Granblue Fantasy Relink is an incredible game that falls short from greatness.
I would say that I’m just a casual fan for Granblue Fantasy and this game truly makes Granblue Fantasy very exciting. I’ve watched the anime and it had okay action, but this game truly feels like it does justice for how amazing the action can be. The visuals and graphics for this game look insanely good. I can tell they put a lot of effort into the art direction. Granblue Fantasy has always had a beautiful and wondrous world. Everything from a vast flow of clouds to its various islands. Something Cygames nailed with GBFR is the exciting adventure. I loved going through different biomes and running through chaos from the many actions sequences you’ll go through. It really did feel like an adventure and that’s something I did appreciate. The combat is well handled, you can choose to play as many characters most of which you unlock by obtaining crewmate cards. You can use up to 4 skills and it’s cool how you can pretty much make everyone in your party as powerful as you want, but of course becoming powerful takes time. Honestly you can go through the story at your own pace. If you’re just here for the story, you can do that but if you want to take the time to do other things to beef yourself up you can do that as well. And that’s where the quest counter comes in. This is where I start to have issues with GBFR. Don’t get me wrong on one hand I do love the quest counter to under take quests. But overall, the quests are just repeats of story missions that you’ve already done which is a bummer to say the least. Other than that they weren’t all that bad considering these quests have certain challenges for you to meet such as beating the quest in a certain amount of time or defeating a certain amount of foes in which you’re ranked based on your performance. There’s also side quests which are a let down in my opinion. Every single side quest is just go fetch or kill a certain enemy quest and it didn’t help that they were SUPER easy to do. Most side quests I accept would already be done before even starting the side quest. It would’ve been really nice to at least get some story telling from those side quest. But where GBFR truly shines is the combat. Every skill, power or advantage is worth looking into to find a play style that best suits you. I played as Charlotta for most of the game since I love her rapid and bright attacks. It really wasn’t until post game that started to play as other characters honestly. And the Boss fights are GODLY! The boss fights have so much chaos and flashy moves that I really just don’t get bored of replaying to fight some these bosses which is an option after you beat the main story. Something I didn’t like about the combat is the lock on system. It’s important to lock on to enemies to get a good hit in but my goodness they way the camera works can make thing difficult not to mention frustrating. As for the post game content, I really don’t have much to say other than is not crucial to play this part of the game. I did it simply because the gameplay is fun and wanted more closure for a certain character.
As for the story, it was a decent one at best. Every single character is likable. Something that definitely made this game worth while is watching the anime before playing because you get to know some of the characters and how they met to become a group. I honestly don’t remember there being a character that I disliked or hated in the story. However, I dare say that Gran felt pretty questionable. I feel like Cygames just didn’t give him much to say and that really took away his personality from the anime. But of course you don’t need to watch the anime like me especially since the Quest Counter provides Fate Episodes which give you a backstory for every playable character. Unfortunately these fate episodes are just a voice over of text with a background shot. It would’ve been nice to actually get some cutscenes from the Fate Episodes. Luckily, every character does get 2 playable quests for the Fate Episodes and it’s probably still worth checking out some of these Fate Episodes just to increase your stats. Other than that the story is still pretty good.
Granblue Fantasy Relink is a worth while video game not just for its incredible gameplay but for its fun adventure. I’m sure Cygames is proud of this project and did for the most part do justice for the world of Granblue Fantasy. I can’t wait to see where the adventure of Gran and Lyria take them next.
I would say that I’m just a casual fan for Granblue Fantasy and this game truly makes Granblue Fantasy very exciting. I’ve watched the anime and it had okay action, but this game truly feels like it does justice for how amazing the action can be. The visuals and graphics for this game look insanely good. I can tell they put a lot of effort into the art direction. Granblue Fantasy has always had a beautiful and wondrous world. Everything from a vast flow of clouds to its various islands. Something Cygames nailed with GBFR is the exciting adventure. I loved going through different biomes and running through chaos from the many actions sequences you’ll go through. It really did feel like an adventure and that’s something I did appreciate. The combat is well handled, you can choose to play as many characters most of which you unlock by obtaining crewmate cards. You can use up to 4 skills and it’s cool how you can pretty much make everyone in your party as powerful as you want, but of course becoming powerful takes time. Honestly you can go through the story at your own pace. If you’re just here for the story, you can do that but if you want to take the time to do other things to beef yourself up you can do that as well. And that’s where the quest counter comes in. This is where I start to have issues with GBFR. Don’t get me wrong on one hand I do love the quest counter to under take quests. But overall, the quests are just repeats of story missions that you’ve already done which is a bummer to say the least. Other than that they weren’t all that bad considering these quests have certain challenges for you to meet such as beating the quest in a certain amount of time or defeating a certain amount of foes in which you’re ranked based on your performance. There’s also side quests which are a let down in my opinion. Every single side quest is just go fetch or kill a certain enemy quest and it didn’t help that they were SUPER easy to do. Most side quests I accept would already be done before even starting the side quest. It would’ve been really nice to at least get some story telling from those side quest. But where GBFR truly shines is the combat. Every skill, power or advantage is worth looking into to find a play style that best suits you. I played as Charlotta for most of the game since I love her rapid and bright attacks. It really wasn’t until post game that started to play as other characters honestly. And the Boss fights are GODLY! The boss fights have so much chaos and flashy moves that I really just don’t get bored of replaying to fight some these bosses which is an option after you beat the main story. Something I didn’t like about the combat is the lock on system. It’s important to lock on to enemies to get a good hit in but my goodness they way the camera works can make thing difficult not to mention frustrating. As for the post game content, I really don’t have much to say other than is not crucial to play this part of the game. I did it simply because the gameplay is fun and wanted more closure for a certain character.
As for the story, it was a decent one at best. Every single character is likable. Something that definitely made this game worth while is watching the anime before playing because you get to know some of the characters and how they met to become a group. I honestly don’t remember there being a character that I disliked or hated in the story. However, I dare say that Gran felt pretty questionable. I feel like Cygames just didn’t give him much to say and that really took away his personality from the anime. But of course you don’t need to watch the anime like me especially since the Quest Counter provides Fate Episodes which give you a backstory for every playable character. Unfortunately these fate episodes are just a voice over of text with a background shot. It would’ve been nice to actually get some cutscenes from the Fate Episodes. Luckily, every character does get 2 playable quests for the Fate Episodes and it’s probably still worth checking out some of these Fate Episodes just to increase your stats. Other than that the story is still pretty good.
Granblue Fantasy Relink is a worth while video game not just for its incredible gameplay but for its fun adventure. I’m sure Cygames is proud of this project and did for the most part do justice for the world of Granblue Fantasy. I can’t wait to see where the adventure of Gran and Lyria take them next.
FKHR
3 months ago