Senran Kagura: Bon Appetit Full Course - Review

 

As of late I just can't get enough of my PS vita, this mostly due to there not being a lot of new release titles that have piqued my interest on PlayStation 4, and XBOX One (apart from Resident Evil The Village and the new Nier game). The Senran Kagura ecchi video game series is one that has peaked my interest a few times. Outside of it's obvious draw it is also boosts great video game mechanics and was curious to see if that was true.

I have just finished consuming a Rib Burger from our local Mace. They are pretty tasty, a large percentage of the rib patties are made of actual meat, the sauce they use is sweet and tasty and the buns are pretty good too. While they are not the best burgers in the world they are pretty good and are great for a snack. Playing Senran Kagura Bon Appetit Full Course I found myself asking were the ingredients good enough to conjure a tasty snack or would I left with regret and an empty stomach?

Story 

The game was developed by Meterorise and published by Marvelous Entertainment. The story is about Hanzo, a food obsessed man who has set up a competition so contestants will create a Super Dish he can try. Sadly, this does not really encourage anyone to enter, so time to up the ante. What better way to do that than by giving a special prize in the form of a Secret Ninja Art Scroll that can grant any wish?

Enter twenty-two shinobi girls, all wanting to try their skills out to try and win the ultimate prize. My favorite characters are; Yomi, who has love affair with beansprouts, Asuka, who needs big, thick sushi rolls, Haruka, whose wish is to have a harem of busty women, and Mirari, who desperately wants to be taken seriously and not seen as a child. 

Overall the story is fun, silly and never takes itself seriously, and sexual innuendo a plenty.

Visuals

The anime visuals and are amazing, colorful, fun and very naughty. The in games visuals vary, the kitchens you are in look great, piles of tasty looking ingredients behind the contestants. The characters themselves are lower in quality but not exactly the end of the world. Some outfits look a little better rendered than others, that being said you always know what you are looking at.

Overall the visuals are pretty quality especially when you take into account that it is on a hand held console.

Music 

The soundtrack has that fun up beat anime sounds which is so infectious it is hard not to sing and dance along with the songs. The music is created by Japanese composers; Akihi Motoyama and Mutsumi Ishimura who have worked on the Senran Series along with Hyperdimension Neptunia U.

There are over thirty tracks compacted into almost ninety minutes, my favorite tracks are; 'Secret Ninja Art Of Love', 'Special Gift For A Special Lesson', 'It's Your Big Sis, Yagu!',  'I Devote Myself To Beansprouts',  'I'll Sucker Down My Octopus Balls Right Here' and '3 Minutes Of Hustle And Bustle Cooking'. Overall the soundtrack (like the rest of the game) is a lot of fun and provides some great listening.

Gameplay

Senran Kagura is a rhythm game, five rounds for each character you choose and three courses in each. There are two bars - one that measures quality and the other than impacts how big each dish will turn out. Each round you win removes a little more clothing from your opponent until they are naked (with cream or white light covering the naughty bits).

There are three difficulty modes; Easy, Normal and Hard and trust me when I say there is a marked increase in difficulty between them.

There are three game modes; Story, Arcade and Freemode. Outside of this there is library where you can unlock content as you progress through the game, and the Dressing Room where you can try on all the new outfits unlocked (there are lots).

Overall it is hard to criticize the gameplay, the mechanics are solid and fun, and there is lots of replay value.

Final Thoughts

So, after twelve hours how did I feel? Really happy! The stories were fun and silly, the visuals were looked really good, the music so was so catchy and fun, and the gameplay was really good. Overall this one gets a 4 out of 5