The World Ends with You Critic Reviews

Games rarely have things this interesting to say or approach them from this outlandish a vector. Listen up.

TWEWY is definitely the current reason to own a DS right now, and you'll be doing yourself a disservice if you choose to not check it out.

The game hits the mark on virtually every point and its unique blend of fashion savvy, fast paced combat, OCD inspiring item management and audiovisual presentation should not be missed.

Addictive gameplay and stylish content make this the perfect handheld complement to your all-night Grand Theft Auto sessions.

Don't let The World Ends With You pass you up as it is easily the best DS title released in the last two years.

The World Ends With You stands tall as both a compelling piece of interactive art and a brilliantly designed and executed game.

It's rare to find an RPG for a handheld system with this much content. There's so much video game joy here that you it should satisfy just about any RPG gamer.

Not only is the gameplay built from the ground-up for the DS, but the story is actually about something – not just orcs and elves.

One of the most fun, addictive, out-of-the-box RPGs since Earthbound. If you can handle the hardcore learning curve, the payoff is terrific.

A remarkably deep and complex game. It is as though the designers sat around thinking of every possible feature you could have in a role playing game and then managed to squeeze them all in.

The World Ends with You is a game that every RPG fan who owns a DS needs to have.

If you’ve been craving something different and unexpected, do not pass this offering up

This is a game that works precisely because it's something new and different, and deserves to be celebrated for its originality...and for making its more banal moments as compelling as the inventive ones.

This is going to be the cult-hit DS game of 2008. Jupiter and Square Enix have developed a game that nails just about everything it tries – and it tries quite a lot of new or carefully lifted ideas.

With its frantic dual-screen battles in a dense little city, The World Ends With You is a surprisingly hardcore, impossibly ambitious DS title. This pint-size powerhouse might sadly intimidate a few DS owners and their Pokeymans. Don’t get scared off; put down your Zeldas and your juice boxes for two minutes and try taking on The World.

Thw World Ends with You may not have a big name like "Final Fantasy" or "Kingdom Hearts" attached to it, but it certainly deserves the same kind of success.

The briskly moving plot and the unique battle system adds up yet another winner for Square Enix.

As far as handheld RPGs go, it doesn’t get much more original than this.

Few games make it into the "amazing" category in our opinion, but with a game that sets as many standards, breaks down as many walls, stomps as many preconceptions, and offers as much depth and versatility as The World Ends With You, we simply can’t consider it anything but exactly that.

The World Ends With You is an amazing marriage of style and gameplay. The dual screen combat further stretches what the DS can achieve in gaming that is far from a lame gimmick.