Takeru joins the ranks of the cadets at Yokohama Base. This is a world where humanity is on the brink of annihilation at the hands of an alien race called the BETA. Not only does she believe his story, but she also helps him adjust to the new world he’s found himself in. He soon meets Yuuko… not the Yuuko he knows, but a scientist with great authority at Yokohama Base. Takeru wakes up to find an empty neighborhood, a downed mech, and a military base in place of his school, where he’s promptly arrested for being suspicious. Muv-Luv Unlimited begins during one of the final arcs of Extra, but quickly sets a different tone. My understanding of the characters and the story in Extra made Unlimited mean much more to me.īe warned: if you don’t know about the genre difference between Extra and Unlimited, and you don’t want to know it, stop reading now and just be content to know that I found Unlimited to be the more interesting of the two.įor everyone else, let’s continue on. It’s worth playing Extra at least once through Meiya or Sumika’s route before you move on. Some people recommend skipping it and going straight to Unlimited… but I disagree. Overall, Muv-Luv Extra was lighthearted romantic comedy fun. Many people who played Extra shudder and sob over the lacrosse section, but while learning about lacrosse wasn’t the most fun ever, it still had enough silliness to entertain me.
I also had to smile every time Takeru referenced a video game, all of which are nods to real-world video games, such as his favorite stealth series, Rebel Gear Squalid (starring Squalid Drake). But I can deal with a jerk protagonist who gets better, and Takeru did grow on me (if nothing else, through sympathy as Meiya and her cohorts turn his life upside down). Now, when I began the game, my first thought was that Takeru was a jerk. Several of the situations in Muv-Luv Extra are a bit contrived… but they’re often contrived by Yuuko, who loves manipulating people almost as much as she loves science. You might question why she’s allowed to dress like that for teaching high school, but Yuuko has a considerable amount of influence over everyone. Oh, and there’s a physics teacher named Yuuko, who is basically a mad scientist. Routes with the other main female characters are available and take the story in quite different directions, but the core plot is about Takeru, Meiya, and Sumika. Meanwhile, Takeru’s childhood friend Sumika is none too pleased about Meiya’s attempts to win Takeru, which leads to a rivalry between them.
For example, Meiya convinces Takeru’s entire neighborhood to move away and brings a legion of chefs to school to cook for him. You know how shows like I Dream of Jeannie have the protagonist’s life change in insane, impossible ways they can’t possibly explain? Replace “magic” with “money” and you’ve got the vibe of Muv-Luv. She’s a rich heiress who claims their destinies are bound together, and ridiculous antics ensue. Muv-Luv Extra is a romantic comedy about a high school senior named Takeru who wakes up one morning to find a mysterious young woman in bed with him. Still, since they’re essentially two parallel games in one, let’s look at them one at a time. Some people consider them separate games, but since they’re sold as a single game (and in the original Japanese version, you had to play Extra to unlock Unlimited), I decided to review them together. Muv-Luv is split into two parts: Muv-Luv Extra and Muv-Luv Unlimited.
The last game I played in 2016 was Muv-Luv, a visual novel recently made available in English for the first (official) time.
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