Time Leap takes the romance dating game a leap forward by animating the characters in real time throughout the game. Using the full power of the Xbox360 consoles, the romance game flows out smoothly like an anime, complete with a star studded cast of voice actors and actresses behind it.
You are living with a group of girls in a shrine on a secluded island, one of them is Ayumi the popular upperclassman whom everybody looks up to and there is Yuu, the cute girl you love like a little sister. One day, a younger version of Ayumi appears in front of the group due to a time leap and it is your job and desire to get a long with her.
Time Leap 360 A first of sorts, Time Leap is an ADV that instead of using the tried method of 2-D CGs, goes for fully-rendered 3-D graphics via cel shading. The game, based of the PC version, boasts additional event scenes, unlockable extras in the form of various 'bootbench' modules that allow the various characters to do a song and dance, DLC such as additional stages and characters for the bootbench, and full real-time 70fps gameplay.
The story itself is rather generic, but it has a few laughs here and there. The games greatest value is its presentation, and if one is interested in trying something other than 2-D stills all the time, this game is worth the consideration.
frumply(8) on 02, Sep. 2009 09:40 (HKT)
Achievements, sure. Otherwise... If you're looking for a easy 1000, look no further. If you want a decent story, go get Chaos;Head or Clannad. If you want dancing girls, go get Dream Club or Idolmaster. The story is rather bland and barely scratches the possibilities of time leaping characters in an adventure game, and while characters are modeled well the lip syncing is done very strangely, leading to some slightly-creepy looking characters while they are talking.
The demo on Live will take you through the first several hours of the game, so take a look and purchase at your own peril.
peacelovehappiness13(16) on 27, Aug. 2009 22:14 (HKT)
No title I loved this game! Even though I don't know a ANY Japanese, I played this game for achievements! and it was quiet entertaining!! Made me laugh:)
