Bram Stroker’s Dracula would have been a way different if Keanu Reeves had yanked off Gary Oldman’s pants early in the film. But that’s the main hook for Akiba’s Trip: Hellbound and Debriefed, from XSeed and Marvelous. A remake of the 2011 Akiba’s Trip, this game takes place in the famed Akihabara area, where players can look forward to publicly disrobing vampires in an attempt at burning them in sunlight.
It’s not as gruesome as it sounds; players can first identify vampires by photographing them, as vampires (or “Shadow Souls”, as Akiba’s Trip calls them) don’t appear in photographs. Players can then initiate 3D brawls with the undead, with various regions of Akihabara as your arena. As fights go on, you’ll deal more and more damage to your opponent’s outfit, be it their headgear, their top, or their bottoms. Enemies are only defeated once their outfit has been removed,…
