Granblue Fantasy Relink Review & Gameplay Impressions - It's a LOT of Fun!
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- Granblue Fantasy Relink is an Action Role-playing Game developed by Cygames and has captured a lot of attention recently due to its visually stunning presentations and immersive gameplay experience. In this video, we will be diving into the core of Granblue Fantasy Relink, and seeing what it has to offer, especially its main focus towards Granblue Fantasy Relink Endgame activities and a fresh multiplayer experience. And ultimately, determine if Granblue Fantasy Relink is for you.
Genre: Action Role-playing Game
Developer: Cygames
Publisher: Cygames
Release Date: Feb 1, 2024
Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5,
Reviewed on: PC (Code Provided by Cygames)
Price at the time of Review: USD 59.99 on PlayStation
Timestamp
0:00 - Granblue Fantasy Relink Review
0:38 - Story & Setting
2:48 - Gameplay
8:42 - Audio & Visuals
9:59 - Replayability & Pricepoint
12:14 - Final Thoughts and Score
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Thx!
grinding mastery points for twenty characters isnt "fun". there should be a cheat option in the game to multiply them by at least 10
The director said there will be continual support and they will add harder content starting with the Lucilius raid. This was in an interview last week in France with Kayane who host the GBVSR tournament. This is awesome news
Harder? I'll pass
@@33GLOCK mods will make it easier. Trust me, this game already has some nexusmods in it and I tell ya, it's gonna be GREAT.
Have never heard of the granblue series until a day before Relink came out. As a Monster Hunter and Elden Ring player, thousands of hours between em, Im happy to say GBF Relink has blown away my expectations and is super fun!
Lol nothing like elden ring this more gentle which i like
Glad it turned out well. This has been in development for ages.
theyre charging 70 dollars for 10 hours of content.....
Short game not worth 70
I didn't mind the English dub. I find it a bit difficult to pay attention to subtitles mid fight so Ive been playing this in English.
I find subtitles always helpful. I use them all the time even when I understand the language.
word like dont get me wrong Jpn dub is usually better and stuff but when you in the middle of a chaotic battle and they screaming I dont have time to read when im dodging. It was one of the reasons why I didnt buy that SD gundam game. It suffer by not having a english dub to understand what was being said as the battles started.
English during story. Post-game all in Japanese
You say u didn't mind it like the dub wasn't great
I don't use subtitles since I know both language ^^
Thank you for the review Cas! I had a question as a steam decker. Would it be a heavy lift to include steam deck compatibility as one of the segments in your reviews? Keep up the great work!
Great review. Started playing it yesterday and it is really fun. I bought it for the great combat with 19 different characters and the ability to improve and get better and better grade while enjoying over the top monsters and fantastic visuals.
Great review. Thanks for the info. I was ready to pick this up day one after playing the demo but as someone who wants a robust narrative experience I may now wait for a sale. I'm glad you broke it down the way you did. 💯
Agreed, I was assuming this game would have a lengthy vsst narrative similar to tales of arise. Glad I found out ahead of time that's apparently not the case.
Same ^^' I will take it in 2 to 3 years
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the game. Ill definitely be checking this out.. Also love your outro music theme... kind of reminds me of Megaman! Thanks again!
Can’t wait to pick this up tomorrow
The airship scenes are giving me Skies of Arcadia vibes... might be worth a purchase based on that alone.
was thinking that earlier when playing. feels like a crazy dream version of skies of arcadia
The true re-release we need. Even if only means porting it I'll be happy.
any airship scene with anime team gives Skies of Arcadia vibes lol
@@Groundeyes and is that a bad thing? 🤣
thanks for the great review !
Agreed!! I feel like double the monster roster would have made this amazing...and peering is a bit dodgy
I'm hoping peering is only an issue because it hasnt actually launched yet.
I’m getting mine today!!! CAN’T WAIT! 🥺😍
The character designs and artwork is truly breath taking in this game. Gives me hope in JRPG devs still
As former Genshin Impact player and still playing Trials of Mana, this game is like fast-paced and casual version of Monster Hunter mixed with Genshin Impact + Fate Extella gameplay mechanics. This game is gonna be my 1st heaviest game to play when I have gaming laptop in the future.
Hi, thanks for the review ! Can you do the main story in Co-op or only the quests from the board ? I'm sorry if this was answered, I didn't catch it and can't find a clear answer online.
Main story is single player
@@KnightRaymund ok thanks, that's what I was afraid
@@amoineauthe story is about 10 hours length and the game is heavily focused on end game quests which are like monster hunter. So I dont think it would be that bad decision to grab this game for multiplayer
@@cw9624 completely agree, but in my case I was wondering if I played alone, or bought a copy for my gf as well. And no way she will be interested in playing 15-20 hours (we take our time) before finally playing co-op. So I guess I'll be going solo on that one.
Thank you for your input though.
This game looks so warm, Is it good if the only jrpg you like is final fantasy and chrono trigger?
I see what you did at the available character screen 😂. I personally wished it was a retelling of the story from its original game, but I can also understand why they chose to do a complete different story. Just a quick reminder, they’ve already announced two dlc characters and a boss battle dlc. There’s also more updates planned for release in May.
Can't wait because the other two characters are supposed to be astrals
@@icarus1455 tweyen and seofon I believe
I hope they will be supporting this game also after the 3 updates with new quest just like Monster Hunter
They will there's gonna be two new characters incoming already and a boss raid
@@icarus1455yes thanx but i mean support after that with new quests just like in Monster Hunter
@@OldgamerNL yeah they also announced support down the road too with new quest
@@icarus1455oh great🎉
Seeing some crashes online but when it works .. its fantastic
Can I switch between my A.I. party members mid-combat?
Like FF7:Remake?
Can you disable the floating damage numbers?
I haven't played the game, so I don't know for sure but I doubt it. The color of the damage numbers actually indicates strengths and weaknesses to damage types, so I'm not sure how they'd convey that with the numbers disabled.
Been playing it and there aren’t any options like that. I also wanted an option to turn down or turn off other characters abilities, something like FF14 but unfortunately you can’t do anything like that. The amount of effects on the screen can be so chaotic you don’t even know where your character is. Game is great regardless and Im loving it
Does not exist sadly.
Probably will be added as an option in future updates.
We appreciate everything you do for us Fextra!
So excited for this game. Been waiting years.
I was waiting for this review
Cas - In the demo review you mentioned camera issues. After playing the demo I noticed it too...Was this fixed or is it still an issue or do you just get use to it over time?
Btw 2 free DLCs has already been annouced, first one coming in march with a new super hard boss, and the april one with 2 new characters
Great video sir!
so if i want to play the endgame with a friend we both have to beat the singleplayer story mode? or is multiplayer unlocked from the beginning
I think Its unlocked after chapter 1 but if you finish the story mode first, online will be better.
The game is absolutely amazing BUT after 8 years of development I expected more unique bosses, however they're all extremely well designed and even the reskins have many different moves, I would've loved to see more iconic bosses in the game like the magna raids tho ngl.
They already stated post in game content is going to have additional bosses and more characters to use.
I think they want to release new bosses and dungeons a little at a time. I also noticed the game takes place inside only 1 Skydom when there are many. So they definitely have alot of potential for DLC and content updates.
8 years of development doesnt mean the whole 8 years were spent working on this game. stuff gets thrown out, redesigned, etc. idk exactly what happened with platinumgames invovlement but that certainly took away some time from the project. also this is their first installment on the big gaming scene (aside from gbvs, thats a completely different thing)
@@momintim I already know all of the post game content and the problem still remain.
@@Dillarune 8 years since the first gameplay showcase*
There is no excuse and you shouldn't demand from people to lower their expectations, I'm not hating on the game and I absolutely despise people like you going akshuly ☝️🤓 over fair criticism.
i personally prefer longer and deeper stories in my JRPGs (my all time favorite game is Xenoblade), but i think it's cool that we're getting shorter and more straightforward games on the genre now. this could serve as a good entry point for people who want to get into JRPGs but are intimated by the longer stuff. most of these games are a huge commitment, so it's cool to get a game that delivers the core experience of the genre without being too time consuming. looking forward to trying this!
Well it's not really a JRPG, it's a coop action RPG that focuses on endgame, the main story is basically just a tutorial to teach you the mechanics of the game
@@mathewhosier9739 oh ewww that sounds terrible 😂
Gonna go on a long trip next month and have been looking for a good jrpg to play on the steam deck. Hope this one’s it!
So you mention that AFTER the story you will be changing and upgrading weapons. Does that mean that you can customize and change weapons during the story portion?
You can. There are ~6 diff weapons per character. There's also a transmog system too if you like the look of a specific weapon. You'll only get like 1-3 weapons through the story (at least from my experience), the rest will probably be done through later questing/missions.
@@HellzAssassntransmog is exclusive to weapons? There's skins to unlock?
Did you make a mistake showing Roland as a playable character?
Ok fextra you convinced me
I'm most excited about is the AI party, most ppl are not talking about it enough but from what I see so far, it's the answer for any mmo that is struggling with players doing specific content. Example WOW, the AI party can replace missing players in a raid, and guess what? the AI will know the mechanics of the fight and if you don't know the mechanics, you can just see what the AI party is doing and learn from them. A game like lost ark will never have support problems or needing to ask anyone for ur 8 man run of old content that no one wants to do, because the AI party is always there and ready when you need it. This does not take away from the online experience, this will enhance it. You want to play with other players, go for it and if ur missing a person or two the AI is always and option and if want just to play without anyone with you and just use the AI party then go for it. Freedom is king and this will open all kinds of doors. This is why I find this game very exciting, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the AI party system works.
Gonna wait for a big discount.
is it worth to get the special edition or are you able to easily get those items ingame?
Do you have to problem with quest not giving the gold and mastery point they are supposed to? I am lvl 80 and this is really bothering me because upgrades are now worth 700 mastery point each.
Also I seem to have capped damages and the unlock on this damages through glyphs is not very well explained. (I can see on the footage you are too)
Overall I am already deeply addicted to the game. I really hope their is a lot of missions after lvl 100
Same here i saw the uncapp damage sigil also but it doesnt really specify what the threshold of damage is. I guess if you max stats the have multiple max attack/crit dmg sigils it can go past the tl lvl cap of 50?. Great fun game regardless atm.
I couldn’t believe how fun this game was, and beautiful looking too
Looking at Charlotta & Cagliostro level 100 👀
I've played the demo and found it quite overwhelming, I've no idea what's going on in the combat, especially with so many characters attacking at once! Does the full game drip-feed you into it?
Well written and great review. But disappointed that there isnt more story, but i did enjoy monster hunter so im still looking forward to playing it.
There will be more story im sure. Were not getting Lucilius randomly without an explanation
Not sure if you'll see this feedback but when providing value/cost assessments I think it would be worth considering an assessment of the various release editions. Like many games Granblue released with an array of differently priced editions but your video failed to provide any feedback on the perceived value of said additions.
the little dragon just look like smolder
I've always like the Japanese game ever since I had found it. I thought it was so cool. I found out about it because I was playing shadows and I someone said a lot of the characters from rage of bahamut got pretty much we worked into this new thing called grand blue fantasy. And it was just final fantasy essentially but a fresh take on it so I didn't care too much for their fighting game cuz I'm not big on fighting games even though it looks cool. I do play blaze blue but I really just wanted an RPG and they finally gave it to me. I honestly wish they would have just brought their mobile game into the USA via an actual app so I wouldn't have to download a Japanese app that essentially just opens up a web browser on your phone, which was weird. But this game is scratching that edge. They did so well making the characters feel different. The game isn't overly complicated the combos the difficulty just depends on the character and the play style like this game is fun. I just started playing yesterday. I'm only a few hours in. I made it to chapter 4 and I'm having fun. I can't wait to see where this goes. I need something to hold me over until dragon's dogma gets released
This was a very well done review! Subscribed
There’s actually 20 characters after you beat the game one being one of the best characters imo
It be better if there was more bosses instead of repeating them. Ill buy it once all the dlc is out
Looks great; reminds me a lot of Dauntless.
Man I’m down with it, I’m so over open world games this actually feels refreshing
Yes, open world hasn’t evolved much. Even games like BotW/TotK and Elden Ring has the typical open world issues
@@Softlol 100% agree, totk felt exhausting
Honestly, after 7 long years of development and due its rich ip, some people were probably expecting a big immersive jrpg not a grind "end game" button smashing fest. I guess this is the state of the gaming market nowadays.
"State of the gaming market" pfft, stop talking so much rubbish. You sound absolutely ridiclous lol There are plenty of games of all genres and all types out there, you just so happen to have garbage taste. Move on
I bought it for Easter. The game is so much fun
I’m trying to stick to side quest and combat related stuff to pad my story time out. I do think this is a buy if you like action RPGs and fantasy. I’m surprised how polished a lot of it feels.
Tbh, you don't really have to.
Because you will grind till crazy at the later stage of the game. Especially end game when boss have over millions of hp.😂
Just 2 more days i ghave to wait
ITS ALMOST TIME>>>>>> YEEEESSSSSSSHHHH!
Well what do you expect from a game which is just a spin off of the OG game (browser), some say its good w/out prior knowledge of the very beginning of the story but just an feeling good excuse to just enjoy the game and there still people confuse whats going on.
Preordered this game but i won’t be playing it on release date. Still finishing Like a Dragon 8.
same here this on the back burner till like after LAD 8, Persona 3R
@@nightwolf235so many JRPgs ;( and all of them ended up being great. Plus FF7 coming out soon as well 😭
@@KevinGonzalez-hs7so exactly it came out during a bad time honestly
Same, I'll buy it, but it'll wait.
I have LAD:Infinite Wealth and P3R to play before.
The game maxes out at 120 fps, but everything is extremely polished. I'm managing 120 fps constant @ 1440p w/ max settings on an RTX 3080, i7-11700K, and 32 gigs of DDR4 @ 3600mhz. Fucking beautiful as well. They had us worried about the PC version, but it turns out they had it all under control. Thank god.
Wish it ran higher than that tbh but yea gor me it runs amazing but I have stupid good build lol
Psh I'll be playing at capped 60 frames unfortunately. I have a 3090 with an i9 13900k, 64 gigs of ddr5(?) Could be ddr4 I can't remember... But it's a beast if a rig but I haven't purchased a LG 48inch c3 like I've been planning to for rig. So I'm stuck playing on my UHD 60inch LG TV lol. I use to be a console player if you can't tell already
@@brandonenke2680 damn that's a huge screen to be playing on bahahha. I highly recommend getting a highe hz monitor games feel way better on ig
I really don’t care about all that garbage.
@@gothard5OK. Have fun playing 30 FPS on consoles then. Literal eye cancer...
Good video. I was very on the fence about this game as I would only be getting it to play with a friend on the endgame and if the story isnt super long then I'm probably gonna pick it up. (Never engaged with Grandblue franchise so not really bothered about the story)
this really looks great, will definitely give it a try after im done with bg3
Western games 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
@@cartoonvideos5 Cry some more.
@@BlackBladeSombra sorry please ignore the crazy person on my account
Is this a game I can play multiplayer through the whole story or just the end game?
Co-op with friends but online multiplayer is not available for story.
This has been on my radar for about 5 years. I saw a video of a group of people co-oping through a level and then fighting a dragon at the end.
However, the 3 "Quests" available on the demo were all arenas. The single player missions are separate from the multiplayer quests.
Are there any multiplayer quests in this game that have the team go through a level and fight a boss or is it all multiplayer in arenas?
Will wait for sale
It's refreshing to see a high quality game with
NO GACHA, NO LOOTBOXES.
does pc support ultrawide monitors?
nop. At least not for now
Make it
Yeah its kinda sad, its also capped at 120 fps as far as i could see
i'll be camping nexusmods for a fix and perhaps flawless widescreen (Software that developes ultrawide support for games, among some other fixes like no fps caps and other small adjustments)
If you want ulrawide, you might be in luck if you wait for a week to play until some modder fixes it, but no guarantees
Have you tried it on steam deck?! Any info on that???
Arekkz mentioned that in their review. I didn't pay attention but it was something about running decently albeit at a low framerate like 40 fps.
First time watching a Fextralife review, but here's my two cents: why is the pricepoint considered when giving the game a score? I get that it is important to the consumer, but it is completely separate from the quality of the game itself. It adds unnecessary noise to the final score given.
It’s about value for money, it’s a legitimate concern for many
Im loving the game it's wonderful 10/10
Back when this game was announced I was playing games like this and was very excited. Now I don't have time for games like this
Do like the game, i am in post-story missions now and very few times done the weakness to bosses like Light fire ground and so on. you can do it alot but you can do it normaly to if you finde a team set up you like. I know fire on Ice bosses will kill it faster but the team have no fire type i can still kill it in okay time.
Yall beat the story in 10 hours? It took me atleast teoce that time. I was looking for wee pincers and stuff but still
Will buy a physical copy for the PS5.
Ditto.
I am still a bit on the fence, as you do say its for hunting fans, I just dont see the endgame being that long-lasting. Characters don't have the depth of different weapons in MH, simple combos and combined with the fact you can dodge whenever feels a lot more button bashy, sigils and weapon upgrades are just stat boosts, and because elements are tied to characters do you ever really want to change to a different weapon? That seems my impressions from playing the demo and watching various reviews. Don't get me wrong I want to like the game, just don't see what people are jazzing about. Probably waiting for a sale myself
How does Grand Blue compare to Tales of series? I really like tales series
Not at all.
For one it doesn't have that outdated crap where you have to touch an enemy just to enter some random field of combat. It doesn't compare too much though to the Tales Of series though.
@@darkraven5626 cool. Thanks
@@dr.chungusphd108 ok.
No it's not really a JRPG, it's a coop action RPG focused on progression and endgame
The English voice actor's did their thing in my opinion.
Everything mentioned about length / game structure is exactly what I want out of more games. Give me a short but well paced single player & then tons of replay able co-op content to do with friends!
The greatest problem is therea only stats upgrade
Is there any difficulty, or can this be finished by a button masher?
You have to actually try
Normal is hard, hard is difficult, extreme is your life
and maniac is your afterlife
@@D3athW1ng AWESOME! I was looking forward to this but had the feeling it was like an Atelier game difficulty wise.
@@Syrin23you can button mash in the early game. But it steadily gets harder and harder.
20 hours? WOW.
A lot of thick people in the comment section it seems.
Honestly I am seeing that too, game is only 10hrs long.... the title says after 50hrs and the reviewer wants to play more???? Why do they think its 10hrs and that's it.
@@nathanscott2871 Sigh.. The story is around 10 hours long and the rest came from coop endgame. Some people just wanted to play the game like a longer story driven game which it isn't, or explore huge open worlds. Or hope, like me, that the AI is good enough in end game as I am not a people person
@nathanscott2871 People say the dumbest shit on the Internet, make thee worst assumptions, have unrealistic expectations and are just entitled af. Can't stand it lol May have to stop reading comments soon, because my brain can't take the amount of stupidity I read sometimes.
@Kyle-Marxluxia what annoys me is they think I'm some simp for the game because I think it's getting unjust treatment. I literally have never touched the granblue franchise, I'm gonna give this a go because it seems like something I can drop in and out of on days where I don't have time to smash out hours of gaming.
Outside of that I don't have any bias for this game, but people be shitting on it as if they have played it and formed the opinion themselves, when they haven't.
Can’t wait until a crab location guide comes out… I don’t want to miss out on that 1,000 attack damage
Reskinning the same 5 enemies doesn’t seem fun to me!
Sure isn't a half-assed, overhyped RPG. Really glad this game turned out so well.
This is the sleeper hit of 2024
Can you play different characters in the story mode or can you only play Gran and Djeeta?
You can play as anyone, but the captain must be in the party until you finish the story.
thanks
A linear game ugh FF16 killed that for me, I might buy this when its on sale
Great looking game, but I'll probably wait for a decent sale. I don't really care about endgame and 60 bucks for a 10h story mode seems a bit steep.
This game is perfect.
Kinda glad the camera is smooth, since I'm worried I might get motion sickness with camera shacky-ness. Having blast so far with Ferry. 41+USD in my country for standard edition is also a huge plus.
I got this over that other title.
Really enjoying the game, however, I do wish I didn’t have to wear headphones to be able to hear the dialogue. I googled it and ran across a thread in Steam where others were talking about this same issue, so I know its not just me. I hope this gets patched soon.
I would guess most playstation users have beaten it or atleast reached end game since ps5/ps4 could play it Sunday Last week
Campgain is only 12 hours so if you plan to play this game offline its 10hours story and 80 hours repetitive side quests and leveling
Am I the only one that likes to have everything done before the final boss? I don’t like post game stuff because I feel like I’ve already beaten the main campaign, so what’s the point? I do wish this campaign was longer though !
Not to spoil it but the story doesn't necessarily end after the credits, and it explains why.
Find a different game then, for fuck sake. Quit your whinning
The point is the gameplay is fun, the point of this game isn’t the campaign, the story is just a means to an end.
Format seems confusing af 😂
Someone speed through the main campaign and skip all the side quests..leveling up other chars..and trying diffent stuff out...idk seems like people rush a game and say it was short
Thank goodness the characters are attractive.
If it was $10-20 cheaper this would've been a day one. but too expensive for what it is. I'll wait for a sale.
what is frens? does not compute.