Akiba’s Trip also features a number of graphical tweaks and effects to take advantage of the more powerful PlayStation 4. Nearly all of the DLC costumes and gear is available from the onset, giving you a bit more of the cool stuff like Sword Art Online or mascot costumes early on. Crowds are more densely populated with a more diverse character set due to a lot of new items to strip away. Load times are cut down by a significant amount although there is still some waiting to be done when fast travelling from one side of the city to the other.
If you’re tired of the basic appearance to the world of Akihabara, a new Visual Editor will let you tweak the world as you see fit, changing colors and visual fidelity at a whim. Motion blur, a feature I’ve found bothersome, can easily be adjusted or simply turned off with just a single slider. There are a number of presets that XSeeD has included with the game to give your game a unique appearance but there’s plenty more you can do if you experiment enough with the systems.
Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed notably runs smoother and adds a fair bit of new content and features in the PlayStation 4 release. The story is identical to the original release earlier this year, so if you’re looking to experience virtual Akihabara once more, you may just find yourself jumping straight into the Toybox. For those that have been on the fence and have not played any version thus far, the PS4 version will be the best bang for your buck. If you’ve seen all there is to see and do in the electric town the first time around, this may be a vacation better left off your itinerary.
[Editor’s Note; Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed was reviewed on the Playstation 4. Review code was provided to us by the publisher.]