My luckiest gacha experience was from fgo, really enjoyed the gameplay especially when double skadi came and made the farming really easy, 10/10 would not recommend
@@トフ戦士 been playing fgo for 4 years, and I don't want people to suffer the shitty fucking gacha this game has. Until a proper pity system is implemented/auto I will never recommend it
As someone who played since the early days of FGO (1st ever Guda Guda event) No don't. Don't torture yourself with playing FGO. Just don't. You have better things to do in life and diving head first to FGO hell isn't one of them (unless you're a masochist.)
a little embarrassed to admit this but my dad is really impressed that i’ve been trying to read the mahabharata but i can’t tell him it’s because of fgo lmao
@@FellowDegenerateKeo would rental girlfriend be improved by having them raped and mind broken by old men? Would context help? I get all the context I need from tags
I go back and forth between FGO and Arknights as my favourite gacha game. The Arknights story is so grounded and real, the characters feel like people you might meet in real life, but F/GO's is just so grandiose and spectacular, the personalities are larger than life, literally (looking at you Kiara), the variety of topics and genres it covers is incredible, it just has something for everyone. I know a lot of people hate F/GO. The gameplay is dated, the gacha is cruel, the QoL is several steps behind the modern day standard, but no matter what I don't think I'll ever let it go. There's something special about this game and it either hooks you until the end, or it doesn't. You either die a gorilla, or live long enough to see yourself become a looper.
If you pay attention to arknight's rate, their gacha is kind of worse if you have played more than a year. In the end you get way less rate up servants than FGO and the dupes accumulate more and more
@@mister_raindr0p uhhh...no? Arknights' gacha is objectively better in every way: better base rate (2% vs 1%) , a guaranteed 5/6* in the first 10 pull, a 50% or sometimes even guaranteed chance of the character being the rate up character, a pity system that isn't complete trash and you can buy 5* and 6* characters from the shop with certificates you get from getting dupes of 4*'s. Maybe your personal experience has been different but there's no getting around the fact that Arknights has a much better system than FGO. The one positive thing I will say about FGO is that they design all of their servants so well that often it doesn't matter who you have, you will be able to clear content without much trouble. Oh and also FGO's welfare servants are in a class of their own. No other game I've played has given us just absolutely game breaking units like Kintoki Rider or Chloe.
@@RexellentRed take into account that the actual rate up of arknights is .5% or .75% in their usual banners, then that all the pools are shared except limited. As you have more characters the easier is to get a dupe, that are useless unless you go for the 5th or 6th, and in the end you have 50% more ssrs at most, even with pity certificate buying and recruitment
@@mister_raindr0p where are you getting the 0.5% and 0.75% numbers from? the rate for 6*'s is 2% across the board. are you talking about when there's two 6* characters on a banner? and yeah all pools are shared but that's why you have the 50% chance as a safeguard. FGO doesn't have that. it splits the servants into general pool and story locked pool, but even in the general pool spooks exist, there's no 50% chance of getting the rate up character like in arknights. also i think you're way underestimating how impactful having 50% more SSR's is. if I had 50% more SSR's in fgo I'd have around 45 instead of the 30 i do now, that's a HUGE power spike for any account.
@@kimguir303 same, I've been playing for 2 months. First month in I was lucky enough to roll 5 SSRs. Come Waver's banner, I spent around 360 SQs and got nothing. As a F2P that shit hurt.
I have a year playing FGO, i remember how i need to think as a noob to beat Jeanne Alter, how to finish two events with low levels servants, the joy of getting my first 5* and the pain of not getting something. Even when you think about optimize your farming experience, you should try to experiment a little with weird conbinations, or challenge yourself doing the game more difficult like beat a boss with a weird setup or praying in a solo run that RNG give you a change. My recomendation to the new player is enjoy the game as you can. If you get a servant you don't want try to use it and maybe you like it after that. Finally if you reach a certain point in the story that is very hard to advance try to look at the web, all of the veterans reach that part and we use many differents ways to pass it. So i hope you like the game if you wanna try it.
Ah, fellow 6 year Veteran. Man.....it really has been a journey. As much as I hate the game, I am also head over heels in love with it. Before this vid, I just watched what you could say a compilation of the things we did, from Fuyuki, to LB4.2, then watched the 5th Anniversary trailer......made me tear up and smile. I hope all of us masters will be part of this journey to it's bitter end.
@@Urd-Vidan If only they made the gacha a less shitty experience, a lot of masters would set a sside the repetitive gamplay and keep playing the game, the story and characters, coupled with the soundtrack is what makes me want to see how is the game doing despite quitting a year ago
5:08 "Some I wish would commit not alive" *Shows Jason* Ah not my Grailed Jason please. Spoilers: I just hope LB5 would change people's opinion on Jason cause his character was pretty darn great in that lostbelt and was one of the reasons why I grailed the guy in the first place
I think so too I had a pretty low opinion of him too lostbelt 5.2 was basically his redemption arc while some how still focus on multiple different characters and still delivering everyone's personal story beautifully
FGO was my first gacha. The story was good, but I hated (and still do) the pull rates for the characters that I like. The gacha burned me out as a f2p and I dropped the game after a year.
@@mqegg Sound advice. I might give it another shake at some point. Maybe. I'm also one of those people that if I can't play with a character that I explicitly like from the word "Go", I lose motivation fast. The "they grow on you" characters only work if I'm invested enough for that to take effect, and I primarily played because I was a fan of the characters from way back in the VN days.
As a five year JP veteran: "That's hell you're walking into" I feel like a battered housewife that can't let go because there are kids and mortgage. The inability to autofarm or skip animations especially hurts if you play other mobage and can truly feel the lack. Delightworks has been too spoiled by the raging torrent of whalebucks to reflect on significant game improvements. The failure of their other mobages is proof of that, scratching their heads about why their playbook results in failure with less popular franchises.
not really? autofarm doesn't work in fgo because watching autofacecarding isn't actually faster than just making a decent farming comp (and fgo is an easy enough game that you can pretty much run the same stuff for 75% of the game). I know the lack of autofarm is common criticism from people who play auto gameplay games but other than lotto and being behind in events, you don't really need to do that much in a day. DW though is definitely super slow at making changes to the game, and I definitely think that spending resources on another gacha game + doing arcade is a waste of time
@@yuuschzhie8822 Yeah autofarm is needed for events, they should either implement that or let you skip np when doing the ultra slow farming, or at least give faster speed while playing, I remember when I still used to play the game, farming was a nightmare since most of my servants were arts (and most of those were not farm friendly since they rely on art spam, I falied to get Summer mordred and before quitting, Jeanne archer decided to ignore me, and before that skadi... nvm) But the true problem of the game is the fucking gacha, the gameplay is stale and repetitive, and having the same servant lineup for over a year is not a fun experience, specially if you make the most out of your SQ and still get shit on constantly like I did
@@xLuis89x i think a reason i heard as to why they cant do skip NP is because damage is tied to the animation so skipping it would completely break it or something, and so far the animation updated characters seem to have their NP damage/hits line up with the old animations so i guess its true (i dont know how they deal with fast animations though)
They're so frickin' cheapskate (probably close to Mr. Krabs level of cheapskate) they actually added continue node roughly 4 years when it should be al very least year 1. Worse, regarding their other failed gachame, it's basically FGO's base system but just more grindy than that. Even gumi, which had way worse MTX had better gameplay and story for most part on both their main games, mind you, they made more games than DW but more forgiving.
its easy once you realize you have really few 5*, your device can barely run the game or overheats too much, and you have spent a year or more without a new character, be it 4 or 5*
@@xLuis89x The game has been pretty kind to me (I only play JP version). I have 19 SSRs and 30 SRs (excluding Mash) after playing for a year and a half.
@@xLuis89x The only way to not get any new characters in a year is to not play the game. Even if we assume gacha gives you literally nothing (which, while possible, is extremely unlikely even on free SQ alone), FGO has decent welfares and it drops at least 5 new ones (summer, christmas, halloween, gudaguda and collab) each year.
Do *NOT* enter into FGO or any gacha game as a matter of fact if you don’t have self control it will lead you down a rabbit hole where you can spend thousands for a jpeg that does cool effects in game. And if your going free to play sure but pay to win is a very brutal road if you lack self control -COUGH ME-
and you are gonna leave for the gacha and the gameplay. You can just watch the strory from videos and you wont miss a single thing, since collecting waifus truly is only for the whales
@@xLuis89x The characters in FGO are the main incentives for the gacha and gameplay aspect, and majority are incredible with the exception of the earlier servants. Also added by the fact that other series' works can help influence a players desire to get a servant.
Sounds like what Another Eden felt like for me. Starts off fun, classic RPG feel, great graphics, interesting story...then it gets very grindy, w/no skippable animations or fights.
I have played this game for over 2 years, love the Fate franchise as a whole and always make sure to have every piece of information for any upcoming event while also avoiding spoilers because i love the story and always read it all of it In short: don't play it, it'd be the worst mistake you'd ever make
I have tried FGO, and I have gotten out of it. My journey starts in 2017 (year 1 of EN server) when I'm watching my friend plays it. From that moment I became addicted to its story, gameplay loop, characters, and the gacha (yes, you read that right, this game is my first gacha game). No other games can top FGO from that moment on. What I really like doing then is theorycrafting with the numbers to make the biggest damage possible and to make farming easier. Time flies and many things have changed. I ended my journey in late 2020 for various reasons, some of them being I have all my target servants, I became bored with the grind, I played multiple gacha games (Arknights & Genshin), and I got a full-time job so I don't have enough time to consistently play FGO. Thus, my journey ends here, after 3 years of playing it. Nowadays I only play Arknights & Genshin Impact. Thanks for reading my story :)
@@jakethereaper2060 I believe you referring to the Fem!Musashi is part of a timeline that already got pruned. She just managed to escape being pruned due to her dimensional hopping ability I think
I have played this game for over two years and despite gacha rates that make me want to commit not alive, I still somehow haven't abandoned the game, so its doing something right. p.s mordred best saber
Come play Fate, we have: - Nikola Thanos - Egyptian DIO - Leonardo Da Vinci as Mona Lisa herself - Big Booby Sabers - Planet fuckers (literally) - and of course, your guaranteed eggplant Kouhai
Thanks, Dio. This video inspired me to start playing. I've been playing for about a month, and while the grind is even more blatant than in Arknights, my AK account is basically endgame so not a fair comparison. The difficulty is, yeah, not as painful as expected, but maybe AK beat out any complaints about how hard something is lol FGO's emphasis on lore and the subtle character details are pretty amazing. I'm not that knowledgeable in mythology so this game definitely inspires me to research characters and figure out why their quirks are the way they are. It's pretty amazing. So thank you for introducing me to this!... But Rate Up is always a lie. I'm aiming for Jeanne (Ruler) and that is literally it
While the game does show it's age I still keep playing. It does help that I do like the normal gameplay so even when we get those multiple events in a row like we have recently I've still be clearing them out using Servants that I like to field. I am looking forward to the next chapter next month. The main thing that I would complain about is they NEED to add more to the pity system of the game like needing less USOs and other ways to receive them. The Summons going up to eleven with Anni in a few months will be nicve but nowhere near what's needed to make it more forgiving.
I love the editing style you've settled into! Also, with this I think I've decided to watch the FGO story on RUclips, rather than play the game. Cut my gacha games to one, Arknights, so with games like these I'll probably just watch stories and events to experience the game.
I tried FGO when i was still playing Brave Frontier and for some reason when i tried it i couldn't log in to the game at all looking back at it now it was definitely a sign that i shouldn't play the game but after watching this vid i realized that yes thank the heavens I didn't and will still don't. Great vid btw but if not for the garbage rates and outdated mechanics then i would definitely play it especially since the stories are amazing. Conclusion Fate/Stay Away
I've been playing free to play for a year and a half on the NA server, I always viewed the gacha part as both an opportunity to practice self-restrain and a tool to practice long-term planning. Farming is tiresome and annoying, but the memory of seeing my lvl 73 10/6/9 Sieg do his first 3 turn loop still feels me with joy to this day
I played for 3 and a half years. This review is spot on. Story and characters are amazing. Some of the best in anime games. Battle system is fun at first but once you can clear everything it gets very slow. Farming is so boring and it's easy to burn out. That's what happened to me. At the end of last year between lotto and leveling up servants I burn myself out and haven't come back. I've burned myself out before but this time I took a break and haven't been back since. In 3 years of playing it was well worth it. The story was amazing and before my account was as strong as it is now, trying to figure out how to 3 turn clear was amazing. Honestly what probably killed most of the game for me was having Skadi and Lancelot making me not needing to use my brain. Drops on materials for ascensions are painfully bad almost as bad as the gotcha. Gotcha if your not spending money realisticly you can save for 2 5 stars that you want a year. Sometimes the f2p currency isn't even enough for 1 5 star per year for very unlucky souls. It was well worth the time but the gotcha elements burnt me out eventually
*NO!* As much as I love FGO and its characters, FGO is a horrible grindfest game, horrible gacha rates that makes you wanna commit sepuku. The only thing carrying the game for me is its amazing story _(when Camelot that is...)_ , music, and characters as mentioned.
@@razzildarkbrew1952 Clearly you haven't been in a mat hell, with abysmall drop rate of 1 mat per 5 run IF youre lucky. And you need like 40 of those to max just 1 servant
I'm a self-proclaimed big nasuverse fan, it is truly fucking amazing and beautiful as well as interesting. I'm a lore nerd and I get into games sometimes entirely because of the lore, which was how I got into Fgo, I rarely play it nowadays after a year or so. 10/10, would not recommend Fgo, getting into Fate and the nauserve in general though is a 1000000000/10 would definitely recommend. I honestly do not get how people think Fate is complicated, it will be complicated if you think it is, it truly isn't, just stick to parts of the lore you like then slowly go from there, no one is forcing you to explain the how Tsukihime can exist when Extra CCC with its super computer A.I. shit is there. Just watch what you like then move on, or if you want more, well... Welcome the club.
Honestly Fate/GO is comparable to another gacha: Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle. Both are +6 years old and have been lagging behind compared to recent gachas (ie rates and spark systems). Fate/GO heavily beats dokkan in terms of content as Fgo has a story to tie content to or can do reruns of events.
@@Cranefeathers no such thing as a pity, there are signs that point to a guarantee ssr or higher rarity but they’re extremely low and aren’t shown as pity for some reason
I love fate solely for the amalgamation of historical and mythological beings. FGO can be played for free, paitence is key.. im 3 years in havent spent a cent, have a farily sizable, semi rounded roster. All current content clear. Fgo relys on monetizing the fear of missing out on certain "limited time" servants, but because the English version of the game stays roughly 2 years behind jp for content.. we have a good idea whos actually a 1 time servant.
FGO's peak is yet to come for NA Yet, as someone who plays JP, I'm saddened to say that recently FGO has been rapidly dwindling. Holy Grail War minigame is one of the few things to look forward to. Still a good game though, could do with a few changes to modernize it like a proper pity system.
@@mister_raindr0p That's defnitely a factor, but it's also fair to say that FGO is where it is right now because it didn't evolve at all. New servant gimmicks isn't evolving a game. The last time the game truly evolved was with break bars.
first minute in and I already feel like Im in the video lol. Recently got into FGO as an excuse to *attempt* to get into fate as I really don't have time for the visual novel or UBW and Fate Zero and I've already reached Camelot after like... 2 weeks of playing? Already converted to Jalter Simping, as well lol. A shame that its a pain in the ass to update since its not in my appstore's region.
I entered the Fate anime gate and oh boy how much time did it take away from my soul.... I can't even start with the game without dying in the process. And don't get me started with the Doujins._. But the thing I can truly say is that I really enjoyed every moment I spent watching the anime :'D
I agree with every your point (as also a man who gave this dumsterfire of a game a 5 years of my life) but one. Noone should play it. No matter how good it's story and characters and music, all of this you can read/watch/listen without playing this embodiment of therm "gacha-hell". Play Arknights. Or hell, even Granblue! And just read Fate. ALL OF IT.
Arknights has a worse gacha if you do the numbers, specially if you are a "veteran" Granblue has it way worse because of the dupes too, and don't let me start with the powercreep in a game where the characters are even more important
@@mister_raindr0p what numbers? 1% chanse for SSR is worse than 2% for 6* (or a 3%/6% in Granblue), no adequate pity system, and very rare free quartz (and in general, DW is fucking misers). And very, very different balance from Granblue and Arknights. 4* in FGO is maybe not shit (well, some of them are, but in general), but they overall less useful than 5* in AK. And in Granblue there is a fuckton of free rolls, literally hundreds, and every dupe give you useful resource, which you can trade for any character you want or for resources/weapons you need. And weapon dupes itself give you valuable resources, or even can be more desirable than a character itself. And powercreep in Granblue is a thing, yes, but... Characters in Granblue don't mean shit if you don't have right grid. And if you have a good grid, yes, when you have some bullshit characters then you can do really crazy shit. But here the catch. With amount of free rolls, you will have a fuckton of characters in span of even a year, and if you will be lucky, then it will be some of the strongest characters in the game. And when you have no grid then even something like Grand units will perform better than most, but not too great. Also, recruitment sistem is much more useful than friend points summon. As a game, FGO is maybe not complete shit... But it will be forever held back by DW greed for money.
@@zeeadmirale1881 You didnt read anything, i said of getting an actual character and not a copy And GBF? Dont joke with getting new characters, most of them are just package filler and I know quite a bit of veterans, you end up with 90% characters that you wouldn't even consider using. Heck, apparently only 3 srs are usable, at best
@@mister_raindr0p ah, so you not even played the game yourself. Understandable. Well, yes, SR in Granblue is useless, but it not even a problem. Like, they clearly never meant to be used, because you will have like a 20 SSR of every element after a year or two with just F2P (and logging in just when you feel like or on big events), and just enough to make a okay-ish party in just couple of months. And the only one who clearly didn't read is you, because as I already told ya, dupes never the problem in Granblue, and about "characters you never will ever considered using", it's a thing in every gacha. And FGO especially, because in that game you will need anything except standard farm-setup only for some bosses or challenge quests. And here another reason why FGO have much more severe case of "bucnh of ussles units". In FGO every unit takes an enormous amount of grind to get them to their peak. In Granblue they require, like, a one hour of auto-farming (except for 5*, ofc, they needed a little bit more). The grid - this is foundation for your power, not the characters, and party can be relatively easily changeed if you get a new unit, without tedious grindfest for exp, QP, and skill materials. Of course, there some exceptions, but they exactly it - exceptions. Yes, there characters that require a specific grid, but it not always the case. Plus, Granblue is much slower and longer game. Before a 100 level it just a tutorial, lol. You will build your grids for ages, so sooner or later you will get the units you want. I played FGO for 5 years, and I played Granblue for 3 years. There many strong points in FGO, but gacha element is clearly not. If you think differently and have a blast with it - good, I happy for ya. I not telling you not to like it or not to like FGO in general. But you can like something and also acknowledge it flaws. Granblue is not ideal either, and I get it and acknowledge it. Yeah, it's pretty hard to get some really good characters, and the amount of grind in this game is just humongous. But there also spark system, the moon system, and the grind itself is a kinda the point of this type of games. Maybe I was not really clear, but I was an little bit ironic, when I said what no one should play FGO. But hey, not being clear is the point of irony. I just a little salty because I spend a some money on it, and here I am - lost every single little bit of interest in this game.
@@zeeadmirale1881 not sure man, my friends of four years haven't finished all their grids and I had all my servants maxed in that time. I actually maxed salieri today in one hour
A bit of trivia I love about FGO: the first chapters where so "Meh" because Type Moon didn't expected the game to be popular. That is also why ot took 2 years to get to global. And yeah, its Gacha its just... It depends a lot on luck, I personally like to think I have Luck B+. I got all Avengers (all of them) yet I seem to only be able to get Abby as Foreigner representative. And don't get me started on Melt (500 pulls and nothing!!) So yeah, story IS the saving grace of this game, but it IS Type Moon, it would have a sin if that wasn't the case. Also: SCREW ARCADE AND ITS ONLY CHARACTER/COSTUMES!
As someone who played from almost the beginning of the NA server until the summer event that had Archer Jeanne (over 1k SQ without a single 5* in that year, top KEK) , I can say this, if you really love good stories, play the game, just don't expect anything from the gacha, unlike the other commenters who just got lucky and got good shit and are in a honey moon with the game and its bullshit, if you spend money, ONLY spend it on the guarantee SSR banners. if you do anything else prepare to feel like you are throwing your money into the drain, but if you are the type of person who skips the story and only want characters, dont play it, you will only waste all your money and end up quitting because the gameplay is stale and you are bound to fail in the gacha, and since you ignore the story, you most likely wont get that hooked into the game. And that is coming from someone who didnt skip a single story cutscene, be it event or SEPTEM and the only time I lost my login chain was when we got the 24 hour maintenance
Worth it if you can find something about the game to enjoy aside from the Gacha. You’re inevitably going to get some 4* and 5* servants eventually but it might take a while. But if you enjoy using servants like Cu, Hans, st george, robin hood, then you’ll love the game.
To Be Honest for me the game was confusing but when Dio explains it in a sinple made understand on how the game works now BTW REMINDER FOR 10K SUBS KARAOKE
I could understand playing it three years ago, but now? There are much better games out there, the only thing I truly miss from this is the story and the characters (but if your luck sucks, you will get cockblocked by the gacha and not get the characters you got attached to thanks to the story)
Ngl, my first experience with FGO is like "meh, just another waifu png sh*t" and then Jalter banner came 😳 Well, now that my account is gone, i can move on from life
how can people call themselves waifu or husbando hunters, when the rates are so bad, you can dedicate your entire FGO career into getting a single character and still fail? LOL
I would say that an auto battle system for FGO would not work for the sole fact that if you aren’t Generating enough NP for your noble phantasm then the entire system would just brick. Unlike arknights auto battle system all you have to do is press a certain button at a certain time, where as FGO you have to calculate NP the amount of buffs For arts cards, quick cards, NP gain buffs, crit buffs and crit stars to maintain said crits it just wouldn’t work in my opinion
Jason in Atlantis was pretty good character wise. I love every servant in fgo from character wise to especially lore wise. Though I’m not really the biggest fan of pseudo servants.
From the record, what I knew when I was still playing that shitty gacha, (until the end of the lostbelt where we fought Sieg and Surtr. gottundamerhung or something like that) that wasn't good in terms of story was the first campaigns pre Goetia like Septem and okeanos, the rest are okey or better than that, I think you are too overcritical about it. not everything can be babilonia or camelot type of writing, you know?
Fuyuki is honestly decent, since it works as an introduction to everything. Orleans is messy but not Bad. Septem is kinda boring and unremarkable. Okeanos is carried by the character interactions, Asterios, Orion, Drake and even Blackbeard showing great Moments. London certainly has some issues but it also has some good character moments. America again carried by the characters, specially Nightingale. Agartha is actually good, is just very much a Story, but that in itself is a plot point and like most things in that story has a reason behind it. People always seem to just take Agartha at face value, which is kinda stupid considering the overarching plot of that singularity. LB2 is a kick in the dick for your heart, alongside tragic stories for everybody, except Bryn and Sigurd, which if You know their story is kinda messed up.
As someone who hasn't consumed any fate content before fgo, I'm really enjoying the story so far, especially after finishing Babylonia. Personally, I'm not as invested in a lot of the characters people would whale for, so currently I'm honestly just happy rolling for fun and dumping mats into whoever comes my way. I know that's not what the majority of players are here for, but personally I'm having a lot of fun! Excited to see what comes in the Lostbelts! :D
As someone who plays and make FGO content, I will say this. Stay away from this game if you have trouble controlling yourself when rolling gacha. Also not recommended if you want to collect all the characters unless you have a shit ton of money.
BRO i CRIED SO MANY TIMES from those STORY Moments if that's not a testament for how good the story was then idk what. when FGO is at it's peak it My god dude! honestly it's an experience of a life time/
i've been playing NA FGO f2p for almost a years, shits rough. i only had 2 SSR then about a month ago i decided to try JP FGO. i bought an account with 2.6k stones and 70+ tickets for 5 bucks. shits good bro, my supports filled with SSRs except Archer and Berserker, lucky me
When I first started playing fgo I don't quite understands why people said its hell that I'm walking into I'm pretty lucky with the gacha because I got my first 5*(muramasa btw) pretty early in the game and with him I breeze through the singularity Then I reached camelot Now I realized what's they're talking about
What do people play fgo for the history of the characters? I just want to see big numbers and loop np's. Never read a chapter dude it really doesn't matter how a god Arjuna is in lore he still has a buster np and an arts deck LOL.
My opinion is about the same. The story picks up later, fun characters, pretty dated gameplay, unforgiving gacha, and some really great music to summarize. Would I recommend it? I would say it depends on who is interested. As a gacha, FGO is definitely one of the harsher ones in the gacha community. Overall, I don't think most people would recommend it if they have not tackled other gachas. It also has a lot of faults being the older gachas. I would recommend having a foundation in gacha before considering going willy nilly in it. I don't discourage playing it, but it's a tall hurdle to like and stay with the game. Just be smart about it. You don't want to put the effort into something you dislike. If you can bite the bullet, FGO is a fun game to explore.
I think I'm one of the few that likes the gameplay. I like the way they attack but a lot more servants need an animation update. Honestly playing fgo feels like playing Pokemon. And I actually don't mind having less servants. I only like a few servants. Because of that it didn't make me want to keep rolling on random banners and I don't mind if I didn't get what I wanted. It honestly makes me happier if a servant reappear in the stories. Just like Musashi
it won't happen, DW said that NP are the identity of the game and so that's why they don't want to add the skip bouton. I know it can be annoying to see 100 times the same animation but come on, do you know someone who said that farming was fun ? Also you can install a program to farm auto in NA at least.
The programs I saw only work if you have proper servants DW is lready a bad game company itself I really wonder whats the actual reason they wont add skip function we all know and agree it would actually attract more players if there's a skip or auto function it's just dumb
@@edgesphere3659 i already replied to that but auto battle would be cool but if not it's okay i guess there are more urgent than that like the lack of content
i've been a year half playing the game everything is good (dont remindme of gacha as its not part of the problem lmao) but i am about quit the game because i cant auto farm it. Its kinda hard to play the game if you are in busy work.
I started FGO since day 1 and it has got to be one of those few games that I wanted to keep loving but couldn't. The story, characters, rich lore, and dialogue were all written spectacularly and it's an aspect that still tempts me to return after quitting for a year and a half. But the incredibly unforgiving gacha and stale gameplay (repetitive, grindy with no autoplay for said grind and repetition) is the reason why I quit it for Arknights. It was fine at first, but over the years it began taking it's toll on me, to the point where it felt more like a job whenever an event or re-run rolled around. Even its good story couldn't save me from the monotony. As for the gacha, I think it speaks for it self. less than 1% for a 5 star with no pity-- you could spend a whole week's salary and still get nothing, which makes it so damn hard not to pay out the ass when the game has characters like Ereshkigal and Jeanne D'arc archer. I may have been F2P, but I fully understand the whales out there, lt's like I have a serious case of Stockholm syndrome whenever I think about this game. God, now that I'm thinking about it, I want to go back and it's scaring me. 10/10 don't play this fucking game.
Having read some of the comments, I'll try my best to give a perfectly honest answer despite the inclination to repeat what many before me have said (which I regularly do so irl when asked). And that is that it's somewhat tricky to recommend FGO to someone who isn't already invested in Fate as a whole. I'd much rather first convince them to at the very least watch Zero and UBW - not only to get a general idea of what the universe entails, but perhaps more importantly, potentially develop a strong likeness for and deep connection to one or more of its characters. This way you'll have a foundation by which to approach FGO, a compelling reason to persevere even should its aforementioned "hell" become too much to handle, and not just because you were curious and/or bored and wanted to try a new mobile game, because believe me, you won't stick around for long if the latter is the case - ESPECIALLY this many years into the game's life where you really wouldn't have the luxury of taking up story content at a leisurely pace but instead be pressed to catch up merely in order to participate in new events besides having already (and painfully) missed out on so many and their associated limited rewards (i.e. welfares and CEs). I've been playing FGO NA for over two years now and I can confidently say without a doubt that the #1 reason I'm still in this hell today is because I love its story and characters as much as I do. I know I'm not doing a very good job advocating for the game, but all I'm trying to get across is that jumping into it this late/at such an inopportune time and with serious intent REALLY demands you adore the franchise obsessively in order to want to keep at and continue playing it. My second bit of advice for anyone interested and looking to start now is to have a guide, which could either be a vet friend who's willing to oversee your progress, informational website (Gamepress being a good one), and/or subscribing to various FGO-related YT channels (Chaldea Gurus, G&A Reviews, Khadroth, and ZTL are some that immediately come to mind). This'll ease your journey significantly by pointing you in the right direction via instructing you as to what to do and not do. A vet friend is especially nice to have not only to share the suffering with but also have that restraint when the gacha is concerned. Either way, I see far too many new players who go in blind with no clue as to what they're supposed to be doing and as a result making numerous irreversible mistakes that'll either slow their progress all the more or downright handicap their account for a long time to come. I suppose at the end the day what matters most is that we're all having fun, but I hope this comment comes to find and help whoever reads it.
Yeah, I'd say that in hindsight, I should not have come to a definitive "yes" answer. My thought process was that the people who fall down the Fate rabbit hole usually fall hard, but many more people are going to bounce right off the game because everything that's not the story and characters is sub-par at best. I don't necessarily think you need prior knowledge to enjoy the game, but it probably helps out a lot since story and characters are the main reason to stick around.
I 100% agree with your opinion. I've been playing FGO for 3 years now, and the reason why I'm still in this hell is because of the story and characters that becomes my main motivation to keep playing. Gameplay isn't that bad imo, depends on the content (like story quest, farming, CQ, etc) it can be fun or boring, and it also depends on your playstyle. But I feel like DW made this game very unfriendly for new players, especially when trying to get into the game this late. Events are non-repeatable (i.e. unavailable through shops, etc) which means missing out on CEs and welfares, and the current events are too grindy for newbies who just want to focus on the main story, which is something they need to do to participate in events. Gacha isn't very friendly either. Having a guide (the names you mentioned above) is very good advice. Also, if a whale accepted your friend request make sure you NEVER let them go.
@@matchaanad5693 Yeah, that’s the thing with starting so late, is you really cannot afford to play casually - which is something anyone would want to and should be able to do: ease into and learn the game at their own comfortable pace WITHOUT any hand-holding - but it just doesn’t allow for that. This is why it doesn’t surprise me when I notice a low-level (typically under 100) player from my support list hasn’t signed in for weeks (likely called it quits), because I know just how much more fruitless and futile it must have been and felt for them in comparison to my own beginner experience. That said, I do truly feel the need to commend new players who stick to it despite the setbacks, considering how demoralizing it can be to realize that there’s absolutely no way for you to catch up with everyone else around you unless you’re willing to spend hours upon hours grinding non-stop and/or spend thousands of dollars right off the bat on story banner, for instance.
It’s because of this that I usually try my best to accommodate requests from them, although I understand that’s in fact something that can be difficult for higher-level players due to there being a support limit and generally having or being inclined to prioritize players with more appealing (desired support and/or high NP level servant) setups. I personally believe however that we should encourage and strive for a balance between the two, as one will potentially net us a ton of friend points, and the other, aid us.
There’re many other things I’d like to add and elaborate on but that would just make this far lengthier than current and needed. But overall I'm strongly in favor of and support the notion that DW should greatly improve certain aspects of the game in an effort to make it more newbie-friendly.
@@Mana_Transfer TRUE. It is also due to this reason that I always try to accept new players (level 100 and below) because any long-time players know how it feels in those early days lol and I'd like to help them have a better experience playing this game. Still, it's as you say most quit after a while. IMO DW should make events more flexible for both new and old players. For example, event difficulty should be adjusted to the player's master level, or just simply make events available in the shop. I think that can solve a lot of problems for new and old players alike. I still want my rider kintoki, DW!
@@matchaanad5693 Haha it’s funny you mention Kintoki, bc the Onigashima rerun was actually the second event I ever participated in, having started during the Gudaguda rerun, and I failed to NP5 him in addition to MLB-ing Golden Sumo (still regret that to this day…) since I still hadn’t fully wrapped my head around how events worked at the time (although NOTHING comes close to failing to obtain/max ascend welfare Nobu’s 4th and final ascmat (really hope mama Maou forgives and goes easy on me in my quest for redemption). So every time I hear others say “Kintoki best welfare”, I can’t really relate to that bc mine’s only NP1 lol. But all of this, like you said, could be easily rectified by adding and making past events unlockable in the MP shop. Sure it’d take time, but at least the opportunity would exist, and also being the Artoria fan that I am, you can probably imagine just how much I wish I could get my hands on Santa Alter lol. In regards to event difficulty: that’s actually a rather solid idea; although one thing I REALLY wish this game had was the ability to restart from turn 1 or a previous turn, and for AP to be spent AFTER a quest is completed and NOT when initiated. That’d be quite beneficial I think, given how strategic and rng-based gameplay can be (also save scumming is a big/recurring thing when facing bosses), and also the simple fact that stamina is indeed a thing (nobody wants to spend Gapples merely in an attempt to open with the perfect starting hand).
I'd say FGO as a start for getting into Fate as a franchise is probably the poorest decision to make. See the anime for yourself, if you want to get more of that you can go on to any other spinoff series, visual novel or fgo.
I might give it a try based on this. Hell, you make it interesting enough that I'll try to F2P it... not out of a sense of bragging rights, but because Arknights, Genshin, and Honkai currently have the priority in my wallet. (Monthly cards, not outright whaling nowadays)
Honestly, FGO is an amazing game if you ignore the gacha. The majority of the game can be completed with just 3* and 4* characters if using the correct strategies anyway.
I mean, I can agree with you on the gameplay side but it should be noted that nowadays. It's hard to actually find games that have good mechanics (talking about rpgs) I mean look, Genshin also gets boring in end game. You basically do something similar to what you do in fate. But difference being that on fate a lot of the gameplay does depend on gacha. But you did a great job on the video! But eitherway, Most people who came to the video (me included) rather play fate already or would play it regardless. Edit: I forgot to write this. You really don't get enough credit nor subscribers for this. I've seen other videos but this is the only one that is Actually sorted with time stamps, easy to follow as well as reasoned well, So serious respect on the work you've done on this video man!
Yeah, its true, FGO has many issues, but I still love the game. The gacha rates are really bad, but I think it compensates when you play for a certain amount of time. Some of the welfare and low rarity units fulfill very powerful roles. Besides, on NA we have the gift of foresight for the next two years. You can decide exactly which banners you want to role and plan accordingly. I didn´t mind that much how slow the story was in the first Singularities (except for America, I skipped most of the second half of it), and I´ve enjoyed everything from Camelot on. I´ve always enjoyed the Fate world and its characters, so I don´t see myself leaving the game until the Lostbelts release on NA and Nasu´s story ends. Besides, you don´t have to commit too much time to it if you don´t want to. I can play for 30 min/day and have no issues, because I have other things occupying my time. I´ve spend the last two weeks just farming dailies for MPs to get Bella Lisa once or twice a day. When I tried other gacha games, I was always so frustrated with the PvP systems, because I always knew that their units were better than mine and there was nothing I could do about it without spending money on the game or too much time grinding. I don´t know... to me, FGO just hit me at the right ime to get invested in for a long time.
I used to feel like that... Until I spent an entire year without getting anything no matter how much I saved, over 1k SQ for nothing, Lmao, that made my appreaciation after lostbelt 2 null, and the excitement at the skadi and anniversary banner pointless, got the final nail on the jean archer banner and havent even touched my account info since then
@@xLuis89x That´s rough man. I hope that doesn´t happen to me. I really want to play and know what happens in the rest of the story. Even if i don´t roll some of the servants that I want, i still want to fnish the game.
I agree so much with the PvP dislike. Any enjoyment I would’ve had with a game like Epic7 or other stuff turned into constant worry over how to optimize a team without a guide to explain how to get there in the first place, so I ended up abandoning said PvP games even if their games were technically better than FGO’s.
Fate Grand Order is fun if you are lucky but once you are unlucky, this game will suck out your soul especially for F2P. Plus being a fully manual game is a big drawback for working people
Well, the farm thing of the endgame sure is true. Though to have more "challenge" on the game, i relly enjoy trying to clear the lostbelts (And singularities for that matter) only with the characters that actually appear on the story, tho this is only possible cuz iam a whale and will get most of the servants, but i really enjoy doing this, thisn way when a character "dies" on the story it really has consequences to my gameplay
I hate the gameplay IMHO, it feels old even at the era it came. I'm Fate fan, Type-Moon fan even. Been from Tsukihime. Been trying my best to watch every Fate movies at cinema. But i just can't accept the FGO gameplay. I rarely read texts inside a game, so the story didn't hit me as well. The enemies recycled over and over. Hitting them is like hitting featureless sturdy wall. It also only for NA, can't really buy anything back then. Nor do i want, after playing for a few weeks. I'd rather recommend some random game at Nutaku than FGO, at F2P mode.
What are you're thoughts on FGO?
Great game with great characters
10/10 would *not* recommend
Great Game
great story
So many Salt I can Salt Our Fishes in Our House
10/10 Would Not recommend
That's hell you're walking into
Pain
Simply yet deep gameplay mechanics
Great characters and story
balanced out by gacha rates
8/10 would play but hard to convince other people to play
As a fate fan, the story is hella beautiful and inspired me in many different ways. 10/10 would not recommend.
I've been playing for 3 years now and it's been really fun to play it. Definitely wouldn't recommend
My luckiest gacha experience was from fgo, really enjoyed the gameplay especially when double skadi came and made the farming really easy, 10/10 would not recommend
been playing for 2 year, have a ton of fun and spend on every guarantee banner so far. 10/10 would not recommend
I’ve been playing for 2 years and the grind is pretty shit 10/10 would not recommend.
BEST GAME IVE EVER PLAYED!, 10/10 would kill if recommended
‘no you shouldnt”
-fgo veteran (probably)
We have a thing going on. We don't want to drag more souls into the gacha hell
That's the ironic part of being a FGO veteran.
@@トフ戦士 been playing fgo for 4 years, and I don't want people to suffer the shitty fucking gacha this game has. Until a proper pity system is implemented/auto I will never recommend it
As someone who played since the early days of FGO (1st ever Guda Guda event)
No don't. Don't torture yourself with playing FGO. Just don't. You have better things to do in life and diving head first to FGO hell isn't one of them (unless you're a masochist.)
its the opposite for me, i enjoy laughing at people and their shitty rolls and telling them “you get used to it”
a little embarrassed to admit this but my dad is really impressed that i’ve been trying to read the mahabharata but i can’t tell him it’s because of fgo lmao
haha..the reason i read epic of gilgamesh is also because of fate
same, I started reading the Count of Monte Cristo after getting Dantes, I wanna know what's the deal with this guy haha
Same here, im trying to learn about ancient rome because my waifu is Nero
Honestly don't be, it's way more cultured to cross-pollinate with ancient texts and anime.
Wow there is sizable amount Fate fans in India even tho I thought I was probably one of the 5 fate fans in india cool to know there are more
My "fate" is to stay away from it
Lets hope your curiosity won't get better at you
Yeah and remember...
That's hell you're walking into
honestly why would i play fate grand order when i could read fate doujins instead and have a better time
gatcha rates in fate doujins is absurd.
"Doujinshis are better in context."
-A Wise Monk
@@FellowDegenerateKeo would rental girlfriend be improved by having them raped and mind broken by old men?
Would context help?
I get all the context I need from tags
@@bloodred255 It can be an improvement depending on what you're into.
@@FellowDegenerateKeo gonna need some examples . I've read alot of doujins and dont recall this ever being the case
I go back and forth between FGO and Arknights as my favourite gacha game. The Arknights story is so grounded and real, the characters feel like people you might meet in real life, but F/GO's is just so grandiose and spectacular, the personalities are larger than life, literally (looking at you Kiara), the variety of topics and genres it covers is incredible, it just has something for everyone. I know a lot of people hate F/GO. The gameplay is dated, the gacha is cruel, the QoL is several steps behind the modern day standard, but no matter what I don't think I'll ever let it go. There's something special about this game and it either hooks you until the end, or it doesn't. You either die a gorilla, or live long enough to see yourself become a looper.
I got bored of AK's story real quick
If you pay attention to arknight's rate, their gacha is kind of worse if you have played more than a year. In the end you get way less rate up servants than FGO and the dupes accumulate more and more
@@mister_raindr0p uhhh...no? Arknights' gacha is objectively better in every way: better base rate (2% vs 1%) , a guaranteed 5/6* in the first 10 pull, a 50% or sometimes even guaranteed chance of the character being the rate up character, a pity system that isn't complete trash and you can buy 5* and 6* characters from the shop with certificates you get from getting dupes of 4*'s. Maybe your personal experience has been different but there's no getting around the fact that Arknights has a much better system than FGO. The one positive thing I will say about FGO is that they design all of their servants so well that often it doesn't matter who you have, you will be able to clear content without much trouble. Oh and also FGO's welfare servants are in a class of their own. No other game I've played has given us just absolutely game breaking units like Kintoki Rider or Chloe.
@@RexellentRed take into account that the actual rate up of arknights is .5% or .75% in their usual banners, then that all the pools are shared except limited. As you have more characters the easier is to get a dupe, that are useless unless you go for the 5th or 6th, and in the end you have 50% more ssrs at most, even with pity certificate buying and recruitment
@@mister_raindr0p where are you getting the 0.5% and 0.75% numbers from? the rate for 6*'s is 2% across the board. are you talking about when there's two 6* characters on a banner? and yeah all pools are shared but that's why you have the 50% chance as a safeguard. FGO doesn't have that. it splits the servants into general pool and story locked pool, but even in the general pool spooks exist, there's no 50% chance of getting the rate up character like in arknights. also i think you're way underestimating how impactful having 50% more SSR's is. if I had 50% more SSR's in fgo I'd have around 45 instead of the 30 i do now, that's a HUGE power spike for any account.
Dio, that's hell you're walking into
*still plays after several salty summons for a whole year*
i mean bunny astolfo will be later this year, we will all cry if we don't get he- him
@@theunknown2778 as a wise man in our community once said, "Sometimes, it takes a real man, to be best girl."
No thank you, dio...
I'll stay with my ejya- eya- eyah- eyjah- eyjal- eyjafla- eyjalfall- eyafyal- ejyajall- eyjaflajj- eyjafjaal- ey- ah nevermind..
ah-ya-fyat-la
Mbeeeeeek
Youll geht there. Take your time
arktights
"10/10 would not recommended" is actually pretty accurate. Seriously don't try it.
Here's my advice: DO NOT play Fgo if you're have addictive personality
Too late
I would give that advice to any gacha games honestly. Some (or most) people can't hold their urges to spend.
5 years too late.
Been playing for a month now i finally experienced my first salty roll and the grind hell is crazy
@@kimguir303 same, I've been playing for 2 months. First month in I was lucky enough to roll 5 SSRs. Come Waver's banner, I spent around 360 SQs and got nothing. As a F2P that shit hurt.
I would, if it had a bloody European Release ffs
My man, how about the Mostima video you're working on
@@cuongquan1633 coming on the 24th May, as I said in the announcement my G
@@QaiserMLG Noice
@@QaiserMLG I can't imagine the lores when you make some fgo content
I mean fgo it's not released when I live and I play it
I have a year playing FGO, i remember how i need to think as a noob to beat Jeanne Alter, how to finish two events with low levels servants, the joy of getting my first 5* and the pain of not getting something. Even when you think about optimize your farming experience, you should try to experiment a little with weird conbinations, or challenge yourself doing the game more difficult like beat a boss with a weird setup or praying in a solo run that RNG give you a change.
My recomendation to the new player is enjoy the game as you can. If you get a servant you don't want try to use it and maybe you like it after that. Finally if you reach a certain point in the story that is very hard to advance try to look at the web, all of the veterans reach that part and we use many differents ways to pass it. So i hope you like the game if you wanna try it.
As a 6-year FGO veteran.
I've been to hell and still in it.
“Hey, That’s hell you’re walking into.”
Ah, fellow 6 year Veteran. Man.....it really has been a journey. As much as I hate the game, I am also head over heels in love with it. Before this vid, I just watched what you could say a compilation of the things we did, from Fuyuki, to LB4.2, then watched the 5th Anniversary trailer......made me tear up and smile. I hope all of us masters will be part of this journey to it's bitter end.
Sachi
Sad to think that the main story is ending on part 2
@@Urd-Vidan If only they made the gacha a less shitty experience, a lot of masters would set a sside the repetitive gamplay and keep playing the game, the story and characters, coupled with the soundtrack is what makes me want to see how is the game doing despite quitting a year ago
As a fan of FGO, I can safely say that I hate FGO
But we'll still play it anyway lmao
when you mentioned tragedy around 4:30, I immediately remembered Lostbelt 2 ending, that ending stabs deep man
"we dont talk about the moon grail" - Pendragon Artoria
"tis a silly thing"
5:08
"Some I wish would commit not alive"
*Shows Jason*
Ah not my Grailed Jason please.
Spoilers:
I just hope LB5 would change people's opinion on Jason cause his character was pretty darn great in that lostbelt and was one of the reasons why I grailed the guy in the first place
I think so too I had a pretty low opinion of him too lostbelt 5.2 was basically his redemption arc while some how still focus on multiple different characters and still delivering everyone's personal story beautifully
FGO was my first gacha. The story was good, but I hated (and still do) the pull rates for the characters that I like. The gacha burned me out as a f2p and I dropped the game after a year.
I'm F2p for more than 3 years and I have every servant that I want
@@franciscoarzapalozapata4610 Lucky. I got literally 0 of the characters I was aiming for.
I have the same experience. Started good but went down pretty bad as saving hundreds of quarts to pull for waifu but end up didn't get it.
@@Sl4wt3r what i advise is you dont aim for many
aim for 2-3 a year and save everything for it.
@@mqegg
Sound advice. I might give it another shake at some point. Maybe.
I'm also one of those people that if I can't play with a character that I explicitly like from the word "Go", I lose motivation fast. The "they grow on you" characters only work if I'm invested enough for that to take effect, and I primarily played because I was a fan of the characters from way back in the VN days.
As a five year JP veteran: "That's hell you're walking into"
I feel like a battered housewife that can't let go because there are kids and mortgage. The inability to autofarm or skip animations especially hurts if you play other mobage and can truly feel the lack.
Delightworks has been too spoiled by the raging torrent of whalebucks to reflect on significant game improvements. The failure of their other mobages is proof of that, scratching their heads about why their playbook results in failure with less popular franchises.
not really? autofarm doesn't work in fgo because watching autofacecarding isn't actually faster than just making a decent farming comp (and fgo is an easy enough game that you can pretty much run the same stuff for 75% of the game). I know the lack of autofarm is common criticism from people who play auto gameplay games but other than lotto and being behind in events, you don't really need to do that much in a day.
DW though is definitely super slow at making changes to the game, and I definitely think that spending resources on another gacha game + doing arcade is a waste of time
@@yuuschzhie8822 Yeah autofarm is needed for events, they should either implement that or let you skip np when doing the ultra slow farming, or at least give faster speed while playing, I remember when I still used to play the game, farming was a nightmare since most of my servants were arts (and most of those were not farm friendly since they rely on art spam, I falied to get Summer mordred and before quitting, Jeanne archer decided to ignore me, and before that skadi... nvm)
But the true problem of the game is the fucking gacha, the gameplay is stale and repetitive, and having the same servant lineup for over a year is not a fun experience, specially if you make the most out of your SQ and still get shit on constantly like I did
@@xLuis89x i think a reason i heard as to why they cant do skip NP is because damage is tied to the animation so skipping it would completely break it or something, and so far the animation updated characters seem to have their NP damage/hits line up with the old animations so i guess its true (i dont know how they deal with fast animations though)
They're so frickin' cheapskate (probably close to Mr. Krabs level of cheapskate) they actually added continue node roughly 4 years when it should be al very least year 1.
Worse, regarding their other failed gachame, it's basically FGO's base system but just more grindy than that.
Even gumi, which had way worse MTX had better gameplay and story for most part on both their main games, mind you, they made more games than DW but more forgiving.
@@Silver-Arrow That's a terrible excuse. They have enough money to overhaul the engine if need be.
In short: "That's hell you're walking into."
hell is not so bad compared to that shit
Some fans are just waiting for Nasu to get done with magic ghosts and go back to vampires vs vampire-y fairy things like in the good old days...
I'm one of those fans
So when part 3 of fgo starts
Yes.
You're forgetting that fact Tsukihime has a remake?
@@amari7782 after we're severely depressed playing lb.
Me who's already too far deep into the Fate rabbit hole: *It's not easy to get out.*
Babylonia is the best chapter in the first main record. I don't care what you say. The anime is amazing too.
its easy once you realize you have really few 5*, your device can barely run the game or overheats too much, and you have spent a year or more without a new character, be it 4 or 5*
@@xLuis89x The game has been pretty kind to me (I only play JP version). I have 19 SSRs and 30 SRs (excluding Mash) after playing for a year and a half.
@@xLuis89x The only way to not get any new characters in a year is to not play the game. Even if we assume gacha gives you literally nothing (which, while possible, is extremely unlikely even on free SQ alone), FGO has decent welfares and it drops at least 5 new ones (summer, christmas, halloween, gudaguda and collab) each year.
Do *NOT* enter into FGO or any gacha game as a matter of fact if you don’t have self control it will lead you down a rabbit hole where you can spend thousands for a jpeg that does cool effects in game. And if your going free to play sure but pay to win is a very brutal road if you lack self control -COUGH ME-
Trust me when i say,
You're going to stay for the story, especially the lostbelt series
and you are gonna leave for the gacha and the gameplay.
You can just watch the strory from videos and you wont miss a single thing, since collecting waifus truly is only for the whales
@@xLuis89x The characters in FGO are the main incentives for the gacha and gameplay aspect, and majority are incredible with the exception of the earlier servants. Also added by the fact that other series' works can help influence a players desire to get a servant.
Sounds like what Another Eden felt like for me.
Starts off fun, classic RPG feel, great graphics, interesting story...then it gets very grindy, w/no skippable animations or fights.
Then "HOP....."
"Hey, that's hell you're walking into"
I have played this game for over 2 years, love the Fate franchise as a whole and always make sure to have every piece of information for any upcoming event while also avoiding spoilers because i love the story and always read it all of it
In short: don't play it, it'd be the worst mistake you'd ever make
Ngl
My introduction to the Fate series was from the *quality fanart* of its various waifus and the many memes the series has produced over the years.
I have tried FGO, and I have gotten out of it. My journey starts in 2017 (year 1 of EN server) when I'm watching my friend plays it. From that moment I became addicted to its story, gameplay loop, characters, and the gacha (yes, you read that right, this game is my first gacha game). No other games can top FGO from that moment on. What I really like doing then is theorycrafting with the numbers to make the biggest damage possible and to make farming easier.
Time flies and many things have changed. I ended my journey in late 2020 for various reasons, some of them being I have all my target servants, I became bored with the grind, I played multiple gacha games (Arknights & Genshin), and I got a full-time job so I don't have enough time to consistently play FGO. Thus, my journey ends here, after 3 years of playing it. Nowadays I only play Arknights & Genshin Impact.
Thanks for reading my story :)
with this, dio, you have cemented yourself as my new favorite gacha content creator. thank you for your videos 🙇🏾♂️
3:06 “The characters can die and still be collectible within the game’s canon.”
Looks at my redacted waifu
to be fair she kinda was like canonically erased from exitance or something idk I havent gotten to that part yet
@@jakethereaper2060
I believe you referring to the Fem!Musashi is part of a timeline that already got pruned. She just managed to escape being pruned due to her dimensional hopping ability I think
Rest in peace shotacon swordswoman
Gone but not forgotten
ah yes, Grand Saber
and she's still collectable.
--Unlike certain Grand :'C--
as quoted by Gordon Ramsay...
"I will give you the best advice of your life... NO."
I have played this game for over two years and despite gacha rates that make me want to commit not alive, I still somehow haven't abandoned the game, so its doing something right.
p.s mordred best saber
Come play Fate, we have:
- Nikola Thanos
- Egyptian DIO
- Leonardo Da Vinci as Mona Lisa herself
- Big Booby Sabers
- Planet fuckers (literally)
- and of course, your guaranteed eggplant Kouhai
Fate series: consistency what's that? We have great characters
yeah, the game has all those characters, but you don't, have fun trying to get the characters you love so much Lol
@@xLuis89x I mean, I do. Lol
Thanks, Dio. This video inspired me to start playing.
I've been playing for about a month, and while the grind is even more blatant than in Arknights, my AK account is basically endgame so not a fair comparison. The difficulty is, yeah, not as painful as expected, but maybe AK beat out any complaints about how hard something is lol
FGO's emphasis on lore and the subtle character details are pretty amazing. I'm not that knowledgeable in mythology so this game definitely inspires me to research characters and figure out why their quirks are the way they are. It's pretty amazing.
So thank you for introducing me to this!... But Rate Up is always a lie. I'm aiming for Jeanne (Ruler) and that is literally it
A monke once said, if you like CBT, FGO is the game.
Smart monke
While the game does show it's age I still keep playing. It does help that I do like the normal gameplay so even when we get those multiple events in a row like we have recently I've still be clearing them out using Servants that I like to field. I am looking forward to the next chapter next month.
The main thing that I would complain about is they NEED to add more to the pity system of the game like needing less USOs and other ways to receive them. The Summons going up to eleven with Anni in a few months will be nicve but nowhere near what's needed to make it more forgiving.
I love the editing style you've settled into! Also, with this I think I've decided to watch the FGO story on RUclips, rather than play the game. Cut my gacha games to one, Arknights, so with games like these I'll probably just watch stories and events to experience the game.
Wise decision
"That's hell you're walking into"
- Emiya
I tried FGO when i was still playing Brave Frontier and for some reason when i tried it i couldn't log in to the game at all looking back at it now it was definitely a sign that i shouldn't play the game but after watching this vid i realized that yes thank the heavens I didn't and will still don't.
Great vid btw but if not for the garbage rates and outdated mechanics then i would definitely play it especially since the stories are amazing.
Conclusion Fate/Stay Away
Scheherazade is all the reason I need to play XD
Ma man!
Damn not all person can say that
I sold my sche pls don't kill me
(;;;・_・)
man of culture
I've been playing free to play for a year and a half on the NA server, I always viewed the gacha part as both an opportunity to practice self-restrain and a tool to practice long-term planning. Farming is tiresome and annoying, but the memory of seeing my lvl 73 10/6/9 Sieg do his first 3 turn loop still feels me with joy to this day
I played for 3 and a half years. This review is spot on. Story and characters are amazing. Some of the best in anime games. Battle system is fun at first but once you can clear everything it gets very slow. Farming is so boring and it's easy to burn out. That's what happened to me. At the end of last year between lotto and leveling up servants I burn myself out and haven't come back. I've burned myself out before but this time I took a break and haven't been back since.
In 3 years of playing it was well worth it. The story was amazing and before my account was as strong as it is now, trying to figure out how to 3 turn clear was amazing. Honestly what probably killed most of the game for me was having Skadi and Lancelot making me not needing to use my brain. Drops on materials for ascensions are painfully bad almost as bad as the gotcha. Gotcha if your not spending money realisticly you can save for 2 5 stars that you want a year. Sometimes the f2p currency isn't even enough for 1 5 star per year for very unlucky souls.
It was well worth the time but the gotcha elements burnt me out eventually
*NO!* As much as I love FGO and its characters, FGO is a horrible grindfest game, horrible gacha rates that makes you wanna commit sepuku. The only thing carrying the game for me is its amazing story _(when Camelot that is...)_ , music, and characters as mentioned.
This game looks grindfest to you? You clearly haven't seen how grindy GBF is.
@@razzildarkbrew1952 Clearly you haven't been in a mat hell, with abysmall drop rate of 1 mat per 5 run IF youre lucky. And you need like 40 of those to max just 1 servant
@@kentsimenon5123 40? laughs in 220 bones to max altera
I'm a self-proclaimed big nasuverse fan, it is truly fucking amazing and beautiful as well as interesting. I'm a lore nerd and I get into games sometimes entirely because of the lore, which was how I got into Fgo, I rarely play it nowadays after a year or so. 10/10, would not recommend Fgo, getting into Fate and the nauserve in general though is a 1000000000/10 would definitely recommend. I honestly do not get how people think Fate is complicated, it will be complicated if you think it is, it truly isn't, just stick to parts of the lore you like then slowly go from there, no one is forcing you to explain the how Tsukihime can exist when Extra CCC with its super computer A.I. shit is there. Just watch what you like then move on, or if you want more, well... Welcome the club.
Honestly Fate/GO is comparable to another gacha: Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle. Both are +6 years old and have been lagging behind compared to recent gachas (ie rates and spark systems). Fate/GO heavily beats dokkan in terms of content as Fgo has a story to tie content to or can do reruns of events.
Never touched dokkan battle but does it have pity system?
@@Cranefeathers no such thing as a pity, there are signs that point to a guarantee ssr or higher rarity but they’re extremely low and aren’t shown as pity for some reason
@@ikii1129 i was wondering how it reached $3 billion grossing with such low quality content and gameplay but i guess now i know😂
"There is no autobattle button"
>Flashbacks to core farming in GFL
I love fate solely for the amalgamation of historical and mythological beings.
FGO can be played for free, paitence is key.. im 3 years in havent spent a cent, have a farily sizable, semi rounded roster. All current content clear.
Fgo relys on monetizing the fear of missing out on certain "limited time" servants, but because the English version of the game stays roughly 2 years behind jp for content.. we have a good idea whos actually a 1 time servant.
FGO's peak is yet to come for NA
Yet, as someone who plays JP, I'm saddened to say that recently FGO has been rapidly dwindling. Holy Grail War minigame is one of the few things to look forward to.
Still a good game though, could do with a few changes to modernize it like a proper pity system.
Covid status hit the game hard :/
@@mister_raindr0p That's defnitely a factor, but it's also fair to say that FGO is where it is right now because it didn't evolve at all.
New servant gimmicks isn't evolving a game. The last time the game truly evolved was with break bars.
To anyone looking to join fate fandom
"Hey, that's hell you are walking into."
the fate fandom isn't bad, its the gacha game, FGO that is hell
I never thought you would cover FGO of all things.
How do I start Fate?
Do you want the short version or the long version?
The short version-
@@smugofbishamonten1447 Don't
just dont, you have better gameplay and 3d models on genshin, and you can actually get the characters you love
as for the story, if you play fgo for the story only, you might as well just read it online, you don't miss anything like that
first minute in and I already feel like Im in the video lol.
Recently got into FGO as an excuse to *attempt* to get into fate as I really don't have time for the visual novel or UBW and Fate Zero and I've already reached Camelot after like... 2 weeks of playing? Already converted to Jalter Simping, as well lol. A shame that its a pain in the ass to update since its not in my appstore's region.
good story , shit gacha, wholesome music score
10/10 would recommend this hell so i can suffer with others
Ahh, as I have been doing for years and now I'm not suffering alone for years.
I entered the Fate anime gate and oh boy how much time did it take away from my soul.... I can't even start with the game without dying in the process. And don't get me started with the Doujins._.
But the thing I can truly say is that I really enjoyed every moment I spent watching the anime :'D
I agree with every your point (as also a man who gave this dumsterfire of a game a 5 years of my life) but one. Noone should play it. No matter how good it's story and characters and music, all of this you can read/watch/listen without playing this embodiment of therm "gacha-hell". Play Arknights. Or hell, even Granblue! And just read Fate. ALL OF IT.
Arknights has a worse gacha if you do the numbers, specially if you are a "veteran"
Granblue has it way worse because of the dupes too, and don't let me start with the powercreep in a game where the characters are even more important
@@mister_raindr0p what numbers? 1% chanse for SSR is worse than 2% for 6* (or a 3%/6% in Granblue), no adequate pity system, and very rare free quartz (and in general, DW is fucking misers). And very, very different balance from Granblue and Arknights. 4* in FGO is maybe not shit (well, some of them are, but in general), but they overall less useful than 5* in AK. And in Granblue there is a fuckton of free rolls, literally hundreds, and every dupe give you useful resource, which you can trade for any character you want or for resources/weapons you need. And weapon dupes itself give you valuable resources, or even can be more desirable than a character itself. And powercreep in Granblue is a thing, yes, but... Characters in Granblue don't mean shit if you don't have right grid. And if you have a good grid, yes, when you have some bullshit characters then you can do really crazy shit. But here the catch. With amount of free rolls, you will have a fuckton of characters in span of even a year, and if you will be lucky, then it will be some of the strongest characters in the game. And when you have no grid then even something like Grand units will perform better than most, but not too great.
Also, recruitment sistem is much more useful than friend points summon.
As a game, FGO is maybe not complete shit... But it will be forever held back by DW greed for money.
@@zeeadmirale1881 You didnt read anything, i said of getting an actual character and not a copy
And GBF? Dont joke with getting new characters, most of them are just package filler and I know quite a bit of veterans, you end up with 90% characters that you wouldn't even consider using. Heck, apparently only 3 srs are usable, at best
@@mister_raindr0p ah, so you not even played the game yourself. Understandable.
Well, yes, SR in Granblue is useless, but it not even a problem. Like, they clearly never meant to be used, because you will have like a 20 SSR of every element after a year or two with just F2P (and logging in just when you feel like or on big events), and just enough to make a okay-ish party in just couple of months. And the only one who clearly didn't read is you, because as I already told ya, dupes never the problem in Granblue, and about "characters you never will ever considered using", it's a thing in every gacha. And FGO especially, because in that game you will need anything except standard farm-setup only for some bosses or challenge quests.
And here another reason why FGO have much more severe case of "bucnh of ussles units". In FGO every unit takes an enormous amount of grind to get them to their peak. In Granblue they require, like, a one hour of auto-farming (except for 5*, ofc, they needed a little bit more). The grid - this is foundation for your power, not the characters, and party can be relatively easily changeed if you get a new unit, without tedious grindfest for exp, QP, and skill materials. Of course, there some exceptions, but they exactly it - exceptions. Yes, there characters that require a specific grid, but it not always the case.
Plus, Granblue is much slower and longer game. Before a 100 level it just a tutorial, lol. You will build your grids for ages, so sooner or later you will get the units you want.
I played FGO for 5 years, and I played Granblue for 3 years. There many strong points in FGO, but gacha element is clearly not.
If you think differently and have a blast with it - good, I happy for ya. I not telling you not to like it or not to like FGO in general. But you can like something and also acknowledge it flaws. Granblue is not ideal either, and I get it and acknowledge it. Yeah, it's pretty hard to get some really good characters, and the amount of grind in this game is just humongous. But there also spark system, the moon system, and the grind itself is a kinda the point of this type of games.
Maybe I was not really clear, but I was an little bit ironic, when I said what no one should play FGO. But hey, not being clear is the point of irony. I just a little salty because I spend a some money on it, and here I am - lost every single little bit of interest in this game.
@@zeeadmirale1881 not sure man, my friends of four years haven't finished all their grids and I had all my servants maxed in that time. I actually maxed salieri today in one hour
A bit of trivia I love about FGO: the first chapters where so "Meh" because Type Moon didn't expected the game to be popular. That is also why ot took 2 years to get to global.
And yeah, its Gacha its just... It depends a lot on luck, I personally like to think I have Luck B+. I got all Avengers (all of them) yet I seem to only be able to get Abby as Foreigner representative. And don't get me started on Melt (500 pulls and nothing!!)
So yeah, story IS the saving grace of this game, but it IS Type Moon, it would have a sin if that wasn't the case.
Also: SCREW ARCADE AND ITS ONLY CHARACTER/COSTUMES!
As someone who played from almost the beginning of the NA server until the summer event that had Archer Jeanne (over 1k SQ without a single 5* in that year, top KEK) , I can say this, if you really love good stories, play the game, just don't expect anything from the gacha, unlike the other commenters who just got lucky and got good shit and are in a honey moon with the game and its bullshit, if you spend money, ONLY spend it on the guarantee SSR banners.
if you do anything else prepare to feel like you are throwing your money into the drain, but if you are the type of person who skips the story and only want characters, dont play it, you will only waste all your money and end up quitting because the gameplay is stale and you are bound to fail in the gacha, and since you ignore the story, you most likely wont get that hooked into the game.
And that is coming from someone who didnt skip a single story cutscene, be it event or SEPTEM and the only time I lost my login chain was when we got the 24 hour maintenance
Worth it if you can find something about the game to enjoy aside from the Gacha. You’re inevitably going to get some 4* and 5* servants eventually but it might take a while. But if you enjoy using servants like Cu, Hans, st george, robin hood, then you’ll love the game.
Should you try FGO?!
Me yelling at the screen: DO IT FOR USHIWAKA
Absolutely valid
To Be Honest for me the game was confusing but when Dio explains it in a sinple made understand on how the game works now
BTW REMINDER FOR 10K SUBS KARAOKE
Well thanks to the fucking pandemic I got addicted to this shit and have been playing for 1 year now.
Welcome to hell, please enjoy your stay
I could understand playing it three years ago, but now? There are much better games out there, the only thing I truly miss from this is the story and the characters (but if your luck sucks, you will get cockblocked by the gacha and not get the characters you got attached to thanks to the story)
I'm glad someone have the same experience with fate series/fgo as I did, This video is for anyone that want to get into fgo well done
Ngl, my first experience with FGO is like "meh, just another waifu png sh*t" and then Jalter banner came 😳
Well, now that my account is gone, i can move on from life
Achievement unlock:
Free from living hell
What happened to your account?
@@brucewayne3892 well, i got a new phone and forgot to bind the account on the old phone
Already emailed them, but no response soooo i move on
@@mrfuzzz well I want to say try again. But sounds like you made peace with it and may be for the better to stop walking into hell
@@mrfuzzz hey man thats a great news for u as for me who lost my acc once and tried to obtain it again i severely regret the decision i made.
i have years in this game and even in his lows the great thinks always end calling me back , that and i need my summer musashi there is no coming back
why you should play fgo?
-supper waifu hunter
-Supper husbando hunter
boobas,cooking,thigh,ect
how can people call themselves waifu or husbando hunters, when the rates are so bad, you can dedicate your entire FGO career into getting a single character and still fail?
LOL
I would say that an auto battle system for FGO would not work for the sole fact that if you aren’t Generating enough NP for your noble phantasm then the entire system would just brick. Unlike arknights auto battle system all you have to do is press a certain button at a certain time, where as FGO you have to calculate NP the amount of buffs For arts cards, quick cards, NP gain buffs, crit buffs and crit stars to maintain said crits it just wouldn’t work in my opinion
Jason in Atlantis was pretty good character wise. I love every servant in fgo from character wise to especially lore wise. Though I’m not really the biggest fan of pseudo servants.
"FGO has the best stories in gacha games"
Fuyuki, orleans, septem, okeanos, london, america, agartha, LB2, LB4, LB5.2 enter the chat..
Camelot and the lost temple
From the record, what I knew when I was still playing that shitty gacha, (until the end of the lostbelt where we fought Sieg and Surtr. gottundamerhung or something like that) that wasn't good in terms of story was the first campaigns pre Goetia like Septem and okeanos, the rest are okey or better than that, I think you are too overcritical about it. not everything can be babilonia or camelot type of writing, you know?
Fuyuki is honestly decent, since it works as an introduction to everything.
Orleans is messy but not Bad.
Septem is kinda boring and unremarkable.
Okeanos is carried by the character interactions, Asterios, Orion, Drake and even Blackbeard showing great Moments.
London certainly has some issues but it also has some good character moments.
America again carried by the characters, specially Nightingale.
Agartha is actually good, is just very much a Story, but that in itself is a plot point and like most things in that story has a reason behind it. People always seem to just take Agartha at face value, which is kinda stupid considering the overarching plot of that singularity.
LB2 is a kick in the dick for your heart, alongside tragic stories for everybody, except Bryn and Sigurd, which if You know their story is kinda messed up.
LB4 and LB5.2 were actually erally good though...
As someone who hasn't consumed any fate content before fgo, I'm really enjoying the story so far, especially after finishing Babylonia. Personally, I'm not as invested in a lot of the characters people would whale for, so currently I'm honestly just happy rolling for fun and dumping mats into whoever comes my way. I know that's not what the majority of players are here for, but personally I'm having a lot of fun! Excited to see what comes in the Lostbelts! :D
As someone who plays and make FGO content, I will say this. Stay away from this game if you have trouble controlling yourself when rolling gacha. Also not recommended if you want to collect all the characters unless you have a shit ton of money.
BRO i CRIED SO MANY TIMES from those STORY Moments if that's not a testament for how good the story was then idk what. when FGO is at it's peak it My god dude! honestly it's an experience of a life time/
The puns here are killing me
i've been playing NA FGO f2p for almost a years, shits rough. i only had 2 SSR
then about a month ago i decided to try JP FGO. i bought an account with 2.6k stones and 70+ tickets for 5 bucks.
shits good bro, my supports filled with SSRs except Archer and Berserker, lucky me
If they’d just make the game not look like a ps1 game, I might login again…
When I first started playing fgo I don't quite understands why people said its hell that I'm walking into
I'm pretty lucky with the gacha because I got my first 5*(muramasa btw) pretty early in the game and with him I breeze through the singularity
Then I reached camelot
Now I realized what's they're talking about
What do people play fgo for the history of the characters? I just want to see big numbers and loop np's. Never read a chapter dude it really doesn't matter how a god Arjuna is in lore he still has a buster np and an arts deck LOL.
My opinion is about the same. The story picks up later, fun characters, pretty dated gameplay, unforgiving gacha, and some really great music to summarize. Would I recommend it? I would say it depends on who is interested. As a gacha, FGO is definitely one of the harsher ones in the gacha community. Overall, I don't think most people would recommend it if they have not tackled other gachas. It also has a lot of faults being the older gachas. I would recommend having a foundation in gacha before considering going willy nilly in it. I don't discourage playing it, but it's a tall hurdle to like and stay with the game. Just be smart about it. You don't want to put the effort into something you dislike. If you can bite the bullet, FGO is a fun game to explore.
I think I'm one of the few that likes the gameplay. I like the way they attack but a lot more servants need an animation update. Honestly playing fgo feels like playing Pokemon.
And I actually don't mind having less servants. I only like a few servants. Because of that it didn't make me want to keep rolling on random banners and I don't mind if I didn't get what I wanted. It honestly makes me happier if a servant reappear in the stories. Just like Musashi
I don't hate the gameplay, I just wish that the gameplay was either more interesting or it would allow me to skip it.
Semiramis and Ereshkigal are my reasons for playing. Also Seasyoin
If only FGO had a skip or auto functions I would definitely recommend it to my friends
it won't happen, DW said that NP are the identity of the game and so that's why they don't want to add the skip bouton. I know it can be annoying to see 100 times the same animation but come on, do you know someone who said that farming was fun ? Also you can install a program to farm auto in NA at least.
The programs I saw only work if you have proper servants
DW is lready a bad game company itself I really wonder whats the actual reason they wont add skip function we all know and agree it would actually attract more players if there's a skip or auto function it's just dumb
@@edgesphere3659 i already replied to that but auto battle would be cool but if not it's okay i guess there are more urgent than that like the lack of content
It kinda makes sense really because of the rng cards and crit absorption but why not just make an np skip then?
The best FGO experience is watching all the good parts on youtube and not torturing yourself by actually playing the game
The thing about the whole “no auto battle” or “skip Noble Phantasm” is that they are self aware of it! (Learning with Manga)
i've been a year half playing the game everything is good (dont remindme of gacha as its not part of the problem lmao) but i am about quit the game because i cant auto farm it. Its kinda hard to play the game if you are in busy work.
Can relate
Maybe Azur Lane or Arknights will be good for you? I play them alongside FGO.
@@jongab2761 already play them azur lane for 2,5 years and AK from beginning of the game release
Your content is really high quality. U deserves more subs
If you want to know about FGO's story, just read or watch videos online. The gacha system is the worst and it'll just make you suffer.
True AS FUCK
I started FGO since day 1 and it has got to be one of those few games that I wanted to keep loving but couldn't.
The story, characters, rich lore, and dialogue were all written spectacularly and it's an aspect that still tempts me to return after quitting for a year and a half.
But the incredibly unforgiving gacha and stale gameplay (repetitive, grindy with no autoplay for said grind and repetition) is the reason why I quit it for Arknights.
It was fine at first, but over the years it began taking it's toll on me, to the point where it felt more like a job whenever an event or re-run rolled around.
Even its good story couldn't save me from the monotony.
As for the gacha, I think it speaks for it self. less than 1% for a 5 star with no pity-- you could spend a whole week's salary and still get nothing, which
makes it so damn hard not to pay out the ass when the game has characters like Ereshkigal and Jeanne D'arc archer. I may have been
F2P, but I fully understand the whales out there, lt's like I have a serious case of Stockholm syndrome whenever I think about this game.
God, now that I'm thinking about it, I want to go back and it's scaring me.
10/10 don't play this fucking game.
Having read some of the comments, I'll try my best to give a perfectly honest answer despite the inclination to repeat what many before me have said (which I regularly do so irl when asked). And that is that it's somewhat tricky to recommend FGO to someone who isn't already invested in Fate as a whole. I'd much rather first convince them to at the very least watch Zero and UBW - not only to get a general idea of what the universe entails, but perhaps more importantly, potentially develop a strong likeness for and deep connection to one or more of its characters. This way you'll have a foundation by which to approach FGO, a compelling reason to persevere even should its aforementioned "hell" become too much to handle, and not just because you were curious and/or bored and wanted to try a new mobile game, because believe me, you won't stick around for long if the latter is the case - ESPECIALLY this many years into the game's life where you really wouldn't have the luxury of taking up story content at a leisurely pace but instead be pressed to catch up merely in order to participate in new events besides having already (and painfully) missed out on so many and their associated limited rewards (i.e. welfares and CEs).
I've been playing FGO NA for over two years now and I can confidently say without a doubt that the #1 reason I'm still in this hell today is because I love its story and characters as much as I do. I know I'm not doing a very good job advocating for the game, but all I'm trying to get across is that jumping into it this late/at such an inopportune time and with serious intent REALLY demands you adore the franchise obsessively in order to want to keep at and continue playing it.
My second bit of advice for anyone interested and looking to start now is to have a guide, which could either be a vet friend who's willing to oversee your progress, informational website (Gamepress being a good one), and/or subscribing to various FGO-related YT channels (Chaldea Gurus, G&A Reviews, Khadroth, and ZTL are some that immediately come to mind). This'll ease your journey significantly by pointing you in the right direction via instructing you as to what to do and not do. A vet friend is especially nice to have not only to share the suffering with but also have that restraint when the gacha is concerned.
Either way, I see far too many new players who go in blind with no clue as to what they're supposed to be doing and as a result making numerous irreversible mistakes that'll either slow their progress all the more or downright handicap their account for a long time to come.
I suppose at the end the day what matters most is that we're all having fun, but I hope this comment comes to find and help whoever reads it.
Yeah, I'd say that in hindsight, I should not have come to a definitive "yes" answer. My thought process was that the people who fall down the Fate rabbit hole usually fall hard, but many more people are going to bounce right off the game because everything that's not the story and characters is sub-par at best.
I don't necessarily think you need prior knowledge to enjoy the game, but it probably helps out a lot since story and characters are the main reason to stick around.
I 100% agree with your opinion. I've been playing FGO for 3 years now, and the reason why I'm still in this hell is because of the story and characters that becomes my main motivation to keep playing.
Gameplay isn't that bad imo, depends on the content (like story quest, farming, CQ, etc) it can be fun or boring, and it also depends on your playstyle.
But I feel like DW made this game very unfriendly for new players, especially when trying to get into the game this late. Events are non-repeatable (i.e. unavailable through shops, etc) which means missing out on CEs and welfares, and the current events are too grindy for newbies who just want to focus on the main story, which is something they need to do to participate in events. Gacha isn't very friendly either.
Having a guide (the names you mentioned above) is very good advice. Also, if a whale accepted your friend request make sure you NEVER let them go.
@@matchaanad5693 Yeah, that’s the thing with starting so late, is you really cannot afford to play casually - which is something anyone would want to and should be able to do: ease into and learn the game at their own comfortable pace WITHOUT any hand-holding - but it just doesn’t allow for that.
This is why it doesn’t surprise me when I notice a low-level (typically under 100) player from my support list hasn’t signed in for weeks (likely called it quits), because I know just how much more fruitless and futile it must have been and felt for them in comparison to my own beginner experience. That said, I do truly feel the need to commend new players who stick to it despite the setbacks, considering how demoralizing it can be to realize that there’s absolutely no way for you to catch up with everyone else around you unless you’re willing to spend hours upon hours grinding non-stop and/or spend thousands of dollars right off the bat on story banner, for instance.
It’s because of this that I usually try my best to accommodate requests from them, although I understand that’s in fact something that can be difficult for higher-level players due to there being a support limit and generally having or being inclined to prioritize players with more appealing (desired support and/or high NP level servant) setups. I personally believe however that we should encourage and strive for a balance between the two, as one will potentially net us a ton of friend points, and the other, aid us.
There’re many other things I’d like to add and elaborate on but that would just make this far lengthier than current and needed. But overall I'm strongly in favor of and support the notion that DW should greatly improve certain aspects of the game in an effort to make it more newbie-friendly.
@@Mana_Transfer TRUE. It is also due to this reason that I always try to accept new players (level 100 and below) because any long-time players know how it feels in those early days lol and I'd like to help them have a better experience playing this game. Still, it's as you say most quit after a while. IMO DW should make events more flexible for both new and old players. For example, event difficulty should be adjusted to the player's master level, or just simply make events available in the shop. I think that can solve a lot of problems for new and old players alike. I still want my rider kintoki, DW!
@@matchaanad5693 Haha it’s funny you mention Kintoki, bc the Onigashima rerun was actually the second event I ever participated in, having started during the Gudaguda rerun, and I failed to NP5 him in addition to MLB-ing Golden Sumo (still regret that to this day…) since I still hadn’t fully wrapped my head around how events worked at the time (although NOTHING comes close to failing to obtain/max ascend welfare Nobu’s 4th and final ascmat (really hope mama Maou forgives and goes easy on me in my quest for redemption). So every time I hear others say “Kintoki best welfare”, I can’t really relate to that bc mine’s only NP1 lol.
But all of this, like you said, could be easily rectified by adding and making past events unlockable in the MP shop. Sure it’d take time, but at least the opportunity would exist, and also being the Artoria fan that I am, you can probably imagine just how much I wish I could get my hands on Santa Alter lol.
In regards to event difficulty: that’s actually a rather solid idea; although one thing I REALLY wish this game had was the ability to restart from turn 1 or a previous turn, and for AP to be spent AFTER a quest is completed and NOT when initiated. That’d be quite beneficial I think, given how strategic and rng-based gameplay can be (also save scumming is a big/recurring thing when facing bosses), and also the simple fact that stamina is indeed a thing (nobody wants to spend Gapples merely in an attempt to open with the perfect starting hand).
You spitting, JASON IS THE BEST. Said me a JP Player/Follower/Guy Heavily Involved with FGO Translators
I'd say FGO as a start for getting into Fate as a franchise is probably the poorest decision to make. See the anime for yourself, if you want to get more of that you can go on to any other spinoff series, visual novel or fgo.
I might give it a try based on this. Hell, you make it interesting enough that I'll try to F2P it... not out of a sense of bragging rights, but because Arknights, Genshin, and Honkai currently have the priority in my wallet. (Monthly cards, not outright whaling nowadays)
I recommend sticking with what you're playing for now and not trying fgo tbh
Honestly, FGO is an amazing game if you ignore the gacha. The majority of the game can be completed with just 3* and 4* characters if using the correct strategies anyway.
I mean, I can agree with you on the gameplay side but it should be noted that nowadays. It's hard to actually find games that have good mechanics (talking about rpgs) I mean look, Genshin also gets boring in end game. You basically do something similar to what you do in fate. But difference being that on fate a lot of the gameplay does depend on gacha. But you did a great job on the video! But eitherway, Most people who came to the video (me included) rather play fate already or would play it regardless.
Edit: I forgot to write this. You really don't get enough credit nor subscribers for this. I've seen other videos but this is the only one that is Actually sorted with time stamps, easy to follow as well as reasoned well, So serious respect on the work you've done on this video man!
Yeah, its true, FGO has many issues, but I still love the game. The gacha rates are really bad, but I think it compensates when you play for a certain amount of time. Some of the welfare and low rarity units fulfill very powerful roles. Besides, on NA we have the gift of foresight for the next two years. You can decide exactly which banners you want to role and plan accordingly.
I didn´t mind that much how slow the story was in the first Singularities (except for America, I skipped most of the second half of it), and I´ve enjoyed everything from Camelot on. I´ve always enjoyed the Fate world and its characters, so I don´t see myself leaving the game until the Lostbelts release on NA and Nasu´s story ends.
Besides, you don´t have to commit too much time to it if you don´t want to. I can play for 30 min/day and have no issues, because I have other things occupying my time. I´ve spend the last two weeks just farming dailies for MPs to get Bella Lisa once or twice a day.
When I tried other gacha games, I was always so frustrated with the PvP systems, because I always knew that their units were better than mine and there was nothing I could do about it without spending money on the game or too much time grinding.
I don´t know... to me, FGO just hit me at the right ime to get invested in for a long time.
I used to feel like that... Until I spent an entire year without getting anything no matter how much I saved, over 1k SQ for nothing, Lmao, that made my appreaciation after lostbelt 2 null, and the excitement at the skadi and anniversary banner pointless, got the final nail on the jean archer banner and havent even touched my account info since then
@@xLuis89x That´s rough man. I hope that doesn´t happen to me. I really want to play and know what happens in the rest of the story. Even if i don´t roll some of the servants that I want, i still want to fnish the game.
I agree so much with the PvP dislike. Any enjoyment I would’ve had with a game like Epic7 or other stuff turned into constant worry over how to optimize a team without a guide to explain how to get there in the first place, so I ended up abandoning said PvP games even if their games were technically better than FGO’s.
_Snowflake Shield~_ was a very nice and bittersweet touch.
Fate Grand Order is fun if you are lucky but once you are unlucky, this game will suck out your soul especially for F2P. Plus being a fully manual game is a big drawback for working people
This game will absolutely -not- destroy your soul
If youre in it for the story then by all means play the game. But if youre in it for the gacha, then please find a different game.
Well, the farm thing of the endgame sure is true. Though to have more "challenge" on the game, i relly enjoy trying to clear the lostbelts (And singularities for that matter) only with the characters that actually appear on the story, tho this is only possible cuz iam a whale and will get most of the servants, but i really enjoy doing this, thisn way when a character "dies" on the story it really has consequences to my gameplay
I hate the gameplay IMHO, it feels old even at the era it came. I'm Fate fan, Type-Moon fan even. Been from Tsukihime. Been trying my best to watch every Fate movies at cinema. But i just can't accept the FGO gameplay.
I rarely read texts inside a game, so the story didn't hit me as well. The enemies recycled over and over. Hitting them is like hitting featureless sturdy wall.
It also only for NA, can't really buy anything back then. Nor do i want, after playing for a few weeks. I'd rather recommend some random game at Nutaku than FGO, at F2P mode.