Anima: Gate of Memories is one of the best Action-RPG you can play on any current gen platform. A great gameplay, the interesting game mechanics, the story and a gorgeous soundtrack, are only a few of the qualities of this game.

Anima: Gate of Memories is a jewel amidst the independent videogame projects. It doesn’t aim to be perfect, but it features a deep story and a great combat system. Its price is also lower compared to other games, so it is worth a try.

This is a title I encourage players new to RPG’s to dig into and deserves a spot in everyone’s library.

I’m finding it hard to recommend Anima: Gate of Memories to anyone outside of diehard fans of the IP and I don’t know a single person that falls into that category, so I can’t really recommend it to anyone.

Anima is not that engaging at all because of that overreach, and it’s stressful because I really did want to enjoy this. But the games it tries to be like; titles like Nier and Dark Souls, are unforgettable, potent, important titles. I should not be forgetting almost everything about a game that aspires to that level of greatness. But in this case I did just that.

Fundamentally, it feels like the Kickstarter budget should have been a little higher to achieve what Anima: Gate of Memories clearly wanted to be.

Anima: Gate of Memories is a classic example of a developer trying to create something bigger than they're capable of. The game attempts to be a grand RPG with platforming and puzzles, and yet it fails to pull off any of those mechanics off.