A japanese game from a company that made its money from gacha, has no terrible DRM, no always online mechanism, completely playable offline, complete game even without DLC. Not something anyone would expect.
Cygames are made up of Ex-Squaresoft and recently, Platinum games employees. Their goal was always to create an actual RPG, so in order to accumulate money, they had to do gacha first.
@@burningprodigy They did a pro-gamer move and use the gacha to make an actual game instead.Its like if in a dnd seting an "evil king" who own a casino used the money to make give the town a attraction park with reasonable admission price.
They made the GBF Story easy to comprehend for Players I mean its a 10 years old franchise in a few weeks and they have like 1000+ hours of Story Material they could make use of but decided to keep everything simple because they dont wanna force people to have pre knowledge, if they would have made the game revolve around the "What makes the Sky Blue" Arc we would have gotten a Game of Thrones like dark plot with deaths here and there
@@lillotusplays ay they decided to bring them to a new skydom that hasnt been introduced yet in the main game, although they cross reference some past stuff inside the game aswell, like Loki and mikayoboshi aswell as the Erste empire and you can find lore entries for them in the diary albeit mostly heavily summarized. And the fate episodes give a summary of how every character joined the group, although only the starting ones are actually canonically part of the group, all the others joined the crew in side events and stuff, but are never part of the main story.
@@YuNarukamiTheBasedOne That's not true, i hate woke crap more than most, but the game put itself apart from the main continuity to don't ruin the source material and to not FORCE original fans of the gatcha to play it. No character was changed as far as i know, everything is accord to canon, but if you like the gatcha and don't care with relink it will not sabotage your experience of the gatcha.
This game is interesting, taking a Gacha game's content but then delivering it as a boxed single-purchase JRPG with some co-op/multiplayer elements. Having so many characters to build and choose from with their own unique kits and playstyles is definitely a huge draw of a Gacha game, but being able to have that while only paying once or a static reasonable price like a DLC is pretty great. Definitely going to try this one.
The fighting game is also interesting, and not just because it have a free demo (there's limitations but considering how expensive fighting games are nowdays, anything free is a good surprise). At the end of Versus dev cycle they droped the game to 20$ and made the deluxe edition (base game + all DLC characters) drop to the old base game's price, effectively making it a definitive edition at a normal price. This create a precedent for anyone F2P in rising who wait for the end of the dev cycle to get all the content for base game's price.
Its also an Anime but the Gatcha game came way earlier Watch the Anime season 1 dubbed it pretty easy to catch on too. Second season subbed not dubbed yet.
My favorite thing about Relink is how the characters play in comparison to the Granblue fighting game (Versus) Like, I played Katalina a lot in Versus, she was my main, and then Relink comes and she felt the same as in versus, but in a 3D space. It's really fun recognizing moves the games share lol, although I have to stop myself from doing inputs for super attacks in Relink because my muscle memory from Versus carried over while I was playing Katalina and using the same moves
is very much the same with seig for me he can be a buffer character that just goes ham or a character that is slow and is dependent on his counters its very nice
Granblue has always done well with consistency. They always keep characters' unique traits and characteristics 1:1 in every other media they take part in.
artstyle always wins over graphical technical improvements, the game isn't the most technically impressive but the colors and contrast pop and all the characters look great.
I highly agree It was messy for previous games that try to do the same but Relink deliver it perfectly that each screenshot of the cutscenes look like a painting
The smartest thing they could do, is give this game the same treatment CAPCOM gave MHW and MHWIB. MHW wasn't a live service game either, yet it got big and important updates adding new monsters and story for almost 4 years. I can see the same potential here, it would be a complete shame if they just released a new raid, 2 new characters in the next months and then forget about this game completely. I didn't wait so long for that! we need more of this game!
I’ve heard people say that’s what they might do considering Versus got Versus Rising like 2 years later among numerous additions, and with the success of the game I think that’s probably the path they’ll go down.
MHW has lots of content locked away with online service. This game doesn't. All content is playable offline. This is why this game trumps CRAPCOM. There is also no DRM, no Anticheat. Nothing that stops you from modding the game.
i hope they do and even an expansion like iceborne in 2 years if they still update versus rising i think it's safe to say they will keep updating relink, because from what i see relink is way more popular than versus
We shall see. Japan hates the West. If the game doesn’t do good in Asia, they’ll just drop it. Many games never make it to the West because of that singleminded mentality.
It is actually insane how every character feels and plays different. I thought each of them would be the same spam one button for combo and dodge out of the way.
You do have some that share the same gameplay, like Lance and Charlotta, but they do have different rotations, Cag and Perci also being played around charged attacks, still different rotations. Cygames just know to use the same formula but improve on it making stuff fresh
Just to inform people, 8 and 9th march is granblue 10th anniversary (the gacha game) and they will announce the incoming content for relink at that time.
Maybe they will release the Anime in dubbed I have it but a I know a lot of people looking for it. It was a Right Stuf Exclusive and only made 10,000 copies in English dubbed also they need to Dub season 2
@@aria.e I agree with alot of that but does Granblue fantasy anime have that problem? I watched subbed first and than bought dubbed really didn't notice any difference I like Sub as much as dub any episode examples? I just love the Dub voice acting on this Anime.
@@XMAlek I have the 1st 2 parts of the first season but limited amount made from Aniplex . I love how close it is to old school final fantasy but your prob right.
@@Antarctide Wrong. There's nothing wrong with the easy part of it. What Relink lacks is a truly hard difficult content for now. The Proud missions are challenging, but nowhere close to the levels of DMC / Monster Hunter difficult contents.
This game is an absolute blast. If you like Japanese ARPGs, this is for you. Combat is super tight, clear, and responsive. Every character feels distinct, and the endgame gameplay loop is similar to Monster Hunter…it is super satisfying to upgrade characters and their gear (and just try out all the different playsyles and team comps)
Heh it's super satisfying to upgrade gear until you get to the terminus weapon grind. I've awoken two terminus weapons and depending on how much you enjoy grind it's an effing slog. Hoping future updates release quests that allow an easier time to accumulate materials such as fortitude stones and silver sencrums.
I feel like the main focus in the campaign is on the setpieces. Every location is beautiful and well designed with a lot of hidden stuff, and the bosses all look cool. It is also filled with constant action so story can take a backseat here.
I heard a lot people refering to Granblue as a Monster Hunter like game, but except for the similar mission loop I don't see any similarities. The first thing that I thought when I first fought a boss was FFXIV boss fights but faster paced with even more mechanics. I'm surprised I didn't see anyone else mention similarities with FFXIV in regards of how the boss fights work.
The MH comparison comes from grinding bosses for materials to upgrade gear. It's a "Counter-style ARPG" loop, made popular by MH and employed in games like God Eater, Sukiden, Ragnorok Odyssey Ace, etc etc. Go on a mission from a quest counterin a lobby, kill a boss, get materials, use those materials to upgrade your stuff to do it all over again. The combat mechanics are maybe a bit FF14 but that's mostly just because they're telegraphed. When people talk about it being MH like they usually are talking about the RPG aspects more then the actual combat gameplay.
granblue fantasy: relink is like an arcade monster hunter. I feel like even with a few changes this could be made into a coin operated arcade game with a progression card similar to racers like maximum tune and initial d.
I'm 100+ hours into the game and only maxed out one character. Really enjoying the grind and I did not even notice how much time I've spent on it. The game rewards you for playing and it makes you play even more. Grinding is easier now though cause some of the destructible parts, now has a chance to drop from chests (even without destroying the part).
I got 5 at lvl 100, and all 4 of my main with their terminus (ferry, percival, cagliostro, narmaya). That being said only Ferry has +99 mirage munitions, im only at lvl 138 for the weapon lvl and i have only awakened it once. Tons of grind to go for all of it. I hope to see a ton of support
Actually, the gacha version of this game(can be played through browser) is not the frustrating part of granblue fantasy. It's the GRIND that's most people are furious about because of how many days or weeks you need to do in order to upgrade your weapons and characters. The gacha part is ignored because of HOW generous they are when it comes to rewards.
glad more ppl are covering the game and pointing out how it is not getting enough attention. I think its because it is an anime game and for some reason that causes issues unless it is mainstream like genshin impact and then ppl give it a chance and dont look down on it. palworld and now helldivers have def taken a lot of the attention away from the game which is sad since this game deserves a lot more praise. Also this game is a mix of mh and ff14 in my opinion along side a small amount of dmc(mainly the part of if you get good the enemy wont really play). the ff14 part is because you have your main character rotation and then your burst and it def feels good. loadouts helps you switch characters fast by sharing gear too so you cant get bored unless you are someone who only wants to play one character and only one character which never works with games like this in my opinion. you have a main or a few mains and then enjoy the rest when you like.
GranBlue Fantasy is a JP mobile Gatcha created by a couple of staff members from the Final Fantasy franchise from Squaresoft days. Relink is its own story but it’s continued from the Gatcha. You can play the mobile without spending a dime. The story has been going a long time and gets big music numbers along with big voice actors from a lot of popular anime.
Idk how many characters cause I'm new but maybe they could do some grand blue characters then a collab everyone so often then back to grand blue characters and do it that way? Did they do that for the other games?
Collab doesn't need to be a playable character, if they do a MH collab or even a FFXIV collab, it could very well be just a boss fight. Like i dunno, putting Malzenos from Rise in Relink or Behemoth or Bahamut, or any primal from FFXIV in Relink.
@@Theblackvortex75 iirc there are around 400ish different characters in the granblue mobile game, with a lot of them having multiple versions so yeah there's no way we're getting all the granblue characters. people just gotta hope for their favorites
@@Theblackvortex75 They have the Gacha for that, collabs in the Gacha makes sense, having a collab so damn early in Relink doesn't. There are about 651 different characters (Excluding alternate versions) and characters that got into Relink won through popularity vote. It's bad enough that they added 2B of all characters in Versus Rising because she looks so out of place.
@@eliasacevedo5711 Urgh, never liked the MH collab in XIV. Besides Granblue Fantasy has so many different raid bosses as well that they could add, they don't need a Monster from Monster hunter. They already added a raid boss like Diaspora (Pyet-A) but other raid bosses like The World Belial Beelzebub Grand Order The 6 Dragon Wedges Lindwurm The Four Primarchs Cosmos Hexachromatic Hierarch And many more can display a much more godly and badass spectacle in the fights than a Monster from MH. They should focus more on adding more foundation to their own franchise and only later add collabs, people expecting a collab so early is ridiculous, it denies other characters and raids their chances for a spot in Relink.
For a lot of western rpg fans, I'll bet THIS is their first go with Granblue Fantasy. This is why I keep saying in many related videos that this game is bound for greatness, it's because it's bringing new fans in to the series as a whole and getting many (I'm sure) curious about the mobile game but also Relink clearly has potential if one of the first updates is going to be MOTHERFUCKING LUCILIUS! Imagine what we could get as far as collabs, playable characters and raid bosses goes. I want Relink to succeed cause it can have what the gameplay in the mobile game has. Just..you know.. in 3D.
finished this game a week ago and and when you think you are at the final boss the game just straight up goes to another segment of the game, then you think okay this is the final boss and the whole thing just get's crazier and crazier towards the end. and what surprised me was that the story part of the game felt like a tutorial you got some challenging boss fights here and there but nothing too crazy you know but then i at post-game the game was like yo listen up bro you thought it was done. nuh-uh here's hard mode and extreme mode alongside a new story to embark upon. i love content like this.
People that say Charge Blade is hard are either people that say that to make themselves seem superior to the people that haven't tried it, or they are the people that listen to those people. It is not hard. It's fun and it isn't hard. Like anything, just takes a little practice.
yeah its not hard, its just need longer time to learn, since its a bit complex to understand it first. but if ppl already know the mechanism, its actually pretty simple to execute.
@@deadcaptainjames6045 i dont say its hard too learn tho, its just need longer time to learn the basic stuff compared to the rest. but the execution itself pretty simple if you already know what ure doing. in other hand, a simple weapon like bow and hammer is harder to master for me tbh. hammer has short renge and weird animation hitbox for my taste, and also bow, i still dont get it to make this weapon deal high dmg, stacking buff mechanic and crafting arrow mid battle is not my thing i guess.
@@Exel3nce Harder doesn't mean hard. SnS tech like standing back hop, roll into unsheathe into clutch claw uppercut requires more practice than learning CB. Just like builds, people don't look past the surface and apparently watching a 10 or so minute guide video and spending 20 minutes with the training dummy makes something hard. It's literally just a couple of easy combos to charge your phials, store them and charge your shield. It is not hard.
As a new IP selling 1 million I think that's no joke and a testament to how good the gameplay is It feels like how MH sells so much back then but also at the same time considered niche. I think people just need to try the demo first and see how superb the gameplay is. I've never imagined that we would get a hack n slash co-op game with MH mission loop to near perfection. I played a lot of hunting like games. God eater, freedom wars, toukiden, dauntless, soul sacrifice (goated game with an AMAZING story and atmosphere). Yet I have to say, only relink had me enjoy the mission loop like MH did. If they adapt more bosses from the mobile like pyet-A or lucillius, we'll be eating good because they adapted it beyond expectation.
Nah. I feel ALOT of people thought this game was something different than this, like me. Once i played the demo, I deleted it. Waited for 5 years for this garbage. Thats just me though.
@@smoothlyrough512 The devs have been crystal clear with how this game is for years. It's your own fault for ignoring news and footage of the game for 5 years thinking it would be something different.
i think they realized they have a fanbase from the gacha game. but gacha is an unstable from for media. they they use the money to try and strengthen the IP by taking that gacha game while they still have it and make the IP stick around in a GOOD WAY. use the gacha money to make the entire IP bigger with good games and such. it's the opposite of what already establish IP are doing,chasing in on a know IP and milk it to death with bad money grabbing predatory games(stuff like diablo). it's kinda nice to see something like that for a change.
I’m glad you’re talking about his game tbh. I was really hoping some big creators would so it could get more attention. I only heard of this game a couple nights before its release cause of a livestream. I love the game and want it to be consistently updated so I can keep enjoying it. It’s even better that it’s not a live service game cause years down the road when they move on, itll still be playable. It’s exactly what I’ve been wanting for a while. Hope this game succeeds and we get lots of content.
Granblue Fantasy Relink and Versus are both funded by the Gacha whales of the initial gacha game. This is one of the few examples where gacha money was put to good use.
To me the story wasn’t necessarily bad just full of stereotypical anime tropes that anyone could catch from a mile away. So that made it not only predictable but kind of chore to run through once you figured everything out
Well with the current update of them reaching 1 million copies sold. For sure that there will be a high chance they are going to make more content for the game.
I think it's incredible that Asmon went from "i will never play anime bs games" to "i've been playing gbf off stream :D". Not shitting on him btw, i just think it's pretty funny lol
I think for the longevity of the game they need to add cross play to allow pc and PlayStation players to connect. The decrease in wait times for people playing together and actually being able to find a group would make it better for the player base
I’d argue the story in terms of plot/writing wasn’t really the main focus of the game, but rather the gameplay bits of it. What compelled me to keep going was the just the sheer badassery happening and the epic boss fights that just made me had loads of fun.
the game has soo many playstyles it is a really good game, the skill tree grind is a bit too insane tho but later difficulties it becomes less bad, regardless asides from loli whit a billion swords i pretty much liked every boss fight so far, tho i will say the timer on the instakill of bahamuth versa promotion quest is very harsh, had to do an all out attack to break it in time. Not the biggest fan of those insta kill timers but it is manegebel and you know changing character sometimes does wonders granted you have em build up enough. Most boring character is defenitly the main protag never touching that thing again, Id is my go to favorite tho whit Eugen being my back up for when things just dont work out and being ranged is more effective then melee. But man there is a huuuuuuuuge gap between extreme difficulty (or whatever the semi final diff is called) and proud difficulty. Taking a break from it tho for a bit then ill prob go for the proto bahamuth fight which ironicly looks like the prologue fight but at lv 150
The big pro of fantasy relink is jump into the action build up your character do some weapon and sigils upgrade and go back into the action. Mh takes so much more time. Find a monster chase a monster fight him and chase him again. Than craft alot of stuff you need. Than kill a monster and than capture a monster to get the loot you need to forge or upgrade finally a new weapon or armour. I wish in grandblue they ad armour in the game so you can match it together to become better against certain bosses and become more resistant to for example fire etc
Hmm I've been skipping it for now because FFVII Rebirth is so close. I did play the demo for a good amount of hours though and the gameplay was pretty fun ... *However* it is *extremely* streamlined at least as demo characters go there is pretty much one very clear thing each character does and that's it. For that reason I was just really unsure if I won't get bored of doing the exact same thing over and over for 50-100 hours - so for now I'm still tending to get it, but not at full price.
so they basically are what "life service" games actually become (a regular ass game with a handful of updates for the next year or so) but without the shitty monetization
This game is so addicting and fun. For someone who absolutely love Monster Hunter and action anime rpgs love it. Zeta is where its at. I dont want live service but i want updates like how monster hunter does after a game releases. And maybe an expansion eventually
Hey to people who are playing the mobile gacha version of GBF, is it worth starting now if I'm only interested in the story? Or are there any good lore channels that covers the story well?
yes, u can start whenever u want. but i think its actually better if u wait until 9th march, 10th gbf anniversary. they will give u roulette up to 300+ roll to give u free characters. the characters itself is not essential to progress the story, but its actually nice addition since u will unlock fate episode to read their backgorund story if u want to know them better. also about the story, its start a bit rough imo, u will encounter a unecesarry battle a lot in the middle of conversation. but thats just early chapter, eventually it will get better later on. theres also side story, an event that focused to other characters other then our protagonist crew, theres a lot of interesting story in this segment, "whate makes the sky blue saga" is my favorite, one of the best side story in the game imo, if you play this game, u need to check that out~
@@arzurianrein4612 I've heard the game gets really grindy tho, if I'm playing only for the story do I need a very strong meta team to progress through it?
@@romand271 No, the fight in main story only requires your own team and grid until a certain chapter. Past that point you will be provided ''lore accurate team''.
@@romand271 For the early game weapons for your grid, you can easily farm them from their raid(not that you absolutely need it). Just make sure to use the right element team and grid if you want to try the raids. The raid itself is so easy these days, you can just share the raid and there'll be bored vets join and one punch it. That applies to ANY raid except those impossible 7* (lv 170 min) and above.
I heard about this game like 5 years ago, saw a early trailer and thought it looked cool but heard the dev is gatcha dev so had little hope it would be any good long term. Completely forgot about it until it released, bought it to check it out and havent drop it for 10 days now, can't believe how good the game is and how fairily monetized it it. It's like a game from 2004-5, you buy it and you play it, no DRM no MTX no bullshit, just good game.
I'm wondering if they could incorporate more of those set-piece sections from the story into the regular quest mode. Controlling Bahamut was so cool and I'd love to experience it again without replaying the specific chapter(s) of the campaign.
So i just found the joy of JRPGe through Persona 3 Reload. Now bought the others on sale. Then i also loved PalWorld and plan on getting Dragons dogma 2 since i played the first. Now i want this game cause it looks amazing. I cant wait
Haven't played the game yet but upon seeing it, it gave me major Tales of Arise vibes which is great coz I love that game. Will buy it tho once it gets to 50% sale. Price is too steep for my liking.
Relink is basically the game Genshin RUclipsrs have been asking for the last 4 years. Free characters that play different, have different personalities, varied gameplay, in-depth endgame, great combat mechanics, and most importantly no bs gacha mechanic. Just make it open world, improve the story, and there would be absolutely 0 reason for anyone to play games like Genshin ever again.
I've been enjoying the shit out of this game. It absolutely could use a lot more characters and bosses a la paid DLC expansions. Would be very welcome to see a full year of seasonal content added with a few raids, bosses, quests and characters added then another 10 hour campaign expansion added on as a pseudo-sequel with like 8-10 more characters added in.
Amazing game, though it does have slightly less endgame stuff to do than a MH game, but hey, the Dev's now have infinitely more money than they did before this game launched so their resources will increase, absolutely worth the price.
The sales of Relink are a drop in the bucket, Cygames is a rich company, you've kind of got it reversed, it is especially because they made so much money from their Gacha games that they are now making console games. If anything the question is whether Relink can compete with their gacha games in profit (probably not).
Just plays like butter, and there’s so many good characters with different play styles. As well as so much farm to optimize said characters, great game happy asmon is showing love to it!
its fine to liking the story, lol. me personally enjoying it, maybe a little cliche and predictable since i already play alot of game that has similiar plot. even then, the story still enjoyable and theres some cool scene here and there too. each boss encounter feel really amazing especially the last boss, the ost full eargasm, its just straight up fire.
I didn’t expect it to be monster hunter style. Really love this style of rpg where it’s just load into mission or boss and grind. No busy work or side quests with meaningless stories that are just there to pad time. Just go fight shit and upgrade your character.
asmon is right in the part that those feature that make monster hunter is the best game in that genre did actually put me off from it, and i do prefer relink over monster hunter, because it feel more fast pce, the chr is moving faster and react faster, mosnter hunter is like darksoul in that respect, you really need to think about what do you then do it, while relink is more like a fighting game, it got more action.
Its not pay to win, or gotcha. IF you do buy, you buy skins, like the guy clearly stated. If they woukd have expansions, like any other game, IF they charge for it, its not surprising to gamers who play these types of games. It will be cool to get the new boss and characters, the skins would be cool too.
Compared to Monster Hunter World, Granblue Fantasy Relink really felt like it was catered more to people who were already fans of the franchise. Sure the gameplay is easy enough to understand but with how the story really is a part of the game, it really felt average and sometimes confusing since its set not at the start of the Granblue Fantasy Main Story. The story really was the weakest part of the game, it wasn't terrible but it wasn't great either. Overall besides adding more bosses, quests and characters, an huge expansion similar to what MHW had with Iceborne could be great. I just want more of this game.
Even their update path seems a lot like Monster Hunter where they ended up dropping content over months mixed between events for replayability, it all seems only positive as of now. Hope we get a paid DLC comparable to Iceborne somewhere down the line too.
The game is pretty good you should give it a try and I would think the collabs could work, but perhaps put more grandblue characters in the game first and save the collab for later
I agree that the story is lackluster in this game. But honestly story mode is 1% of what this game has to offer. And finishing the story is literally just the start of the actual game. Im 100 hours into this game and I still can't get enough. And the ability to play coop with your friends online makes it that much more enjoyable. I highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a good arpg with great combat and fun bosses.
start with MHW, its cheaper than MH rise but its has better quality overall. the hunting part also feel more essential in MHW, whereas in MH rise, its has QOL that make u find monster fast it makes u feel like in arena instead of hunting the monster in the wild. both is amazing tho.
I see zero problems with a COMPLETE game turning live service later on. IMO it’d be great if this game did a Monster Hunter style live service with smaller additions culminating in a huge story expansion. The problem with 99% o “live service games” is not the live “service part”, it’s the “game” part. Live service has become an excuse for devs to release shitty barebones games that are not a full experience. There’s nothing wrong with updating a game that’s already good in the first place.
I love gran blue and I got worried when ppl kept comparing it to monster hunter. My question to alllllllll monster hunter fans: why or better yet how do u enjoy doing some with no clear idea of how your progressing?
I really hope this game's success starts a trend in gacha games getting proper game adaptations I would be so happy if we got a proper Arknights, Blue Archive or GFL game. And yes I know GFL2 plays like XCOM but it's still gacha...
I can stay here and list all the positives and what I liked about the game, but all I can say is the wait was worth It and Cygames didn't fail to deliver, in fact I was even more impressed.
Best part its not a pay to win Gatcha game, Better than Genshin. You play any character that you want. Lets be honest with PlatinumGames didnt work on it for a little while it wouldn’t have good gameplay and it would be using random mechanics. Funny that 2B is in GranblueVS at sametime.
nah, i dont think they will use random mechanic even without platinum games, since most of the mechanic is exactly the same as mobile game version. but platinum game indeed make the combat feel more crisp and responsive.
are there things you should collect during the story to help in the endgame multiplayer stuff? or can I just B-line the story and not worry about missing things
I'm really praying that this game gets crossplay. So wild to me that this game doesn't have crossplay so that players can play together regardless of their platform.
Here is what we need: - no colabs - pvp is a must - big raids and dungeons - redo on the matchmaking system This will make the longevity interesting and the game even more fun
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A japanese game from a company that made its money from gacha, has no terrible DRM, no always online mechanism, completely playable offline, complete game even without DLC. Not something anyone would expect.
Cygames are made up of Ex-Squaresoft and recently, Platinum games employees. Their goal was always to create an actual RPG, so in order to accumulate money, they had to do gacha first.
@@burningprodigymakes sense, an necessary evil.
@@burningprodigy They did a pro-gamer move and use the gacha to make an actual game instead.Its like if in a dnd seting an "evil king" who own a casino used the money to make give the town a attraction park with reasonable admission price.
I appreciate those gacha whales now that we get good games from their money lmao.
@@randodox8375 we got 2 game from that whale money.
They made the GBF Story easy to comprehend for Players I mean its a 10 years old franchise in a few weeks and they have like 1000+ hours of Story Material they could make use of but decided to keep everything simple because they dont wanna force people to have pre knowledge, if they would have made the game revolve around the "What makes the Sky Blue" Arc we would have gotten a Game of Thrones like dark plot with deaths here and there
So there is a lot of source material but they barely use any of it is what ure saying...
@@lillotusplaysit's entirely focused on gameplay so yes
@@김재-d1tentirely? what r u talking about, the fate episodes? All the cutscenes? All the map locations? All the diary entries?
@@lillotusplays ay they decided to bring them to a new skydom that hasnt been introduced yet in the main game, although they cross reference some past stuff inside the game aswell, like Loki and mikayoboshi aswell as the Erste empire and you can find lore entries for them in the diary albeit mostly heavily summarized. And the fate episodes give a summary of how every character joined the group, although only the starting ones are actually canonically part of the group, all the others joined the crew in side events and stuff, but are never part of the main story.
@@YuNarukamiTheBasedOne That's not true, i hate woke crap more than most, but the game put itself apart from the main continuity to don't ruin the source material and to not FORCE original fans of the gatcha to play it. No character was changed as far as i know, everything is accord to canon, but if you like the gatcha and don't care with relink it will not sabotage your experience of the gatcha.
This game is interesting, taking a Gacha game's content but then delivering it as a boxed single-purchase JRPG with some co-op/multiplayer elements. Having so many characters to build and choose from with their own unique kits and playstyles is definitely a huge draw of a Gacha game, but being able to have that while only paying once or a static reasonable price like a DLC is pretty great. Definitely going to try this one.
The fighting game is also interesting, and not just because it have a free demo (there's limitations but considering how expensive fighting games are nowdays, anything free is a good surprise). At the end of Versus dev cycle they droped the game to 20$ and made the deluxe edition (base game + all DLC characters) drop to the old base game's price, effectively making it a definitive edition at a normal price. This create a precedent for anyone F2P in rising who wait for the end of the dev cycle to get all the content for base game's price.
Its also an Anime but the Gatcha game came way earlier Watch the Anime season 1 dubbed it pretty easy to catch on too. Second season subbed not dubbed yet.
My favorite thing about Relink is how the characters play in comparison to the Granblue fighting game (Versus)
Like, I played Katalina a lot in Versus, she was my main, and then Relink comes and she felt the same as in versus, but in a 3D space. It's really fun recognizing moves the games share lol, although I have to stop myself from doing inputs for super attacks in Relink because my muscle memory from Versus carried over while I was playing Katalina and using the same moves
is very much the same with seig for me he can be a buffer character that just goes ham or a character that is slow and is dependent on his counters its very nice
then I hope they bring Soriz here too
lmao you're right, i main charlotta and narmaya in versus and their combo in relinkyis almost similar i already got it in my first try
Agreed, they're trying to keep the gameplay of said characters fitting to their personality and their GBFVSR counterpart.
I like that consistency.
Granblue has always done well with consistency. They always keep characters' unique traits and characteristics 1:1 in every other media they take part in.
It is impressive how well this art style works in 3D. It looks great.
artstyle always wins over graphical technical improvements, the game isn't the most technically impressive but the colors and contrast pop and all the characters look great.
I highly agree
It was messy for previous games that try to do the same but Relink deliver it perfectly that each screenshot of the cutscenes look like a painting
I'd have preferred Jumpforce done THIS way rather than what I got 😂.
Totaly agree, exept faces, they allways feel so bland with the Lack of Detail on zoom
@@theonesithtorulethemallwell it's the classic FF1-6 Faces😊
The smartest thing they could do, is give this game the same treatment CAPCOM gave MHW and MHWIB. MHW wasn't a live service game either, yet it got big and important updates adding new monsters and story for almost 4 years. I can see the same potential here, it would be a complete shame if they just released a new raid, 2 new characters in the next months and then forget about this game completely. I didn't wait so long for that! we need more of this game!
I’ve heard people say that’s what they might do considering Versus got Versus Rising like 2 years later among numerous additions, and with the success of the game I think that’s probably the path they’ll go down.
MHW has lots of content locked away with online service. This game doesn't. All content is playable offline. This is why this game trumps CRAPCOM. There is also no DRM, no Anticheat. Nothing that stops you from modding the game.
i hope they do and even an expansion like iceborne in 2 years
if they still update versus rising i think it's safe to say they will keep updating relink, because from what i see relink is way more popular than versus
We shall see. Japan hates the West. If the game doesn’t do good in Asia, they’ll just drop it. Many games never make it to the West because of that singleminded mentality.
@@howardlam6181 What are you talking about?? All content in mhwi you can do offline with no online blockers
It is actually insane how every character feels and plays different. I thought each of them would be the same spam one button for combo and dodge out of the way.
You do have some that share the same gameplay, like Lance and Charlotta, but they do have different rotations, Cag and Perci also being played around charged attacks, still different rotations.
Cygames just know to use the same formula but improve on it making stuff fresh
@@kyokusanagi9800if you play as one of those lolitas you're a freak
@@jhondisjames2151 Charlotta >> Your fav.
Charlotta is so fun. I am going to main the other dwarf guy when I hit lvl 60. He looks badass. Shortstack masterace.@@jhondisjames2151
@@jhondisjames2151 Charlotta is 26 year old. Why people forgetting that fantasy settings often use short people/dwarves?
Just to inform people, 8 and 9th march is granblue 10th anniversary (the gacha game) and they will announce the incoming content for relink at that time.
Maybe they will release the Anime in dubbed I have it but a I know a lot of people looking for it. It was a Right Stuf Exclusive and only made 10,000 copies in English dubbed also they need to Dub season 2
@@shadowdouglas450 english dub is full of censorship there's no reason to watch dubbed animes.
@@aria.e I agree with alot of that but does Granblue fantasy anime have that problem? I watched subbed first and than bought dubbed really didn't notice any difference I like Sub as much as dub any episode examples? I just love the Dub voice acting on this Anime.
@@shadowdouglas450 there are absolutely 0 chances for that as it is nearly only in Japanese and they target a Japanese audience with those streams
@@XMAlek I have the 1st 2 parts of the first season but limited amount made from Aniplex . I love how close it is to old school final fantasy but your prob right.
For a brand new of it's type in Granblue it's pretty amazing, hope they keep pumping out content cause they can have my money.
Watch the Anime season 1 dubbed it pretty easy to catch on too. Second season not dubbed yet.
@@shadowdouglas450 Or just watch the anime subbed like a sane person
it's a more casual and friendly version of monster hunter. and that's not a bad thing.
It kinda is. Easy action games are not interesting.
Kinda sounds like it tho. Look how dauntless flopped
@@Antarctide Wrong. There's nothing wrong with the easy part of it. What Relink lacks is a truly hard difficult content for now. The Proud missions are challenging, but nowhere close to the levels of DMC / Monster Hunter difficult contents.
This game is an absolute blast. If you like Japanese ARPGs, this is for you. Combat is super tight, clear, and responsive.
Every character feels distinct, and the endgame gameplay loop is similar to Monster Hunter…it is super satisfying to upgrade characters and their gear (and just try out all the different playsyles and team comps)
Yea its Nier basically, Platinum work on it for a year until they left, still that mechanic was used as a main structure.
Heh it's super satisfying to upgrade gear until you get to the terminus weapon grind. I've awoken two terminus weapons and depending on how much you enjoy grind it's an effing slog.
Hoping future updates release quests that allow an easier time to accumulate materials such as fortitude stones and silver sencrums.
Nothing like nier @@redcronojm
Except the MC is boring.
@@redcronojm No, its not. Wtf.
I feel like the main focus in the campaign is on the setpieces. Every location is beautiful and well designed with a lot of hidden stuff, and the bosses all look cool. It is also filled with constant action so story can take a backseat here.
no more empty open world bull crap. Compact fun gamplay is better
Its a good evolution.
Go play fortnite or call of duty crap games
One of the best games I’ve played in a while, 130 hours in and I’m loving it still
Damn son I'll keep a eye on it
I guess you missed some games then
@@Exel3ncehe literally said " one of the best "
I heard a lot people refering to Granblue as a Monster Hunter like game, but except for the similar mission loop I don't see any similarities. The first thing that I thought when I first fought a boss was FFXIV boss fights but faster paced with even more mechanics. I'm surprised I didn't see anyone else mention similarities with FFXIV in regards of how the boss fights work.
The MH comparison comes from grinding bosses for materials to upgrade gear. It's a "Counter-style ARPG" loop, made popular by MH and employed in games like God Eater, Sukiden, Ragnorok Odyssey Ace, etc etc. Go on a mission from a quest counterin a lobby, kill a boss, get materials, use those materials to upgrade your stuff to do it all over again.
The combat mechanics are maybe a bit FF14 but that's mostly just because they're telegraphed. When people talk about it being MH like they usually are talking about the RPG aspects more then the actual combat gameplay.
Why are you word for word copying another person's comment ... or creating multiple accounts to spam SMH
Do ultimates and it wont feel faster/ more mechs 🤣
But ye it has some similarities and its awesome !
granblue fantasy: relink is like an arcade monster hunter. I feel like even with a few changes this could be made into a coin operated arcade game with a progression card similar to racers like maximum tune and initial d.
I'm 100+ hours into the game and only maxed out one character. Really enjoying the grind and I did not even notice how much time I've spent on it. The game rewards you for playing and it makes you play even more. Grinding is easier now though cause some of the destructible parts, now has a chance to drop from chests (even without destroying the part).
I got 5 at lvl 100, and all 4 of my main with their terminus (ferry, percival, cagliostro, narmaya). That being said only Ferry has +99 mirage munitions, im only at lvl 138 for the weapon lvl and i have only awakened it once. Tons of grind to go for all of it. I hope to see a ton of support
Actually, the gacha version of this game(can be played through browser) is not the frustrating part of granblue fantasy. It's the GRIND that's most people are furious about because of how many days or weeks you need to do in order to upgrade your weapons and characters. The gacha part is ignored because of HOW generous they are when it comes to rewards.
Yeah like a P2W player have to play 90% of the time a F2P player do for them to actually gain some advantage 😂
Basically no pay to win at all
currently level 151 from all the anni exp bonuses. im still building magna grids man
This is the turning point for Grandblue Fantasy, I hope they don't mess it up
glad more ppl are covering the game and pointing out how it is not getting enough attention. I think its because it is an anime game and for some reason that causes issues unless it is mainstream like genshin impact and then ppl give it a chance and dont look down on it. palworld and now helldivers have def taken a lot of the attention away from the game which is sad since this game deserves a lot more praise.
Also this game is a mix of mh and ff14 in my opinion along side a small amount of dmc(mainly the part of if you get good the enemy wont really play). the ff14 part is because you have your main character rotation and then your burst and it def feels good. loadouts helps you switch characters fast by sharing gear too so you cant get bored unless you are someone who only wants to play one character and only one character which never works with games like this in my opinion. you have a main or a few mains and then enjoy the rest when you like.
Genshin isn’t mainstream for a good reason
Watch the Anime season 1 dubbed it pretty easy to catch on too. Second season not dubbed yet. Maybe they will actually rerelease it
Helldivers deserves it though, they are charging 40 dollars for AAA quality and some of the best co op gaming in years.
The game pass 1 million copies sold. Its doing good
I wouldn't say FF14 since FF14 has a lot of mechanics and relink is more avoiding AoE raghet than resolving mechs as in FF14
GranBlue Fantasy is a JP mobile Gatcha created by a couple of staff members from the Final Fantasy franchise from Squaresoft days. Relink is its own story but it’s continued from the Gatcha. You can play the mobile without spending a dime. The story has been going a long time and gets big music numbers along with big voice actors from a lot of popular anime.
I personally don't want collabs in relink right now, they still have so many more GBF characters in the waiting list.
Idk how many characters cause I'm new but maybe they could do some grand blue characters then a collab everyone so often then back to grand blue characters and do it that way? Did they do that for the other games?
Collab doesn't need to be a playable character, if they do a MH collab or even a FFXIV collab, it could very well be just a boss fight.
Like i dunno, putting Malzenos from Rise in Relink or Behemoth or Bahamut, or any primal from FFXIV in Relink.
@@Theblackvortex75 iirc there are around 400ish different characters in the granblue mobile game, with a lot of them having multiple versions
so yeah there's no way we're getting all the granblue characters. people just gotta hope for their favorites
@@Theblackvortex75 They have the Gacha for that, collabs in the Gacha makes sense, having a collab so damn early in Relink doesn't. There are about 651 different characters (Excluding alternate versions) and characters that got into Relink won through popularity vote.
It's bad enough that they added 2B of all characters in Versus Rising because she looks so out of place.
@@eliasacevedo5711 Urgh, never liked the MH collab in XIV. Besides Granblue Fantasy has so many different raid bosses as well that they could add, they don't need a Monster from Monster hunter. They already added a raid boss like Diaspora (Pyet-A) but other raid bosses like
The World
Belial
Beelzebub
Grand Order
The 6 Dragon Wedges
Lindwurm
The Four Primarchs
Cosmos
Hexachromatic Hierarch
And many more can display a much more godly and badass spectacle in the fights than a Monster from MH. They should focus more on adding more foundation to their own franchise and only later add collabs, people expecting a collab so early is ridiculous, it denies other characters and raids their chances for a spot in Relink.
For a lot of western rpg fans, I'll bet THIS is their first go with Granblue Fantasy. This is why I keep saying in many related videos that this game is bound for greatness, it's because it's bringing new fans in to the series as a whole and getting many (I'm sure) curious about the mobile game but also Relink clearly has potential if one of the first updates is going to be MOTHERFUCKING LUCILIUS! Imagine what we could get as far as collabs, playable characters and raid bosses goes. I want Relink to succeed cause it can have what the gameplay in the mobile game has. Just..you know.. in 3D.
Well yeah, the mobile game was never released the West. Which is funny because apparently it has English subtitles as an option, or so I've heard.
You can straight up play the whole game in english
@@tranceformerfx🤡
I hope they do something about dargalia lost as well
Both are a very awesome games
@@yass3425Sadly, Dragalia Lost is most likely never coming back officially. There is a private server up now though if you wanted to hop back in.
finished this game a week ago and and when you think you are at the final boss the game just straight up goes to another segment of the game, then you think okay this is the final boss and the whole thing just get's crazier and crazier towards the end. and what surprised me was that the story part of the game felt like a tutorial you got some challenging boss fights here and there but nothing too crazy you know but then i at post-game the game was like yo listen up bro you thought it was done. nuh-uh here's hard mode and extreme mode alongside a new story to embark upon.
i love content like this.
People that say Charge Blade is hard are either people that say that to make themselves seem superior to the people that haven't tried it, or they are the people that listen to those people. It is not hard. It's fun and it isn't hard. Like anything, just takes a little practice.
yeah its not hard, its just need longer time to learn, since its a bit complex to understand it first. but if ppl already know the mechanism, its actually pretty simple to execute.
I like how you say uts not hard, then explain why its considered hard @arzurianrein4612
@@deadcaptainjames6045 i dont say its hard too learn tho, its just need longer time to learn the basic stuff compared to the rest. but the execution itself pretty simple if you already know what ure doing. in other hand, a simple weapon like bow and hammer is harder to master for me tbh. hammer has short renge and weird animation hitbox for my taste, and also bow, i still dont get it to make this weapon deal high dmg, stacking buff mechanic and crafting arrow mid battle is not my thing i guess.
Its harder to learn and not easy. Not really that wrong to say its hard in context
@@Exel3nce Harder doesn't mean hard. SnS tech like standing back hop, roll into unsheathe into clutch claw uppercut requires more practice than learning CB. Just like builds, people don't look past the surface and apparently watching a 10 or so minute guide video and spending 20 minutes with the training dummy makes something hard. It's literally just a couple of easy combos to charge your phials, store them and charge your shield. It is not hard.
As a new IP selling 1 million I think that's no joke and a testament to how good the gameplay is
It feels like how MH sells so much back then but also at the same time considered niche. I think people just need to try the demo first and see how superb the gameplay is. I've never imagined that we would get a hack n slash co-op game with MH mission loop to near perfection. I played a lot of hunting like games. God eater, freedom wars, toukiden, dauntless, soul sacrifice (goated game with an AMAZING story and atmosphere).
Yet I have to say, only relink had me enjoy the mission loop like MH did. If they adapt more bosses from the mobile like pyet-A or lucillius, we'll be eating good because they adapted it beyond expectation.
Nah. I feel ALOT of people thought this game was something different than this, like me. Once i played the demo, I deleted it. Waited for 5 years for this garbage. Thats just me though.
@@smoothlyrough512 The devs have been crystal clear with how this game is for years.
It's your own fault for ignoring news and footage of the game for 5 years thinking it would be something different.
Pyet a is in the game btw
@@smoothlyrough512and that's fine, that is what demos are for
If you're looking for jrpg type story, the mobile game does that extensively
It sold 1m? Nice, I thought this gme would sell way less thn that. 1m is an instant sucess for most franchises.
The game play feels like Monster Hunter with a small hint of FF16 combat
lol FF16?
there are combat mechanics like this dating back to the early 2000's for the ps2
lol. So why reference an old azz game? Why not a newer game? Plus if the mechanics are the same what does it matter? @@Redribbo
@@Redribbobecause its much more easier to reference a newer game so other people can easily relate to it. it's not a big deal
One key difference it’s actually good unlike ff 16
@@muzi69 thats subjective coz I like FF16's story, music, and boss fights more than Relink.
I cannot wait to hear a remix of *ZERO* that sh*t is amazing
Its astonishing how well they basically just converted a GBF Event into such an amazing game.
This game has the best combat I've ever played, feels like a new monster hunter.
Relink is what Wild Hearts tried to be
That game sunk like Anthem. It could have been better if they tried to fix the issue with the pc.
Imagine being so accustomed to gacha games you have to have the premise of one time purchase games explained to you
this is hands down the best anime arpg atm in terms of gameplay
You play it offline, im sure if you streamed it, it would get a bump
8 years development , i am waiting a 8 years, survive corona and all sht , this game not dissapointed me
Granblue Fantasy Relink is very addictive as fuck when i first played it and I'm glad it's not a live service.
wait until he unlocks proud quests
Wait till he fight gallanza and his girl😂
@@kissofdeath4777facts! Hahahahah that quest is a pain in the ass!
@@kissofdeath4777 that's the real final boss tbh
Lol. That fight frustate every player. You can just watch your character butchered here and there.
i think they realized they have a fanbase from the gacha game.
but gacha is an unstable from for media.
they they use the money to try and strengthen the IP by taking that gacha game while they still have it and make the IP stick around in a GOOD WAY.
use the gacha money to make the entire IP bigger with good games and such.
it's the opposite of what already establish IP are doing,chasing in on a know IP and milk it to death with bad money grabbing predatory games(stuff like diablo).
it's kinda nice to see something like that for a change.
With How Cygames operate? They're just trying to spread their name all other genre of hobbies.
Granblue is like Monster Hunter if it had good controls.
I’m glad you’re talking about his game tbh. I was really hoping some big creators would so it could get more attention. I only heard of this game a couple nights before its release cause of a livestream. I love the game and want it to be consistently updated so I can keep enjoying it. It’s even better that it’s not a live service game cause years down the road when they move on, itll still be playable. It’s exactly what I’ve been wanting for a while. Hope this game succeeds and we get lots of content.
Granblue Fantasy Relink and Versus are both funded by the Gacha whales of the initial gacha game. This is one of the few examples where gacha money was put to good use.
To me the story wasn’t necessarily bad just full of stereotypical anime tropes that anyone could catch from a mile away. So that made it not only predictable but kind of chore to run through once you figured everything out
Watch the Anime season 1 dubbed it pretty easy to catch on too. Second season not dubbed yet.
@@shadowdouglas450why are u spamming everywhere bozo
Being a granblu fantasy mobile player, the template already exists and it is not monster hunter. it is infact the OG game.
GBF Relink feels more like PSO2 to me
It have Monsters-like MH but the combat is DMC-ish
Well with the current update of them reaching 1 million copies sold. For sure that there will be a high chance they are going to make more content for the game.
Bought the game yesterday and the gameplay feels pretty smooth
This game reminds me of Dragalia Lost (RIP) just minus the mtx. Really debating picking this up.
Damn... Dragalia lost was such a goated game.... the OST, characters, story. Every was so good
Thats cause its the same devs
I think it's incredible that Asmon went from "i will never play anime bs games" to "i've been playing gbf off stream :D".
Not shitting on him btw, i just think it's pretty funny lol
I think for the longevity of the game they need to add cross play to allow pc and PlayStation players to connect. The decrease in wait times for people playing together and actually being able to find a group would make it better for the player base
I’d argue the story in terms of plot/writing wasn’t really the main focus of the game, but rather the gameplay bits of it.
What compelled me to keep going was the just the sheer badassery happening and the epic boss fights that just made me had loads of fun.
the game has soo many playstyles it is a really good game, the skill tree grind is a bit too insane tho but later difficulties it becomes less bad, regardless asides from loli whit a billion swords i pretty much liked every boss fight so far, tho i will say the timer on the instakill of bahamuth versa promotion quest is very harsh, had to do an all out attack to break it in time. Not the biggest fan of those insta kill timers but it is manegebel and you know changing character sometimes does wonders granted you have em build up enough. Most boring character is defenitly the main protag never touching that thing again, Id is my go to favorite tho whit Eugen being my back up for when things just dont work out and being ranged is more effective then melee. But man there is a huuuuuuuuge gap between extreme difficulty (or whatever the semi final diff is called) and proud difficulty.
Taking a break from it tho for a bit then ill prob go for the proto bahamuth fight which ironicly looks like the prologue fight but at lv 150
Imagine a Granblue Fantasy MMORPG. I would love that.
Its called FF 14
@@smoothlyrough512would play it but u need to pay a monthly sub and the game cost money that’s greed
Search blue protocol.
BlueProtocol combat look lame not gonna lie@@kissofdeath4777
@kissofdeath4777 Closest we got. But BP combat is super ass compared to GBFR.
The big pro of fantasy relink is jump into the action build up your character do some weapon and sigils upgrade and go back into the action. Mh takes so much more time. Find a monster chase a monster fight him and chase him again. Than craft alot of stuff you need. Than kill a monster and than capture a monster to get the loot you need to forge or upgrade finally a new weapon or armour.
I wish in grandblue they ad armour in the game so you can match it together to become better against certain bosses and become more resistant to for example fire etc
Hmm I've been skipping it for now because FFVII Rebirth is so close.
I did play the demo for a good amount of hours though and the gameplay was pretty fun ...
*However* it is *extremely* streamlined at least as demo characters go there is pretty much one very clear thing each character does and that's it.
For that reason I was just really unsure if I won't get bored of doing the exact same thing over and over for 50-100 hours - so for now I'm still tending to get it, but not at full price.
so they basically are what "life service" games actually become (a regular ass game with a handful of updates for the next year or so) but without the shitty monetization
This game is so addicting and fun. For someone who absolutely love Monster Hunter and action anime rpgs love it. Zeta is where its at. I dont want live service but i want updates like how monster hunter does after a game releases. And maybe an expansion eventually
I'm very interested love the looks, character designs and it just looks fun as hell.
Hey to people who are playing the mobile gacha version of GBF, is it worth starting now if I'm only interested in the story? Or are there any good lore channels that covers the story well?
yes, u can start whenever u want. but i think its actually better if u wait until 9th march, 10th gbf anniversary. they will give u roulette up to 300+ roll to give u free characters. the characters itself is not essential to progress the story, but its actually nice addition since u will unlock fate episode to read their backgorund story if u want to know them better. also about the story, its start a bit rough imo, u will encounter a unecesarry battle a lot in the middle of conversation. but thats just early chapter, eventually it will get better later on. theres also side story, an event that focused to other characters other then our protagonist crew, theres a lot of interesting story in this segment, "whate makes the sky blue saga" is my favorite, one of the best side story in the game imo, if you play this game, u need to check that out~
@@arzurianrein4612 I've heard the game gets really grindy tho, if I'm playing only for the story do I need a very strong meta team to progress through it?
@@romand271 No, the fight in main story only requires your own team and grid until a certain chapter. Past that point you will be provided ''lore accurate team''.
@@romand271 For the early game weapons for your grid, you can easily farm them from their raid(not that you absolutely need it). Just make sure to use the right element team and grid if you want to try the raids.
The raid itself is so easy these days, you can just share the raid and there'll be bored vets join and one punch it. That applies to ANY raid except those impossible 7* (lv 170 min) and above.
@@ariel3526 Niceee that's good to hear, I'll try it out during the 10th anniversary then
I heard about this game like 5 years ago, saw a early trailer and thought it looked cool but heard the dev is gatcha dev so had little hope it would be any good long term.
Completely forgot about it until it released, bought it to check it out and havent drop it for 10 days now, can't believe how good the game is and how fairily monetized it it.
It's like a game from 2004-5, you buy it and you play it, no DRM no MTX no bullshit, just good game.
I'm wondering if they could incorporate more of those set-piece sections from the story into the regular quest mode. Controlling Bahamut was so cool and I'd love to experience it again without replaying the specific chapter(s) of the campaign.
So i just found the joy of JRPGe through Persona 3 Reload. Now bought the others on sale. Then i also loved PalWorld and plan on getting Dragons dogma 2 since i played the first. Now i want this game cause it looks amazing. I cant wait
Persona 5 Royal! You should try it too
Haven't played the game yet but upon seeing it, it gave me major Tales of Arise vibes which is great coz I love that game. Will buy it tho once it gets to 50% sale. Price is too steep for my liking.
Relink is basically the game Genshin RUclipsrs have been asking for the last 4 years. Free characters that play different, have different personalities, varied gameplay, in-depth endgame, great combat mechanics, and most importantly no bs gacha mechanic. Just make it open world, improve the story, and there would be absolutely 0 reason for anyone to play games like Genshin ever again.
Add more bosses with more mechs like Bahamut Versa maybe a bit harder and I'd play it a long time.
This is like the one game I kind of wish was a live service game.
I've been enjoying the shit out of this game. It absolutely could use a lot more characters and bosses a la paid DLC expansions. Would be very welcome to see a full year of seasonal content added with a few raids, bosses, quests and characters added then another 10 hour campaign expansion added on as a pseudo-sequel with like 8-10 more characters added in.
Amazing game, though it does have slightly less endgame stuff to do than a MH game, but hey, the Dev's now have infinitely more money than they did before this game launched so their resources will increase, absolutely worth the price.
if we compared it with base MHW, its roughly the same. i hope relink will get some expansion DLC like iceborne does tbh, it would be perfect.
The sales of Relink are a drop in the bucket, Cygames is a rich company, you've kind of got it reversed, it is especially because they made so much money from their Gacha games that they are now making console games. If anything the question is whether Relink can compete with their gacha games in profit (probably not).
Ive actually really enjoyed relink it has that gacha game feel without the gacha and i really like that
I preordered relink the moment I saw the first time I saw it available. I have no regrets.
Just plays like butter, and there’s so many good characters with different play styles. As well as so much farm to optimize said characters, great game happy asmon is showing love to it!
You guys almost makes me feel guilty about liking the story LOL
its fine to liking the story, lol. me personally enjoying it, maybe a little cliche and predictable since i already play alot of game that has similiar plot. even then, the story still enjoyable and theres some cool scene here and there too. each boss encounter feel really amazing especially the last boss, the ost full eargasm, its just straight up fire.
Story is a generic anime story only weebs would like it
@@muzi69 Best to be a weeb and like it than enjoying western Disney shit.
Sounds like the first Dragons Dogma game...Best game you never heard of...back in xbox360 days.
Would be nice if we could find easy matchmaking for new console players. Crossplay would help a ton full and I don't see them fixing it. :(
I didn’t expect it to be monster hunter style. Really love this style of rpg where it’s just load into mission or boss and grind. No busy work or side quests with meaningless stories that are just there to pad time. Just go fight shit and upgrade your character.
asmon is right in the part that those feature that make monster hunter is the best game in that genre did actually put me off from it, and i do prefer relink over monster hunter, because it feel more fast pce, the chr is moving faster and react faster, mosnter hunter is like darksoul in that respect, you really need to think about what do you then do it, while relink is more like a fighting game, it got more action.
People might not be watching it because they are too busy playing it. Game is awesome
I mean these 2 months from Jan to Feb have been STACKED for new game releases so I'm not surprised that it isn't as popular as you would expect.
Stuff in granblue relink is a little too easy though. Hold block, eat 6 attacks. lol invuln windows are so long too. Use a potion MID COMBO lol
The og gbf game isn’t that bad on gacha it’s one of the better ones imo
I loved the graphics, it's like a draw but isn't cell shaded. It's beautiful.
But stayed for the gameplay, it's refreshing game.
Its not pay to win, or gotcha.
IF you do buy, you buy skins, like the guy clearly stated.
If they woukd have expansions, like any other game, IF they charge for it, its not surprising to gamers who play these types of games.
It will be cool to get the new boss and characters, the skins would be cool too.
6:00 Ranged Characters in this game is literally "AFK"
Compared to Monster Hunter World, Granblue Fantasy Relink really felt like it was catered more to people who were already fans of the franchise. Sure the gameplay is easy enough to understand but with how the story really is a part of the game, it really felt average and sometimes confusing since its set not at the start of the Granblue Fantasy Main Story. The story really was the weakest part of the game, it wasn't terrible but it wasn't great either.
Overall besides adding more bosses, quests and characters, an huge expansion similar to what MHW had with Iceborne could be great. I just want more of this game.
Even their update path seems a lot like Monster Hunter where they ended up dropping content over months mixed between events for replayability, it all seems only positive as of now. Hope we get a paid DLC comparable to Iceborne somewhere down the line too.
The game is pretty good you should give it a try and I would think the collabs could work, but perhaps put more grandblue characters in the game first and save the collab for later
I agree that the story is lackluster in this game. But honestly story mode is 1% of what this game has to offer. And finishing the story is literally just the start of the actual game. Im 100 hours into this game and I still can't get enough. And the ability to play coop with your friends online makes it that much more enjoyable. I highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a good arpg with great combat and fun bosses.
I have to buy this game now if Siete is going to be playable. There is no way around it.
OP smug man is best
I really love granblue fantasy relink but i have never played a MH game wich monster hunter game should i play ?
I started with world and got hooked and then play generations ultimate and rise but you really can't go wrong with any of them
start with MHW, its cheaper than MH rise but its has better quality overall. the hunting part also feel more essential in MHW, whereas in MH rise, its has QOL that make u find monster fast it makes u feel like in arena instead of hunting the monster in the wild. both is amazing tho.
I see zero problems with a COMPLETE game turning live service later on. IMO it’d be great if this game did a Monster Hunter style live service with smaller additions culminating in a huge story expansion. The problem with 99% o “live service games” is not the live “service part”, it’s the “game” part. Live service has become an excuse for devs to release shitty barebones games that are not a full experience. There’s nothing wrong with updating a game that’s already good in the first place.
I love gran blue and I got worried when ppl kept comparing it to monster hunter. My question to alllllllll monster hunter fans: why or better yet how do u enjoy doing some with no clear idea of how your progressing?
They need options to costumize the UI and visually effect
I really hope this game's success starts a trend in gacha games getting proper game adaptations
I would be so happy if we got a proper Arknights, Blue Archive or GFL game.
And yes I know GFL2 plays like XCOM but it's still gacha...
I can stay here and list all the positives and what I liked about the game, but all I can say is the wait was worth It and Cygames didn't fail to deliver, in fact I was even more impressed.
Best part its not a pay to win Gatcha game, Better than Genshin. You play any character that you want.
Lets be honest with PlatinumGames didnt work on it for a little while it wouldn’t have good gameplay and it would be using random mechanics. Funny that 2B is in GranblueVS at sametime.
nah, i dont think they will use random mechanic even without platinum games, since most of the mechanic is exactly the same as mobile game version. but platinum game indeed make the combat feel more crisp and responsive.
Platinum games suck they haven’t made a good game since nier
are there things you should collect during the story to help in the endgame multiplayer stuff? or can I just B-line the story and not worry about missing things
Really want them to add lucifer and sandalphon
Fuck yah my Bow Eternal is coming!
A ton of debuff is fun bro.
I'm really praying that this game gets crossplay. So wild to me that this game doesn't have crossplay so that players can play together regardless of their platform.
Cygames also dont really like announcing stuff that they dont have a concrete finish line
They learnt that the hard way
Here is what we need:
- no colabs
- pvp is a must
- big raids and dungeons
- redo on the matchmaking system
This will make the longevity interesting and the game even more fun