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Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy
Operation Babel is a first person RPG dungeon crawler with turn-based battles using a customized team of 6 characters. Operation Babel is the sequel to Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy and the remake of the third game in the Generation Xth trilogy, Code Realize. "Continue the story of Operation Abyss and defend near-future Tokyo from a new threa...
Details
- Released
- May 15, 2017
- Developer
- Experience Inc.
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
- Publisher
- NIS America, 5pb.
- Platforms
- PC
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Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
First-person dungeon crawlers are some of the most underrated RPGs and the Vita's library is full of them. However, is Operation Babel a worthy addition to this genre that old-school gaming fans just can't get enough of?
Experience Inc. has slowly been introduced to the Western audience as developers of a very signature style of dungeon-crawling RPG. Similar in essence to the more famous Etrian Odyssey series on Nintendo handhelds, Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy acts as a follow-up to a previously Vita-exclusive Operation Abyss. While it’s non-essential to play Abyss, the previous story and tactics provide a strong framework for new members of the Xth Squad to prepare for the extraterrestrial menaces to come.
Another solid entry into the dungeon crawler genre, but one that doesn't stand out from the rest.
I’ve no doubt that Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy will be enjoyed by some. If you’re already previously invested in its universe, characters and gameplay, then I’m sure there’s a lot to like here. However, for a newcomer to the series, I found the lack of tutorials frustrating, the environments and world to be visually bland, and the gameplay loop not engaging enough to make me want to come back for more. The Playstation Vita (the undisputed home of dungeon crawling JRPGs) has plenty of other offerings in this genre, so unless you’re a die-hard fan of the series, it’s better to look elsewhe...
I enjoyed my time with the game. It’s a classic dungeon crawler, and I suspect as long as I’m playing games I’ll have all the time in the world for that genre. It’s a beautiful, elegant genre, and, when it all clicks, it’s a timeless formula. Unfortunately, Operation Babel: New Tokyo Legacy just asks too much of its players. An overwhelmingly pointless narrative, coupled with archaic systems and a user interface that tries to fight with the player at every turn make for a game that really drags at times. If it was on PlayStation 4 (which for some reason has almost no dungeon crawlers…