the first game, so it lacks quite a few QoL improvements as compared to the second (Undead & Undressed). And in terms of graphics, Hellbound & Debriefed was originally a PSP game, so the remastered graphics looks like a PS Vita game at best.

Personally, I feel that if you played Undead & Undressed first, you will find Hellbound & Debriefed much more difficult to play. So you might want to play this first, then enjoy the improvements they made in the second game (Undead & Undressed).

I agree, but less for gameplay reasons and more for the story. I believe the story of this game is better than the second one for many reasons, and pulls a lot less punches than the second one. Hopefully this will show when the game itself is released. I'm dying to play this version already instead of having to rely on a LP archive translation.

[ccrocker58]

Another thing to keep in mind is that this game is likely going to face heavy alterations in regards to any sexual content as it's releasing on PS4. I don't know how this game compares to Undead & Undressed, but I played the latter back on PS3 and it was packed to the brim with risque outfits and tons of fan service that I don't see Sony allowing these days.

I mention this mostly because I can tell you that if U&U didn't have the fan service, there'd really not be all that much going for it as almost everything else about the game was bad. Aside from the VO work. It was a rare case of a fan service game actually getting some relatively well known English voice talent.

[The_Azure_Striker]

Originally posted by ccrocker58:

Another thing to keep in mind is that this game is likely going to face heavy alterations in regards to any sexual content as it's releasing on PS4. I don't know how this game compares to Undead & Undressed, but I played the latter back on PS3 and it was packed to the brim with risque outfits and tons of fan service that I don't see Sony allowing these days.

I mention this mostly because I can tell you that if U&U didn't have the fan service, there'd really not be all that much going for it as almost everything else about the game was bad. Aside from the VO work. It was a rare case of a fan service game actually getting some relatively well known English voice talent.

Hmm... well from what I've seen its not really censored a whole lot as there weren't much risque outfits from what I remember, but there is still the emperor's clothing outfit which basically is exactly what it sounds. That is, from the JP scene that is.

I'll prolly have to compare it to the original PLUS version since it takes a whole lot from there.

That being said, I heard(and in my own opinion having read a rough translation of the Rui Route) that the story is a bit more emotionally impactful and taken a bit more seriously than U&U. It takes the stripping mechanic more seriously(in terms of the story) and pulls less punches(like I said in my earlier post). That being said, I think this one is getting a bunch of well known English VAs too, a bunch of them having worked on Persona 5 in the past(from what I've heard from the trailers, I don't know who is who but I did notice Sejima's VA is the same as Sojirou's)

[LURadioDJ]

It's been so long since I played Undead & Undressed, I don't even remember, so I'll definitely play this one first going off what you folks said it being the 1st in the series and then probs replay Undead & Undressed.

[Algester]

Akiba's Trip 2 is better on the mechanics stand point, Akiba's Trip 1 will feel clunkier than 2 obviously this being the first title in the series but it has its charms