Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star - 'Noble Phantasm' Edition - PlayStation 4

Well the product is great. All the stuff you get with it is pretty cool.As much as I would've preferred it to be like the PSP versions gameplay wise, that rock-paper-scissors, battle system like Fate/Extra. This is fun still,despite my personal preference. I like playing Dynasty warriors games, and this is how it plays. It's not really hard? But there's that pressure to kill and do things faster, if you're too slow, you'll lose. Which is fun. Everything is pretty flashy and cool, music is good. The story is interesting, when you give it a chance. I hate how other servants on the battlefield are pretty useless. The game could definitely use some improvement there, also being forced to play as Saber... Nothing wrong with her, she's entertaining xD just I know everyone will want to play as their favorite servant first.(but if that got done, people would probably over look the story?) But this is a pretty ok start for the Fate series going into the action area... In short it's fun, and something to play, and I recommend it to hardcore fans of the series.

A very enjoyable game! Though it has fewer stages than Musou games I've played in the past, I'm still getting plenty of entertainment value out of it! That said, I'm an avid Fate/ fan so I can't say how people who are unfamiliar with the franchise will feel about it.The translation is great as well! They made sure to use terms that are commonly used in the English fandom, which is a huge plus for fans like me.If you aren't already familiar with the Fate/ franchise it may not be quite as accessible, as quite a few plot points build off of prior entries in the Fate/Extra series, including a few references to Fate/Extra CCC which was never translated into English. That said, the Fate/Extra Last Encore anime should be coming out later this year which may help newcomers.

Amazing Game. The first game I got with this style of play was Onechanbara ZII: Chaos. It was pretty good. The next game I got was Senran Kagura: Estival Eternal Summer Edition, it was an improvement of Onechanbara by adding more characters with specials. This is the third game I got with the same style, and it improved by adding Capture The Flag style gameplay. A further improvement!XSEED Games are my favorite.The storyline was amazing too! There are 4 campaigns (3 main ones and 1 secret along with side missions). I was content with the first ending, the second ending was a bit sad because the world was going to end anyways. By the 3rd ending, I was just in tears...I started the fourth campaign, but I don't want to finish it just yet.

Overall a fun game for fans of the FATE series and is probably the best game to date based off of it. That being said this game is very much Otaku bait and doesn't have much to do with the show.It is literally a waifu simulator and you are married to each of the story mode girls complete with home life and escapades in "My Room". It's complete nonsense for people who are true fans. I don't know how the story plays out if you make your avatar a female. Don't know if you're still "married" to the girls or how conversations play out.I spoke with XSeed about DLC and it's only skimpy swimwear/wedding dress costumes. No new heroes or story/maps. Yes, there are even speedos for the men.You won't find much of a plot until you piece together all stories and even then there isn't really much. For as much dialogue as there is and the creators of the series behind the game you'd expect more.Gameplay is pretty much musou ala Dynasty Warriors. No weapon upgrades and skills are pretty much meaningless other than "do more damage" the rest are useless. There's a crafting system but it's pretty unimpressive. The only skill you need on your hero is healing and maybe occasionally elemental resist for traps but you can see them on the map and just avoid them.Even with the bland aspects it's a fun game. It looks nice visually, voice acting is the original cast and great, and it's just fun to relax and kill waves of enemies with the cast of FATE. If you don't like musou then this isn't for you. That is the core gameplay and there are no other modes. I happen to like musou games so I rated this higher. but it's an average game deep down all the flashy exterior.

An absolute steal for the price. Game aside, the merch alone was worth the money for me. If you are wondering about the game itself though I highly recommend you don't buy it unless you're interested in covering every bit of Fate lore you can get your hands on, or alternatively, you've played the previous Extra titles (namely Extra and Extra CCC) and you want to see the story through. Not even being a fan of Fate helped me enjoy the story to be completely fair. But the gameplay itself is perfectly enjoyable if you enjoy brawlers like Senran Kagura. Overall I am absolutely happy about this special edition.

The game is a Musou, meaning you play as Fate characters fighting hundreds of enemies at a time with the occasional boss. This edition includes a very nice hardcover book, some cards, and a cloth poster. Overall if you aren't a Fate fan, this isn't for you.

There is a bit a repeitiveness but that tends to happen with a lot of games similar to this (dungeon crawly/hack and slashy) it's not the most mind blowing game in the world but if you played fate/extra like me you'll more then likely enjoy this cool game. The extra goodies as4e pretty nice as well with the art book and poster, first time for me to get a "special" edition of a game and it's nicely worth it for it's current price. (Using remote play to play on vita, make sure the connection is strong if you do that, LOTS of lag during the fighting portions otherwise)