• Home
    • About
      • Contact
      • Jobs
  • Reviews
    • 3DS
    • DS
    • PC
    • PS4
    • PS3
    • PSP
    • PS Vita
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox 360
    • Wii
    • Wii U
    • Switch
    • Video Reviews
    • Review Score Policy
  • PS4
    • PS3
  • Vita
    • PSP
  • Xbox One
    • XBOX 360
  • 3DS
    • DS
  • PC
  • Switch
    • Wii U
    • Wii
  • Apps
  • Board Games
  • Guides
  • E3 2019
  • Home
    • About
      • Contact
      • Jobs
  • Reviews
    • 3DS
    • DS
    • PC
    • PS4
    • PS3
    • PSP
    • PS Vita
    • Xbox One
    • Xbox 360
    • Wii
    • Wii U
    • Switch
    • Video Reviews
    • Review Score Policy
  • PS4
    • PS3
  • Vita
    • PSP
  • Xbox One
    • XBOX 360
  • 3DS
    • DS
  • PC
  • Switch
    • Wii U
    • Wii
  • Apps
  • Board Games
  • Guides
  • E3 2019
Home
Vita
(Vita) Reviews

Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed (PS3) Review

Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed (PS3) Review

akibas trip titleAkihabara is a place of wonder. For many, it’s a mecca of everything otaku-centric. Music, animation, gaming, and food. Beyond that is an entire subculture that foreigners rarely get to see outside of media (Genshiken, Comic Party, etc). XSeeD Games and Acquire have come together with one of the truer representations of that slice of Japanese life, only with a certain unmistakable twist. Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed is the second title in the series, and the first to reach Western shores. Does Akiba’s Trip have a style all its own, or is it all just for show?

Akiba’s Trip opens with an unnamed protagnist being tested on by a radical group all for the sake of science. In exchange for material goods (in this case, the MC wants a collection of rare figurines), he allows this group to test a new drug on him. The side effects? He’s turns into some sort of man-made vampire, or Synthister as they’re commonly referred to in-game. Sunlight becomes his greatest weakness, but it only truly affects him (and other synthisters) when fully exposed down to his tighty-whities.

akibas trip meme

Before long, synthisters start running amok and the MC along with a self-established group of volunteers called the Akiba Defense Force, a group fo do-gooders focused on cleaning up Akihabara and performing other various charitable acts. Who knew that stripping down vampires in broad daylight could become a public service? Within an hour of starting Akiba’s Trip, I had been turned into a vampire, learned how to strip others down (in chain combos even!), ran into a girl shouting her love of boys love doujinshis, and ate at a local branch of GO!GO!CURRY!

akibas trip board

Part of what makes Akiba’s Trip so endearing is how true to the Akihabara mecca it presents itself. While just a small square blocks in the heart of Tokyo, Akihabara feels like its own little world. People carry on message board conversations about their daily life. Cosplayers walk around during the day, maids stand out passing handbills advertising a local maid cafe, giant billboards showcase upcoming games and anime. Since this is an Acquire-developed title, many ads for Mind-Zero litter the streets right along side those for Disgaea 4 Portable, the Genshiken anime, and Super Sonico. It’s like a small period piece for what was popular during that few weeks period. If you’ve ever played the Yakuza/Ryu ga Gotoku series, it’s easy to see how just one small section of town can be all you need to focus a game around.

akibas trip dialogue

For a game focused around stripping citizens down to see if they’re vampires/synthisters, Akiba’s Trip has quite an expansive way of doing it. Random encounters happen quite frequently on the streets of Akihabara, moreso if you start shoving people around to see who retaliates. Instead of a health gauge, both players and opponents have a sort of stamina gauge on the three articles of clothing (hat, upper, and lower). Dealing enough damage to these parts will render them able to be stripped off. There’s an audio cue of something crunching along with the aforementioned article glowing a gaudy purple, but sometimes these are easy to miss in the heat of combat.

Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed (PS3) Review, 8.0 out of 10 based on 9 ratings
1 of 2
  • Tags
  • Acquire
  • akiba strip
  • Akiba's Trip
  • akihabara
  • comedy
  • PS3
  • PsVita
  • review
  • strip
  • Undead and Undressed
  • Vita
  • XSeed

Previous article Upcoming PS4 Firmware 2.0 To Add Share Play
Next article Hellblade by Ninja Theory announced for PS4
Kai Powell

Kai Powell

FGC supporter, RPG grinder, FPS face-clicker. I'm always willing to jump into unfamiliar territory or help out a gamer in need. Feel free to come find me on PSN (DarkParodius) or XBL (SomeGuyNamedKai).

Latest Reviews
SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions Review

SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions Review

Life is Strange 2 Review

Life is Strange 2 Review

Fight'N Rage Review

Fight'N Rage Review

Star Ocean: First Departure R Review

Star Ocean: First Departure R Review

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Review

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Review

Latest News
Dec 13th 7:38 PM
Xbox One

NBA 2K20 1.09 Update Patch Notes Shoot Out

Dec 13th 5:15 AM
News

Sagrada: The Great Facades – Passion Review

Dec 13th 2:14 AM
PS4

Fast and Furious Crossroads Racing To Consoles And PC In 2020

Dec 12th 11:55 PM
News

The Elder Scrolls Online Skyrim Expansion Teased

Dec 12th 11:38 PM
News

The Wolf Among Us 2 Formally Re-Announced

Dec 12th 10:54 PM
PS4

Ghost of Tsushima Releases Summer 2020

Dec 12th 10:53 PM
Xbox One

Gears Tactics to Release on April 28, 2020

Dec 12th 10:23 PM
Xbox One

Ori and the Will of the Wisps Will Now Release on March 11, 2020

Dec 12th 10:02 PM
News

Sons of the Forest Revealed

Dec 12th 9:40 PM
News

Godfall Revealed for PlayStation 5 and PC

Find Us On: