Granblue Fantasy: Relink Review - The Action JRPG That Gets Even Better After the Credits
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Granblue Fantasy: Relink showcases CyGames at their best. They don't attempt to reinvent the action JRPG genre; instead, they focus on putting their unique twist on the formula. The result is a responsive and addictive experience for solo and online play. For those wanting the most, the online quests offer an almost endless supply of action. At the same time, the story campaign serves as a general introduction to the mechanics but remains equally epic. There's room for improvement, though, and post-launch support will determine the lasting appeal of this experience, but for what it's worth, the wait was worth it, and I'm excited for future growth in this series.
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FYI you don't need to find the quest giver to hand in quest. Just be in the right town and you can port to them from the quest menu.
To everyone saying “only 12 hour campaign” in the comments; the campaign is essentially the games tutorial. You are looking at 80+ more hours of content afterwards with a ton of new enemies to face and bosses to kill
so we are getting DLC and that is the main attraction?
@@kenjithemilkman not really. Only dlc right now is the level 200 lucilius raid and 2 new characters
@@Stanzbey69 ok i kind of get the appeal now. I'm definitely going to buy it now, but unfortunately you can only get early access on PS5, and not on Steam. Originally wanted the ps5 version but after learning of the end game content it may better be served on the PC (i have an ROG ally also), right?
@@kenjithemilkman i mean, early access is only 2 days now so it’s whateverw. I’m personally waiting for my payout to just buy it on release (friday). Version doesn’t really matter, just go by preference i guess.
@@Stanzbey69 the game comes out officially on steam for me is 13 hours 😩
well they end solo campaign 2y ago, 2y of making end game for solo game is dedication :D can't wait
Great review! This is one of my most anticipated games behind Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and Ys X which I pray is localized this year... I hoped for a bit more from this game in terms of story length, but I'd rather have have a more compact and excellent experience than a mediocre longer one. Might be for the best since P3 Reload is coming out a day later. Definitely going to pick this up and have my team of waifus!
Glad to see even after the development hell it actually turned out to be good. Cygames actually keep up with their good track record.
If the campaign was longer I'm sure this would be a total banger in this year, but for what it is seems fun enough to give a shot.
Can you play wth friends since the beginning or you have to finish campaign first?
Can you still use full assist mode in endgame content after completing the story? Even if it can't be used in multiplayer, can it still be used in solo play?
full assist is disabled in end game contents even in single player
This looks awesome. Picking this and persona 3 reload up. This game makes me want a skies of Arcadia remaster or remake more than I already did
This is a must buy for me 🎉
I play games for the main story campaign, so I'm glad I canceled my pre order of the deluxe and went with the normal one
It does seem disappointing about the campaign , but the soundtrack is awesome enough to keep the deluxe edition IMO.
Yeah the campaign itself is a bit disappointing just because of how short it is and how uninteresting the plot it. But there’s still a lot of fun and hype during the main campaign. The meat of the game here though is definitely the end/post game grind, whether offline or online
Sad to hear about the story. Probably wait for a price drop most likely
@@omnislash424short stories are ok.
We play games for GAMEPLAY anyways which unfortunately this compared to tales of arise is leagues better.
Tales 0 co op and the story had many plot holes. Story length doesn't matter.
I wonder if you were one of the kids who said tales of arise was ok with 0 co op....A STAPLE of the tales franchise.😬
This is a first ambitious console single player title by Cygames
This is my introduction to the series. It does not disappoint.
So the quest is like more of end game content? Can you do the quest even if you havent completed the main story?
you can do the lower quests(around 20 or so) but end game quests are well, locked in end game
I like their approach to party building, very impressive how characters were both fun to use and useful as NPCs if you give them the correct skills. Makes it incredibly replayable too! which helps with the amount of grinding that we gotta do.
I look forward to what they have planed for in the near future, and whatever a sequel to this game would look like
Love the music. Hope it will also released in the west
I have a question. Is the playable Bahamut level part of the 10 hour story campaign or is it part of the post game content?
Both
@@regulator18E Thanks! Good to know I don't need to play 60 + hours to get there.
Is the deluxe edition worth getting on ps5? Been looking all over youtube for someone showing off the deluxe edition content but no one is showing off the colors or anything.
The devs showed the colors in the stream where they announce the demo. Not worth the price imo. Plus you get to choose between two micro transcations stats boosting items (that you can buy in game other times)
Been hyped for this for so many years. So glad it runs well on the steam deck
seems like i might be picking up this game at some point, as well as vs rising.
I just need to know, should I play this, scarlet nexus or tales of arise? 😅
Can the cooldowns be removed by endgame?
Thanks for laying out this is not a game for me, however attractive the visuals are
Story isn’t short and it keeps going after the credits but most Reviews haven’t played to that point
main story is short, what you're refering to is post game story
@@HyouVizer aka the main story
how much meat of story is left tho, if it like one hour more not really worth it for 80 hours more gameplay xD
Been playing the game cause of early access. The way I see it, this game is structured very much like Monster Hunter in its approach. Instead of multiple weapons you have multiple characters. Instead of armor/decorations for builds you have sigils/masteries. Whereas MH is set up to get stronger to fight stronger monsters. GB is much the same but with more variety in quest objectives along with boss monster hunts. Both are quest/instance based games. Both having ok stories just to move you along and take up as little time as possible so you can get back to the action/grind asap. The biggest difference to me being the lack of others things you can do like in MH. As in mining, the palico stuff, gathering etc. I say all this to say if you like the MH gameplay loop then you’ll probably love GB.
Excellent review
Thank you!
To be honest the 12 hour campaign sounds pretty appealing for me. With Persona 3 Reload almost here too, and wanting to do another baldurs gate playthrough I’m sort of ready for a shorter well made experience.
Does anyone know if you can change the voices to Japanese?
Yes you can.
You can indeed change the voice m8. It was the first thing I checked for lol
same, i just finished BG3 last sunday after 80hs, i want to play P3Reloaded now.
Same re: shorter. I totally understand that some folks need to get 60, 80, or even 100 hours out of a game purchase but I would be stuck in one game for months whereas I would instead prefer to experience a handful of different stories and gameplay loops in that time. 2024 has lots of interesting games coming, and I already have a huge backlog.
I'm roughly 6 hours into Relink, really enjoying it, and won't mind at all if it wraps up in another 6.
Yea I'm playing Infinite Wealth and with Persona coming out, it's a lot.
I'm glad that this actually turned out to be excellent after being in development for so long
You can actually skip for the rewards in the fate episodes. Just gotta tap X to skip through the text really fast. There's no skip all but you don't have to sit and read it all either.
Great & concise review as always NP. These "issues" only seem like small blemishes when compared to the actual product we got. And from what I've gathered from this review, these hookups can be corrected post-launch. Overall, definitely a great game and was worth the wait. Hope it does well enough for sequels.
Story starts off like you've loaded a 30+ hour save having all party members gotten they know each other well enough now and with main plot established as such.
Its very offputting for newcomers to franchise.
Some characters be like "hey remember when we did that at the place that time?" No bitch, i just started game 30 min ago, i have no idea who any of you are yet @__@
man what a campaign! I didn't expect it to be so good but it is very short! 8/10 is fair, if post game introduces all new monsters I will say 9/10 if its just reskins then 8/10
So from what I can tell this is a Monster Hunter style game (divided into missions) with a campaign?
hey guys always love your reviews - can i ask a personal question as a game reviewer does reviewing games kind of take the fun (joy) out of playing them (meaning its seen as a job now?) had always been afraid of that
Sometimes haha but we still have fun :)
@@NoisyPixelNews thanks for being honest lol
Spoilers in 6:00
It looks pretty fun, I hope it can run on my PC, otherwise I hope there is a lunch Switch 2 port.
Bought this game in an impulse because of the cool demo. And wow what an amazing experience. Great game really enjoying it more than ff16 😅
thought they were gonna delay it again
Any one know what's the highest difficulty so far? Is there a Proud or Impossible mode?
There's a sort of Nightmare difficulty that is unlocked post game.
Proud mode do exist
Awesome! I was expecting a fun single player jrpg, but a co-op loot game sounds fun too.
Huh?
@@NoisyPixelNews huh?
what???@@curupa66
@@curupa66 huh?
@@NoisyPixelNewsWdym. Everyone in the comments is coming to this conclusion. LOL
This is a good palate cleanser for Persona 3/Yakuza/Rebirth take ur pick
Remimds me how people were sayung with Nier Automata, its only a 10 hour campaign. How well did that turn out for them. Game was a critical classic
Great game. Reached end game contant last night. Im also almost level 80. Soon, i'll be looking for builds that can one shot everything uwu
Beautiful
@@NoisyPixelNews so, you know crit rate sigils? You can litterly become unstoppable with 100% crit rate.
Oh hell ya. I thought I was being cool making my cooldowns shorter 😂
@@NoisyPixelNews that works too. I bet theirs even unlimited health regen too lol
The campaign being short is ok. I just didn’t realize so much of the gameplay was arena fighting monsters. The demo made it seem like a side thing not the main thing. I was hoping for ys with some co-op boss fights not Monster hunter.
Not sure if you know this, but as long as you're in the town of the quest giver, you can go to your side quest log in the menu and teleport directly to the quest giver you need to report to.
Okay, but what about accepting the quest or adding companions to your group that aren’t on the quest or fast travel list? Game needs a map, I think we can all agree on that.
@@NoisyPixelNews no that's absolutely true. I was just trying to help out so maybe people won't get lost on the way back. I was having a hard time to. 🤣
I don't really see a need for a map ( there is quick travel ) , and the "compasse" is enough to just get the quest .
Is it true after beating the game once. You have a ng+ option. Which drops better weapons and items?
Which also gives you everything you've unlocked so far corrct?
Yea, you keep everything from the campaign.
Literally the only source of reviews of weeb content worth checking out.
If i play this game Narmaya will always be my leader, perfect character for me.
I’ll definitely wait for a sale to pick this up. Great review thanks as always for the hard work
the quick quest system is amazing comfort end game, not only quest selected random its also limit your level to quest level power so you not getting bored just by reaching max level
i have lv 50 all crew and its scaled down when doing goblin warrior lv15 so the game challenge is maintained
The game is pretty dope. I like the visuals, gameplay, characters, cut scenes, bosses and a lot of the OST music. However, I feel that the campaign should've been 20 hours or more because I completed the main campaign between 12-13 hours. Also, matchmaking in this game isn't good.
Say you want to matckmake a certain location to farm for whatever, you'll try matchmaking and end up not finding players. The only way you can find other players is in quick quest matchmaking. However quick quest matching isn't ideal because you can't target farm a certain item, treasure etc.
Now, maybe the reason why I didn't find other players in matchmaking because I've been playing this game in early access and there's not a lot of players, so let's see what happens on the official release date.
Yea, I had to schedule a time for people to be online to play.
The gameplay alone reeled me in. The combat in this game is what I wished for in Monster Hunter or FFXIV. 🎮😅👍
Im just so happy a jrpg has an English dub😊
So torn on this vs persona 3 reloaded.
Reload all day
Great game so far
The skill tree though looks like no joke
They're very easy to max.
@@venti9925indeed. Just play horde mode and you'll be able to max out a tree within a day.
Thanx for the review! Really excited to get into this game! The lack of a mini map at the very least is a strange choice by the developers though.
How many towns in game?
I think 3, they're pretty big though, I was surprised.
@@NoisyPixelNews wow, thanx!
Its just like the browser game. Main story is just tutorial, the grinding after that never ends
I was hoping it was more like Tales series JRPG. O’well money saved.
Tales of Arise has garbage combat and boss fights. Granblue absolutely blows Tales garbage boss fights right out of the water.
@@cartoonvideos5The combat in Granblue isn't any better than Tales of Arise stop your cope. Granblue's is repeating the same combos over and over. The basic combos with triangle and square are extremely lackluster. This game has no actual combos it's just button mashing. No actual combo route in this game. Not only that but this game is extremely easy with a story that can be cleared in 12 hours. This game camera and targeting system are awful
@@isseihyoudou1547 Ah "cope" the teenage buzzword of 2023, you need some originality. Well as long as you aren't saying Tales is better because, "Double Demon Fang" "Reining Slash" "Double Demon Fang" "Reining Slash" "Double Demon Fang" "Reining Slash" isn't very interesting combat either, then you are welcome to your opinion.
Can you remove your AI party members and go solo in every mode?
Yes you can actually
The length to price ratio is killing it for me. I got no interest in boring endgame grind, so I will wait for a huge sale with this one. Kinda sad but luckily February is loaded with great games anyways
"Boring endgame grind" some people consider the story to be boring. Looking at your steam library though, you play those horrid top down clicking simulator games..
@cartoonvideos5 indeed. I care about story, characters, choice and consequence and complex character development like dnd. The gameplay itself is not really important to me. I do know of course that some people prefer endless grind over story. Different strokes for different folks
@@zlarez4485 I hate DnD and Baldur's Gate 3
@@cartoonvideos5 I'm sorry for you
@@zlarez4485 sorry ignore the crazy person on my account
yakuza infinite wealth, gran blue relink, persona 3 remake, ff7 rebrith, rise of the ronin, stellar blade, dragons dogma 2, AND WERE ONLY IN Q1 OF THE YEAR!!! What a time to be a gamer/ jrpg fan!!!
Thanks for the review. For a 12 hr story game I'll wait for a discounted price and finish most of my backlogs hehehe.
Is granblue fantasy relink have uncensored outfit
Haha I mean, you can see Charlotta’s panties if that’s what you’re asking
No, just buy JP version as it has english subtitle.
@@NoisyPixelNews **googles name, looks like a toddler** umm wat 💀
@@NoisyPixelNews no the Original outfit like in GBF versus like when you beat the game
@@FuIIDiveVR its the same in jp
Doesnt sound like my kind of RPG, but still a great video and game looks solid. I will skip it for now and perhaps take another look when I have time for this game and its on sale.
Just a heads up for anyone wanting to go in blind, there's a spoiler about 4:30 so scroll down or look away for about 30 seconds. Good video btw!!
Edit: nevermind there's more shown at the end too just stick it on in the background or smth 😭😭
Ahaha yeah I was going to say. I haven't finished the campaign yet but that for sure is a spoiler.
@@subtlejester video was full of spoilers , including the world map ( that is usually hidden for good measure )
Sorry, we tried to keep this only showing the first chapter, but the main game happens at the end so some stuff snuck through
@@NoisyPixelNewsBut you were just in another comment saying Huh when someone said all the content is at the end.
I swear. These youtubers lie through their teeth over the dumbest stuff lol.
Game is gas so good
It's pretty unique to have a short campaign with an already established cast of characters, and then focus heavily on the endgame. I hope it's not too jarring for people like me that are going in blind.
How does this game compare (combat wise) to the latest Tales game?
Completely different. This plays more like an mmo.
Miles better than arise. Every character's playstyle is unique so it never gets repetitive.
arise is significantly better in their character variations and combat. The "snappyness" and the smoothness of the controls is where is game shine i think
The combat is a lot more simple and basic than it looks. It gets boring fast
Lobotomized version of Arise for mobile game fans.
yeah im 100% buying this tomorrow
When did Noisy Pixel's JRPG coverage get so good? o.o;
2018 ;)
Arpg
@@cb6667 action JRPG
@@cb6667its anime. So no, jrpg.
I’m interested but kind looks like monster hunter lite
finally people can talk about this game in a realistic way, the story is asssss
Just tip to anyone buying this on ps5 and not playing mobile game better try sell that code and basically u got at least 50% discount on the game.
How? Seems pretty shady.
@@cartoonvideos5 the serial code u got ingame is for the gacha game, it give player an exclusive skin + shiton material that worth a lot for veteran player.
it’s crazy that a game like this comes out that’s really fun and just such a treat to play. Especially when modern games are filled with expensive microtransactions and lame battle passes, a game like this exists and that should be talked about.
Instead media outlets and overall social media would rather focus on the expected turnout for Suicide Squad with all that modern gaming BS comes with.
hell you can even play offline and not have to be connected to some stupid online service to even function.
Yeah- the dialog and story is dreadful. I have been loving the fighting, it’s incredible. I’m just cruising through to get to bigger bosses
Not every jrpg needs to be an epic, deep story. That being said, I understand if people are hesitant to check this out for full price. Story was never the focus of the game, it was always the mission based gameplay, action combat and multiplayer.
It's amazing how the standards of jrpg players have fallen. Yes, “the plot never came first” and that’s why the developers showed a lot of plot trailers.
@@ram5683 Of course they’re going to show plot, that’s partially how you sell the game. If you actually looked into the game and researched it’s development over the last few years, you’d know the game was never going to be plot focused.
@@ram5683good, most jrpg already fallen with overpraised 50 hours of mid story. So this is good change
12 hours is plenty for a $60 game. NES games were $80 without being adjusted for inflation back in the 80’s. You people need to stop being so spoiled. Every single one of the best games ever made are 5-18 hours long. 30 max.
They like games that overly long without reason. Just look at ff16 lol, 20 hours actual story, another 20 hours barely anything
I play the game for the endgame content not for the couple hours of story ☝️
This is the sleeper hit of 2024
so if this game has better online rewards, does that mean I'll need PS+ to access them on the playstation consoles? I really don't want to buy their subscription again.
how much meat of story is actually left tho after the main story...doing quests is boring af!
Might be my first grandblue buy.
10 or 12 hours is really short for an rpg, i don't know......
is the 10 or 12 hours really that good to make the game worth it? depending on how much the game is going to be i might get it or not.
It’s fun if you like Granblue
10 or 12 hours only for story, the real content is quest mode and grinding
I actually prefer shorter RPGs these days that I will actually finished.
So... 8 years of development, 10 hours of campaign... wait for when is on clerance, got it!!
The game is not the campaign alone, The stuff after the campaign is the main game. campaign is just a tutorial with great set pieces.
Too many games to play already and just ordered Persona 3 Relaod so I’ll skip this. Maybe in the future on sale who knows.
Spoils villain within 2 minutes
I didn't spoil the villain. Chill.
"10 to 12 hours long" that is all I needed to hear. Gonna wait for a sale.
plus 100 hours of endgame
Short games are better. FF16 was ruined for me because of all the filler and padded out bland quests.
So are people rarded or am I just a giga brain? So many people complain about no mini-map but I haven't ever needed one. Especially not in this game, things are not labrynthine enough for one to be necessary. 💀
The only thing that's missing in this game is the option to turn off Vyrn during gameplay. I don't have that much hatred against mascots in video games, but I could not stand Vyrn as the game went on. In my opinion, he's the worst part of this game for me.. Other than that. This is my Jrpg of the year! This game is extremely fun! Love the Soundtrack!
"JRPG of the year" hehe even now, 3 months after release barely anyone playing this... Its "monster hunter like" but can only hold players for a few months albeit see MH world, its a 6 years old game and it has an enormous playerbase still! Relink is literally a dead game already.
@@CoffeeGameMovie Okay, so what. I'm not even playing this game online. So why are you telling/complaining to me about this?
@@soujiseta245 Its an online multiplayer coop game in a big percent, okey that u just play the story, but the game structure is not for that. Its like u play the COD campaign only vs play the multi aspect of it.
@@CoffeeGameMovie "okay, that u just play the story, but the game structure is not for that." I already know that. Why would you think I played this game for the story? It's the gameplay and the post game content that made the game so much fun to play to me. I couldn't care less about the story or playing online with other people.
@@soujiseta245 Then its your game, happy gaming, i just told the facts, that players left the game relatively early.
Jeez, some of this voice acting is terrible. They keep giving younger characters to voice actors who can't do them believably. Making their voice extremely high pitched like Mickey Mouse is not a good way to make their characters sound younger, it just makes them super annoying to listen to. A few voice actors can do this naturally, why not hire them?
I agree this is very disappointing. These fanboys using the whole "The main story is just tutorial, and the actual game starts after!" is a weak excuse to defend a product that is honestly average is funny. That's like saying "the game gets so awesome after the 50 hour mark!". If a game isn't good in the first 2 hours then that's a bad sign. Let the fanboys live in their delusional worlds. 😂😂
Just say you don't like monster hunter games i'll be easier and quicker
wait only 12h? devs promis 30h solo mode :/
There are solo side missions that could extend solo play, but yea the campaign is short.
The devs never said anything of a 30 hr campaign.
I heard it was supposed to be 20 hours.Reminded me when FF15 was close to launch and some people said the main campaign was 40 hours and the Adamantoise would take more than a day to beat
Why did this game take 8 years to make ?
Why do I get the feeling it’s kinda half baked? I mean I know it looks and plays amazing and all. But have this feeling like you’d ask yourself, “that’s it?” after playing a while. Hope I’m wrong with this impression since I’ve been looking forward to this for a very long time.
You're wrong in your impression. You have a great number of characters with different playstayles , great bosses battles , a cool story , hours of battle co-op.. who would say "that's it" after all of this. Game is done properly and has content that's more than enough
@@Emulcool okay glad to hear I’m proven wrong. Still lookin forward to purchase it this week. Been waiting for a very long time for this :)
Lack of a “real map” excuse me???
It has a compass and island map, but not a traditional map
Wait so long for this game tobe release but.. Just 10-12 Hours?? 😢😂 ill wait for discount then
@@massingillestory is why I play JRPGs not to grind boring arenas online
@@TheRoleplayer40kGo play suicide squad then or FF7: Hallway Simulator
I agree this is very disappointing. These fanboys using the whole "The main story is just tutorial" is a weak excuse to defend a product that is honestly average is funny. That's like saying "the game gets so awesome after the 50 hour mark!". If a game isn't good in the first 2 hours then that's a bad sign. Let the fanboys live in their delusional worlds. 😂😂
@@XenogearsForever giga based
@@TheRoleplayer40kthey never said it's jrpg though
Cool just casually spoiled a playable character
What is said here 2:52 is not true. This is a trash review, reviewer did not even play the game, you can just teleport to the NPC when you have completed the quests, just go to the main menu > side quests > select the quest you want to turn in and you teleport, don't need to walk around the city.
Haha, "did not play the game" video shows level 50+ characters. Anyway, I was saying generally finding the NPC is the tough part, you also need to walk around to find companions that can't be teleported to. Chill out, nerd.
After all these years of development all we get is a 12 hour story!? That is shit straight up number one! 😆 Its gonna be one of those repetitive ones you get sick of real quick i bet. Still skeptical about this one
Go play suicide squad then or FF7: Hallway Simulator
Maybe i will smartypantz 🤣@@cartoonvideos5