Senran Kagura Burst Review Thread

Senran Kagura certainly has its issues - an inconsistent framerate, repetitive missions, and a sketchy, ecchi aesthetic that's likely to turn off as many players as it turns on - but it delivers an intoxicating blend of quick, combo-heavy combat that's an absolute blast to play. Silly-and-serious visual novel sequences, fun characters with markedly different fighting styles, and tons of customization round out the package, and with two full stories to play through, there's enough game here to outlast a wardrobe full of outfits. More than just the world's most effective PSA for battle armor, Senran Kagura Burst is a lovely, lighthearted brawler that's well worth a round.

I fail to see how attractive women with unrealistic proportions (seriously, no one has eyes that big! And where is her nose? And why is her chin so pointy) in an unrealistic art style is "damaging" to women Mr. Rooke.

The idea that these are somehow damaging rolemodels for little girls fails on its face because precisely ZERO of the games you mentioned were intended for little girls (Dead or Alive, the one which you seem most fixated on, is rated M, which means no chain retailer will sell it to a minor without parental approval). The problem with unhealthily skinny models is that fashion magazines and their ilk ARE aimed at girls and women primarily and feature what appear to be real women.

The 45% statistic Mr. Rooke claims only occurred after a MAJOR shift in the criteria (it added mobile games, which vastlyh skews the stats and ceases to provide useful information). Before that change, the actual numbers were much lower (not insignificant, but lower). Even if we DID take it as valid, Mr. Rooke seems to claim a game should not target a niche, and that a company should not make what a dedicated group of buyers WILL buy, and that it must make ONLY something that will appeal to "everyone", regardless of how completely impossible that is. Almost nothing has a 50/50 male/female demographic, and for the few things that do, the demographics of the male audience and the female audience are quite different in age, occupation ect.





The game can also appeal to women in other areas even if that was true. SKB is surprisingly story heavy, where each girl has a distinct personality and character development.



Firstly, no character wears "just underwear" in Burst, while only 2 (Yumi and Hikage) wear anything close to a "low cut blouse". Secondly, the game indicates it takes place in the summer, or possibly spring, and definitely does not take place in the winter: Beaches are crowded, everyone wears a summer uniform, outdoor sports are played, lakes are liquid and trees have foliage, none of which are characteristic of winter and most would exclude fall too. No one cares about "keeping out the cold" in the middle of summer in a country as far south as Nihon.



Have you played the game Mr. Rooke? Clothing damage gives no advantage whatsoever, and in-fact causes the damage a character takes to increase (and in all but the longest missions, indicates you took too much damage to get a good rank for it).

When was the last time you saw a fully-clothed male character have to strip down to his tighty-whiteys in order to deal a devastating blow to an enemy?
When I played Ar Tonelico 3 Mr. Rooke.


Kinu Nishimura, the artist for CoP, is a woman. I think she understands women more than you do Mr. Rooke.



Actually Mr. Rooke, complaining about women being showing off their bodies is NOT aligned with classic feminism, which has long held the view that a women is allowed to be sexy if she wants to. Being attractive does not make a woman inferior to men.