Val the Moofia Boss wrote: ↑
December 19th, 2023, 17:09
- The action combat is shallow. It's MMO-esque in that you're just rotating through abilities as soon as they come off cooldown. Doesn't have depth like DMCV's battle system even though they both share the same combat designer.
- You only control one character and have limited control over a dog. No controlling a party of character as in a traditional Final Fantasy game.
- No world map. You traverse through a few corridor levels.
- The game pulls a Final Fantasy Tactics where the first half is a grounded geopolitical conflict that people liked, and then the second half degrades into fighting a god monster for the fate of the universe.
- MMO tier mediocre sidequests where you watch cutscenes, run to a location and pick 3 flowers or burst down some trash mobs and then watch more cutscenes.
I actually disliked DMCV's battle system a little so that's not a deal braker for me. Neither are the uncontrollable party members, but I need so see how far I can tweak their priorities.
I looked up a few spoiler free maps and they don't seem as aggressively corridor like as the maps of FF13. Can't judge yet but maybe they're at a sweet spot between the linearity of FF10 and the open world disorientation of FF15.
The plot sounds in broad strokes similar to... actually like 90% of Final Fantasy games. You usually fight a god or something god-like near the end. I always found the journey there more interesting.
The quest design sounds bad though. Maybe I'll try looking up a few on youtube if I can find something spoiler free?
Sigh. There's always something isn't there. Well, I thought Astarion and Zevran were entertaining despite the fact that they were gayer than a clown parade.
Are we talking Dame Aylin-levels of insufferable I-need-to-fuck-my-bf or are they less stereotypical? I can never be sure with JRPGs because western devs always crank the flamboyant gayness up to 11 to make sure you don't miss it while the japanese have this thing going on where they're sometimes fey, sometimes masculine and sometimes they're straight and only resemble group 1 and 2.