Mugen Souls

by NIS America

• Expansive worlds to explore: Travel freely on each world to explore and find treasures and items. Monsters are roaming about, so be cautious or fight them head-on and make them your subservient peons!
• Free-roaming style battle maps: Use Combo attacks to execute spectacular moves with your allies! Destroy Crystals on the battlefield to activate Hyper mode!
• Moe Kill: Execute the Moe Kill technique to enslave enemies and turn them into items by exploiting their weaknesses!
• Customization: Create a full cast of characters! Customizable body parts, facial expressions, and job classes!

Product Details

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• ASIN: B0087OY17Y
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 17, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,083 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #22 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Games > Role-Playing

Product Description

There exists a small galaxy in the universe containing seven worlds, shimmering in seven colors These worlds exist and act independent of one another. This has allowed them to develop and nurture rich, unique cultures. Then one day, a decree was sent out "I'm gonna make everything in each of these worlds bow to me!" – The Undisputed Goddess, Chou-Chou

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Disgaea humor with a supercharged battlesystem from Neptunia mkII October 21, 2012

By Jeremy Zhang

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

I pre-ordered this game from NISA when it was announced to support their continued efforts in bringing more JRPG's stateside. Anyway, it came with a cool sound-track as a bonus. I'm going to comment on a few of the more prominent features of the game.

BATTLE SYSTEM: Moving on to the game itself, the most easily understood depiction of his game is probably "complex." The battle system is incredibly varied with several different ways to end a battle (TCS, Moe, kills, etc...) as well as a mini-game involving turn-based space battles. In terms of battles themselves, the free-movement semi turn-based style is reminiscent of Hyperdimension Neptunia MKII, except with a lot more variables to consider. You not only have the option to attack enemies directly with skills, AOE skills, or normal attacks/combo atacks, but you can also use "moe attack" to subjugate your enemies with a mood system that varies based on what archtype (there are 8) of your main character you currently have equipped. To add to this complexity, you can pinball enemies into each other with "Blast" attacks and even knock them into the air, where you can hit combo boxes for increased loot. In addition to all this, you have a peon meter that charges up a bomb (that can backfire on you) that you can unleash every once in a while. Yes this game is quite complicated, but in actuality you are not required to master most of the different battle systems in order to advance. Therefore, this game is actually quite easy to play, but very difficult to master if you want to be a complete boss in every fight.

CHARACTER UPGRADE SYSTEM: This is where similarities with Disgaea games beyond just the humor and voice acting comes out. You have the option to dive into an infinite level dungeon on your main base and continuously grind levels as long as you have the requisite character/mood %. This is a very streamlined and easy to access version of diving found in Disgaea games. What this means for you the player is that you can very easily grind your characters to ridiculous power and stomp the story mode of the game with relative ease. I actually had to double-check the developer on the box of the game and make sure it was Compile Heart because the system was so similar to Disgaea.

PLOT/CHARACTERS: The plot is very simple and very similar to Disgaea games. Your main character wants to conquer the galaxy and subjugates a merry band of heroes to help her do it. In addition, you can create additional heroes/characters (Again, similar to Disgaea) and make custom characters to your liking on top of the slew of named heroes you can control. The plot itself is not the strong point however, the character interactions are nice and while the writing isn't spawned from Oscar level talent, you will enjoy it if you are familiar with Compile Heart's previous games.

SOUND/VOICE ACTING: The score is excellent and adds to the mood. The quirky music and epic tunes combine to make a decent atmosphere for the game. The English voice acting is for once in a JRPG, one of the strong points of the game. The litany of characters, not to mention 8 personae of the main character are all voiced competently.

VERDICT: I would say this is Compile Heart's best game in recent memory and a huge improvement on the Hyperdimension Neptunia games. They either borrowed or stole a lot of quirky humor and gameplay elements from the Disgaea series with great success. If you enjoy the typical Japenese anime/moe type characters, you will like this game. If you went into it expecting Final Fantasy level drama, you will be disappointed because it's simply not that type of game. To me it was worth the $50. A solid step below Atelier Totori and Meruru in terms of overall enjoyment, but a good step up from Hyperdimension Neptunia MKII.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoy this game, but I feel like a creep for playing it (and wouldn't dream of being seen playing it) December 19, 2012

By Joshua L Clifton

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I knocked off one star due to censorship and not really caring for the expensive and silly DLC model. The game itself is fun to play. It's often humorous. If you're over... I'm guessing 19 years old, you're going to feel like a bit of a creep playing it.

I'm not sure if the age of the girls you're playing as in the game is defined, but they look pretty young to be so sexualized. Other than that, I've not had any issue. The dialog is full of innuendo and humor, the art is very nice, I even enjoy the music. Mugen Souls is fun to play, if a bit complicated.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the big bucks! December 20, 2012

By richard e williams

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

OMG! It's been quite a few years since I've enjoyed an RPG video game like I've enjoyed playing "Mugen Souls!" I have all of the DISGAEA games, and I enjoyed all of those, so I was naturally curious about this one.

I won't lie: the Moe Kill system confused the heck outta me at first. But now that I've more or less gotten the hang of it, it's fun to see which silly phrase will have what effect on this monster or that monster.

Here is a quick rundown of my highlights:
GRAPHICS = A Plus (I'm playing on PS3, and I think the graphics are gorgeous!)
PLOT = C (Average; you have a little girl who wants to take over the world. what little girl doesn't?)
BATTLE SYSTEM = B Minus (you have lots of bells and whistles, lots of different ways to kill the baddies. pretty cool)
ENDING = (A Minus; for spoiler reasons, i won't go into detail here, but the New Game Plus option makes replayability a very nice thing!)
CHARACTERS = A Plus (Definitely my favorite part of this game! every social disorder is well-represented in this cast of characters, and somehow they all coexist quite nicely)

So, my overall grade would be: A minus. Definitely a must have for all DISGAEA fans.