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Review: Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed Almost Gets It Right

Akiba’s Trip is one of those games that’s hard to forget about, at least conceptually. It’s a game where the goal is to punch people in the jeans so hard that they fall off. It’s utterly absurd; a joke concept that may be tough to stretch to a full game, and yet the team at Acquire tried to do that.

Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed is the second time they attempted the concept. The first game was a former Japan exclusive that eventually got a remastered worldwide release as Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound and Debriefed . Undead and Undressed , however, did get a worldwide release the first time around, releasing in the West for the PlayStation Vita in 2014. Now, almost 10 years later, it’s getting a Director’s Cut remaster for modern systems. So the question is, how well does the sequel hold up after all this time?

So let’s get this out of the way. Akiba’s Trip is weird. Not just because of its concept, but its execution is all over the place. One moment the game feels like it wears its concept on its sleeve, playing it up for all its absurdity. Then in the next moment, it’s tripping over its own pants with awkward dialogue and clunky gameplay.

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If you’re unfamiliar with Akiba’s Trip , here’s a quick rundown of the plot. You play as a generic protagonist named Nanashi by default. He wakes up in a strange lab after responding to the reddest of red flag job adverts. He’s been turned into a Synthister, a violent emotional vampire. However, he gets rescued by a mysterious girl named Shizuku who helps him escape and shares her blood with him to prevent him from losing his humanity.

Now Nanashi, Shizuku, and his friends in the Akiba Freedom Fighters are heading out to stop the Synthister menace plaguing Akihabara. Of course, the best way to defeat them is to remove all their clothes so they can be burned away by their vampiric weakness to sunlight.

The process of doing this, however, is poorly executed. Combat involves attacking an opponent’s legs, torso or head in order to do damage to the clothing or accessories in that area. With enough damage, Nanashi or his friends can grab the shirt or hat or whatever and remove them. Remove all clothing items and they’re defeated.

This whole system is clunky to control. Fights are often against large groups, and limited dodge and inconsistent targeting can often make it tricky to position yourself in a way that you’re not getting punched in the back all the time. It’s also painfully repetitive. Every fight has the exact same rhythm, and I never really felt like I could mix up combos all that much. It says a lot that combat improves a lot when you unlock the team-up ability. This often causes so much instant damage it feels like it skips most of the fighting.

Not that things are much better out of combat. You get a decent chunk of Akiba to explore, including multiple real stores to visit and buy assorted items from. This would be great if you weren’t wandering into a loading screen every five seconds. Akiba has been split into multiple tiny regions all sectioned away from each other, with the most egregious problem being Main Street split into four separate corners.

These tiny locations also add to the problems with combat, as I frequently found myself backed into corners within the transition points. Thankfully, area transition is usually locked out while in combat, so this doesn’t lead to interruptions. However, the camera shift that indicates the transition does still happen, making it much harder to see what you’re doing.

While the first game had these problems, it could be attributed to its origins on the PSP. However, Undead and Undressed started out on the Vita, a system that boasted Gravity Rush as one of its most prominent games. That was a game with a seamless open world that Akiba’s Trip could have done well to emulate.

Where Akiba’s Trip fares a little better, however, is in its writing. There’s a satirical edge to much of the game’s dialogue, acting as a celebration and brutal takedown of otaku culture in equal measure. After all, the game starts with the protagonist taking a sketchy job offer simply because they pay in figurines. This is just a fraction of the self-referential humor about the obsessive nature of otaku. An obsessive nature that makes them a perfect target for a surreal mission to turn their entire Tokyo hangout into a hive of energy vampires. It’s all delightfully silly and it knows it.

Of course, there are times where it walks the line between satirical and just bad. On one hand, the cosplay sequence where the normally serious and distant Shizuku gets super into the hottest anime is genuinely funny. On the other hand, the awkward dialogue of the protagonist’s little sister is generally obnoxious to put up with. It’s a huge tonal problem that runs through the whole game.

Akiba’s Trip is a real mixed bag of an experience. It’s clear there was potential here with some of the writing, and the combat has a solid foundation that it fails to build on properly. It reminds me a little of Deadly Premonition , a game that managed to do so much wrong and yet ended up being a strangely compelling experience. Akiba’s Trip doesn’t quite pull off the same feat, but frequently feels like it could get close. It just never quite comes together as a cohesive whole.

Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed is not a game that has aged well. Its combat is repetitive, its map is too restrictive and its dialogue sometimes leans into the worst tropes too sincerely to be called parody. However, it’s clear that there is an audience for this out there, or it wouldn’t have gotten this remaster. If you can put up with the game’s many issues, it may be possible to lose yourself in the absurdity of its concept and enjoy its more successful satirical moments.

Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed Director’s Cut is out now for Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PC.

After being lured into a trap by the promise of rare character goods, aimless otaku Nanashi finds himself transformed into one of the walking undead.

However, he is spared the worst of his fate by the bloody kiss of a mysterious young woman named Shizuku. Together with the rest of his companions in an organization unofficially dubbed the “Akiba Freedom Fighters,” Nanashi must uncover the truth behind a plague of violent, antisocial energy vampires and save the Japanese electronics mecca of Akihabara before it is overrun.

Nintendo Switch version reviewed,

Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed has not aged well, but if you can put up with the game’s issues, you can lose yourself in its absurdity

• I will admit there was some nostalgia for me here, as I did visit Akiba around the time of the game's original release.
• There’s even a mission where Nanashi gets cornered by maids in a side street, which was alarmingly similar to a real experience I had.
• It was only one maid in real life though, not a whole squad of them. And no one got stripped in the street. Thankfully.

XSEED Games Reveals AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead and Undressed Director’s Cut to have Limited Retail Release

A Special Limited Day 1 Physical Edition to Accompany the Title’s Summer Release

TORRANCE, Calif. — Mar. 3, 2023 — XSEED Games today announced that their upcoming action-RPG, AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead and Undressed Director’s Cut will be available digitally on Nintendo Switch™ in North America and Europe for $29.99/€29.99/£24.99 when it releases this summer, with also a limited physical Day 1 Edition available for a MSRP of $39.99 on the XSEED Games Store and at participating retailers in North America. Additionally, “Kati’s Route,” the new content which follows Finnish exchange student and part-time maid Kati Räikkönen, will be available to players of the original release as downloadable content on the PlayStation®4 and Windows PC for $7.99/€7.99/£6.99 at launch.

Updated from its original release for a new generation, AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead and Undressed Director’s Cut places players in the role of Nanashi, an otaku mysteriously transformed into a vampire and thrust into a conspiracy of “Synthisters” plaguing the electronics mecca. Alongside a colorful cast of allies known as the ‘Akiba Freedom Fighters,’ Nanashi must defend his fellow otaku from vampire predators, discovering that the best strategy to defeat them is to strip them of their bare essentials and expose them to the cleansing power of the sun! Featuring a fully voiced “true ending” route starring lovable maid Kati, original side quests introducing more offbeat otaku denizens of Akihabara, and an arsenal of new weapons and armor, AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead and Undressed Director’s Cut brings modern supernatural adventure for the Japanophile of discerning tastes.

Developed by Acquire, AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead and Undressed Director’s Cut will release this summer in North America and Europe digitally on the Nintendo Switch™, and as DLC on the PS4™ system and Windows PC. A limited physical Day 1 Edition containing a musical selections CD and a set of nine oversized art cards featuring original illustrations by various Japanese artists to commemorate the 10-year anniversary since the release of the original title with be available for pre-order in North America shortly. This title is rated “M for Mature” on console platforms by the ESRB , and is not rated for PC.

Akiba's Trip 2 Is an Absurd, Action-Packed Supernatural Romance

It’s subtitled “Undead & Undressed” for a reason.

I thought vampire games needed something other than the fanged, pale-skinned bloodsuckers and gun-touting hunters to stand out. I didn’t think it would quite look like a high-school boy ripping the clothes off the backs of strangers, though.

Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed , also known as Akiba’s Trip 2 , isn’t a new game. However, Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed Director’s Cut is. The original game launched in Japan for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in 2013 and later migrated to North America in 2014. The Director’s Cut features much of the same content with an alternate route for a new romanceable character, Kati. I played it on the PlayStation 4 at PAX East and was delighted to find out how absurd yet satisfying the action was.

Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed stars Nanashi, a teenage otaku who was lured into a trap and turned into a vampire. These vampires, also called “Synthisters,” feast on humans’ social energy and will to live. A mysterious girl named Shizuku saves Nanashi with a kiss before he totally loses his humanity and recruits him to join the Akiba Freedom Fighters, a group hunting the Synthisters. It's up to the ragtag group to uncover the Synthisters’ plot and save Akibahara from the soul-suckers before it’s too late.

This isn’t your average vampire-hunting RPG where you run around slashing at enemies with silver swords or impaling them with wooden stakes. You identify Synthisters with a camera — because vampires look different than humans in photos — and confront them. Then, you expose them to the sun by forcibly stripping them down to their underwear. Then, their bodies melt in the daylight.

Nanashi’s superior vampire strength and reflexes enable him to go hand-to-hand with these bloodsuckers and, more importantly, punch and kick them until their clothes fly off.

Akiba’s Trip might sound like a perverted romcom (and it kind of is), but at least it has a surprisingly robust combat system. At PAX East, I played the demo on a controller where the right-hand buttons corresponded to high and low kicks and punches just like in a fighting game.

Behold, Nanashi is punching a pantsless enemy into the air.

You can’t rely on just one button because vampires have different clothing types that can only be removed with specific moves. For example, low kicks wear down their pants. Meanwhile, a headshot can eventually knock off any hats or headgear. It feels satisfying to combo vampires with fast-paced kicks and punches, especially with the layer of strategy that low and high attacks add. You also have to read whether the AI would aim high or low as you approached them.

You might notice a purple aura radiating off the enemy after you land enough hits. That’s the cue that Nanashi can pull off a super move that rips the enemy’s clothing clean off their body. The super move feels especially satisfying to pull off because of the over-the-top animation it triggers when you do it and how much faster it ends a fight.

Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed also delves into the realm of romance. I didn’t get to flirt with any of the girls because of the brief time I had with the demo, but the game leads to different endings based on who Nanashi chooses as his love interest. The new character Kati, an Akibahara maid, is only available as a route in the Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed Director’s Cut and downloadable content for PC and PlayStation 4.

If you’re even remotely titillated by the core premise and want something with a surprising compelling combat system, then this trip is definitely worth the strip.

Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed Director’s Cut will launch for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on April 20, 2023. If you already have the original Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed on PC or PlayStation 4, you can download Kati’s route separately without buying the entire game.

This article was originally published on March 30, 2023

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Censorship   Akiba's Trip DLC update censors 'trap' ten years after release

• Thread starter Ebicentre
• Start date Aug 3, 2023

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• Aug 3, 2023

PhantomXero1x

• Aug 4, 2023

10 fucking years? bruh what the fuck.  

Lost Branch

This is the new trend for devs. This is the third or fouth game this year that has done something like this. Keep a look out for any old game updating, it's probably the devs making random pointless changes.  

hackneyedhubris

• Sep 21, 2023

Shit, and I just "purchased" the new version. Guess I should go back and get the PS3 version.  

• Sep 24, 2023

What else did they censor in the Director's Cut?  

• Sep 25, 2023

From what I can tell, that was the only line that was censored/altered. Everything else looks the same for the most part.  

If that's the case, that's really pathetic. Imagine being such a loser to go back to a decade old game to remove a single word.  

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Xseed to release akiba's trip: undead & undressed director's cut on nintendo switch in north america.

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DLC will also be available for PS4 and Steam

XSEED Games announced on December 14 that they will be releasing Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed Director's Cut on the Nintendo Switch in North America. The updated version of the original game will be out sometime in 2023, and will include a new story route revolving around the character of Kati Räikkönen, alongside all of the downloadable content from the original version of the game.

Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed was previously released by XSEED on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita in 2014, and later on the PlayStation 4 and PC. A localization of the game released in Japan as Akiba's Trip 2, it was a sequel to the original Akiba's Trip, which was also released in North America by XSEED as Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed. In something of a surprising move, XSEED will also be making the extra content from Undead & Undressed Director's Cut available as DLC for those 2014 PS4 and PC releases of the original Undead & Undressed.

RELATED: Fire Emblem Engage Showcases The Somniel Hub In New Trailer XSEED posted a new official website and trailer for the game with the announcement, focusing on the new content for the Director's Cut. Primarily, the game will include the aforementioned story route for Kati, considered to be the “true ending” of the story. The trailer indicates that the full game, with that extra story route, will include an English dub. XSEED will follow up with retail plans and pricing at a later time. That trailer also covers up the...unmentionables of characters in several scenes with a glowing effect, but is sure to note that "The white glow will not be present in the final game."

Originally developed by Acquire, Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed is a unique beat 'em up that tasks players with tracking down and fighting vampires called Synthisters in Tokro's Akihabara district. The unique mechanic of this action is right there in the title: Stripping the vampires of their clothes to expose them to the sun and destroy them. It's a quirky, fanservice-focused sort of series that feels right at home being set in Tokyo's most otaku-popular area.

The original Akiba's Trip spawned an updated version of itself for the PlayStation Portable, and an HD remake on the PS4, Switch, and PC, which was the version published by XSEED as Hellbound & Debriefed. The series also received an anime adaptation in 2017, and a follow-up action RPG titled Akiba's Beat was released in 2017. Still going after over a decade, it seems the stripping won't be stopping any time soon.

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