Criminal Girls - Invite Only
Criminal Girls - Invite Only is a PlayStation Vita role-playing game released in 2013 developed by Imageepoch. It centers on combat encounters, character or equipment growth, and area exploration, with controls and information arranged around the twin analog sticks, directional pad, shoulder and face buttons, adding front or rear touch, gyroscope, cameras, or microphone only where explicitly used.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.2 / 10
About this game
Criminal Girls - Invite Only is a PlayStation Vita role-playing game centered on combat encounters, character or equipment growth, and area exploration. Story beats, exploration, and progression resources support a longer campaign, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Characters, world building, environments, and music carry most of the atmosphere, while the high-density portable display, stereo audio, touch feedback, and handheld interface need to keep text, targets, and state changes clear at a small scale. The genre-specific limitation is that dense text, menu layers, repeated battles, loading, or language dependence can slow progress. Platform conditions also include proprietary memory cards, touch or gyroscope input, battery life, download availability, cross-platform features, and retired online services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Criminal Girls combines stories of guilt and redemption with character-building RPG battles. Its main games send an instructor and a group of troubled girls through dungeons, choosing from the actions the companions propose, while spin-offs explore other ways to tell their stories.
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Distinctive combat choices burdened by repetitive required training.
Criminal Girls: Invite Only on PS Vita has an unusual turn-based idea: party members propose actions instead of obeying a conventional direct-command menu, and the player chooses among their suggestions. Growth and new skills are tied to touchscreen Motivation sessions. The combination can make party management distinctive at first, but repeating required sessions increasingly interrupts dungeon exploration and combat. Expressive character portraits carry much of the visual appeal, while backgrounds inherited from the earlier PSP release are comparatively plain. A direct review of the Western-localized Vita edition also makes clear that the sexually suggestive training is an ongoing part of play, not an optional cosmetic aside. It should be weighed as both presentation and mechanic. This score concerns that localized handheld edition and does not assume the original Japanese PSP script or art is identical. Players open to unconventional combat and its subject matter may find a peculiar RPG here; those seeking uninterrupted dungeon battles or disliking repeated touch interactions should approach cautiously.
Strengths
- Suggestion-based battles and expressive portraits.
Weaknesses
- Repeated training, plain backgrounds and divisive content.
Who it is for: Players comfortable with its themes and curious about unusual RPG combat.
Play notes: Western-localized Vita only; training has sexualized content.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Progression exists but repeats too much. | Reviewed | 6.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Suggestive commands are novel; required touch sessions wear thin. | Reviewed | 6.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Good portraits stand above dated environments. | Reviewed | 6.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Touch input works but interrupts the RPG flow. | Reviewed | 6.2 / 10 | Not provided |
Review sources
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Core information
- Developer
- Imageepoch
- Publisher
- Nippon Ichi Software
- Release date
- 2013
- Platforms
- PlayStation Vita
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Turn-based CombatMain Story 20–50 HoursStory-drivenReal-time CombatLevel ProgressionExplorationSolo-friendlyThird PersonFantasy3D GraphicsLong-term Progression
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- PlayStation VitaWorldwide2013
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