Alright guys you know I'm not one to rant or speak negative of really anything but this has been bugging me so I figure I might as well speak my mind since it's the internet and odds are I'll never be able to say anything that hasn't already been said in a rude or vulgar manner. Oh boy, I'm bringing out the vocabulary words, this ought to be good.

Okay so keep in mind that this is all without having experienced the game; considering it still hasn't been released it'd be odd if I could have done that already.

So I like many Project DIVA fans have found out about the news that the new PDX will not be featuring Story Driven PVs but will instead feature "Live PVs". I will now begin the ranting portion of this journal.

I highly dislike anyone calling them PVs since at this point they no longer qualify as such to me since now what they are is just a fancy version of the Concert Mode. Let's face it, no one really enjoyed using that mode and once you got your achievements from it you haven't used it since except maybe on the off chance you needed background noise/entertainment for an otaku party; which sounds like a good idea, I should do that.

All this new mode is doing is taking the customization aspects of the regular PVs and fusing it with the Concert Mode. Makes you wonder if they'll even be including a Concert Mode anymore or if instead it'll be replaced with a mini game of some sort.

I'm really hoping that they'll take notice to the large amounts of comments voicing their opinions against this change and will make appropriate changes for the next game or at the least provide the option of DLC with story driven PVs.

I also came across an interesting comment about how the focus on concerts in the game could be a part of their process of making this a VR game but if you ask me if they wanted to do that they should've left the game as it was and just added the VR ability to the concert mode and seen if people even liked it in the first place instead of basing a whole game on testing it out.

One thing that bugs me also though is that since the PVs are now just concerts they have now become simpler to make since now they only have to make the assets in 3D and make one motion for the dance since based on what we've seen there's no chance for chance time to exist since now instead it gives you a new outfit drop. It just makes the game feel lazier because of that and like they are just throwing it together for the sake of money. I of course understand that the whole point of making the game is to make money and I am all for it but they should be putting more work into it like in the past.

Needless to say regardless I will be purchasing a copy of the game when it is inevitably released for the western community with an English translation as even though I do dislike the "Live PVs" I still do love the series so I owe it that much to give it a shot.

TLDR: They really shouldn't be testing out a possible VR mode by converting all the Story PVs into Concert PVs since they lack the depth of a good story driven PV. I'm still planning on buying it since I love the series and owe it the benefit of the doubt that it'll still be enjoyable.