Granblue Fantasy: Relink is a MUST-PLAY Action RPG | Review
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- čas přidán 8. 02. 2024
- After nearly a decade of waiting, Granblue Fantasy Relink is FINALLY here! But was it worth the long wait? In this review, I'll tell you why is it not only worth the wait but arguably one of the best JRPGs of the last decade.
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People in the comments are mad this game isn't structured the way they want. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a brisk story that includes little to no padding. If thats a deal breaker for you than fine but don't act like its an inherent flaw when the game was designed that way from the start. Anyways great review! Im having a blast myself, Rosetta is my favorite character to play.
Yes you can switch between Djeeta and Gran !
Just go in the party menu and option menu in character and you can switch from one another at any time !
Oh dang I didn’t know that! Thanks for the tip.
@@TheGamingShelf ...
Something I also didn't know in addition until I unlocked postgame outfit colors: A few chapters in, they get a spiffy new armor to reflect a proper gear-up for the rest of the story, but if you want their default outfit, you can still switch to that.
@@UltimaKeyMaster old outfit only unlock after you finish the main story. You get it with the 3 extra colors and it's only for main character.
@@QuentinMatthysBoeckmansYJ Gotcha, I wasn't sure if it was there before postgame since I never looked at that menu before then.
Im about 20 hours in right now, chapter 7ish and the game is fantastic. Gameplay, combat system, characters, animation, art style.... everything is top notch. I hope it doesnt take long to get our hands on the sequel.
This game is probably going to be supported for a few years adding more and more endgame content before they work on the next one
With my busy schedule and limited time to play. This sounds like something I can get into. Thinking of getting this for the steam deck or playing with the backbone.
I am in damn near awe at the combat. Masterful. Superb. Spectacular. A true joy to play and beautiful to look at. Just looking at it you'd be forgiven for thinking fights have devolved into nonsensical button mashing, but the intuitive playstyle and no-nonsense rapid action movement marches right up to the edge of bullet hell gaming but stops just short of madness.
Congratulations, Cygames, you magnificent bastards. You pulled it off and then some.
God I love playing Narmaya (Ferry's a close second!). Goddess of the sword that feels so good to master. XD
Awesome review, it encapsulates the whole experience I had with the game so far ❤🙌
Why the heck this comment section is filled with people upset with the lack of long story, at least the story is very compact and full on action from start to finish with very good cutscene unlike some rpgs.
It’s because no one wants to spend full price on a short story. I understand it. But I’ll just buy it for really cheap in a year or two.
But the games not over when you beat the game. Endgame is a full blown monster hunter style game (well tbh more PSO) and theres alot to do in the Endgame @@redstratus97
Because they want a playable movie to fill their time, not a game with substance. Probably those that have cleared out Netflix and need something to watch.
Ikr, honestly a compact story helps getting into the endgame while being engaged.
@@redstratus97is there still a lot to do after the story?
Great video man, hoping it comes to Switch 2, would love to play it!
Great review. Glad to hear the game is as good or better than we hoped. Thanks.
The story being used as a vehicle to quickly jump to the next epic fight works really well, no disappointment for those that understand what this game is (and isnt).
im looking forward to getting this after a price drop. i have way too many games lol
me too
I went from having 1 game a year that looked interesting to now having like 6 new games in rotation if i dont have any time for another.
@@UberchargedNavi which games?
Ever heard of torrents?
60 hours in, loving the endgame grind, still haven't even unlocked most of the characters yet, gonna play through the story missions a few more times maining different characters. Will be 300 plus hours before I'm tired of this battle system.
Great review!!!
Solid review. I am farmingbthe final boss (Proud) and can say this is an exceptional game. I have platinumed all of the souls entries and some of the fight in Granblue are insanely difficult, until you learn the mechanics and gear up. That was frustrating to me a bit at first, but so were the souls bosses. The game only starts once the main story is over. If you like to build, and spend time grinding fun bosses for materials, your favorite character, GBR is such a great game.
am worried i hate the difficulty of the soul games and i been super interested and want to play this but if its really difficult like a souls game or bloodbourne maybe i should get persona instead??? please give me your honest advise is this hard or get the difficulty be reduced cause i dont want to waste limited money i have am getting ffrebirth and 1 other so should i or no?
think i got my answer i watched the review to the end and he was recommending people play hard so i guess i should be abole to manage as he said he did hard with relative ease i believe
A lot of the difficulty can be overcome with grinding to improve your characters. I madenthe game harder on myself by rushing through the bosses, but now that im very well geared its definitely much easier. So it depends on how hard you want the game to be, but ita very doable :).@akramtulla28
@@akramtulla28Oh, yes, the story mode is quite easy! It's after the credits roll you can unlock many more difficulties and missions that can become difficult.
thank you guys so much for you responses i appreciate it so much will definitely be getting it.hope you guys have a great day thanks again@@Zzues
Lucilius boss fight is gonna be so good
Every review you have ever done feels like you are taking it directly from my brain 😂 i can't agree more with this full review. I loved how you enjoyed the menus bevause that is something i immediately noticed. I know it sounds silly but there is almost a nostalgic warmth to them. They remind me of a ps2 Level 5 game in the best way possible. In a bizarre way I wish this was a live service game. Any excuse to play it forever and a day 😂
Just got my war elemental and 2 supp damage. Can't wait for Faasan boss fight next month!
great game, great review wouldn't have even given the game a chance if not for you covering the demo. P3R is probably fantastic but to hop into a brand new franchise for me just made it a no-brainer
The shorter than advertised story & lack of exploration will irk me, but overall Cygames did a superb job with their true GBF rpg. What this game deserves absolute praise for is on how it plays & looks. Seriously, even on PS4 it looks stunning! And the fact it will receive free DLC updates is a huge boon. I mean, NO gacha mechanics at all from the developers? Amazing really! Lastly, Persona 5's dungeons & UI are legendary, but I would never say it everything else in-game looks better than most rpgs of it's kind.
If you're down, you can also spam any button to recover yourself faster.
The 2 or 3 enemy at single place is so chaotic at solo 😂
After waiting for almost a decade like you said, I am SO happy I have been enjoying this game thoroughly. My favorite thing about it is how differently all the characters feel and how deep you can go on the customization or if you’re a completionist this will keep you going for hours! I will say that the only reason I wish I could switch characters would be to trigger the correct element SBA. I’m not sure if the AI knows to use the weak element first or not but love this game and I thought this was a great review that highlighted the best and not best things about the game.
I don't play JRPGs that often and plan on getting into more soon and this game is on my radar, the short length sounds appealing to me, I might do the epilogue even though I am not big on playable epilogues.
Well, the short story is more or less just filler to get people to the endgame. So I'd recommend a VERY deep sale if you aren't planning on playing after the main "story" ends. Because you are basically stopping the game before it starts at that point.
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I'll think about doing the endgame if it's actually worth doing.
@@civilwarfare101 I mean....the endgame is literally the whole point of the game.
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I'll see for myself.
I tried out the demo but the hud had way too much information and kept pulling me out of the gameplay.
I might have to give the demo a try.
It’s few and you get bonuses in the full game. Totally worth it!
I muuuuch prefer the structure of a game like this with a compact story followed by endgame monster hunting over something like tales of arise which had the story drag on so long that by the end of it I didn't want to do the rogue lite temple or lvl 99 bosses.
I love this game!!!
I have ps5, steam and crack
Thats how i love it
Alright, man, you convinced me to try other characters… I’m normally boring in these types of games and stick with the main character 😅
Great review, though! Love it!
The story isn't the focus. I don't know if it was in the mobile game, but I'm fine with that. It's a fun game with a lot of cool looking characters. I also love how many themes are borrowed from final fantasy seeing as these are former Square Enix devs. I'd love to see granblue fantasy blossom into its own franchise, either with direct sequels or self contained worlds like final fantasy does.
I think most people (myself included) expected a jrpg. I was looking forward to at least a 40hr epic story. Whats here is good but its really a tutorial for the endgame. If i expected a MH esk grinder i would have adjusted expectations. Its fantastic but id prefer a longer story personally.
It is a lot longer than you would expect with the post game but the story is an amazing spectacle
New fans of the Granblue franchise can get the gist of things and current players of the main Granblue game get to enjoy all the fan service and callbacks this game has
What if I dont care about maxing items and just want the story, is it worth it just for one playthrough of the story?
The story sucks.
No. Not at all.
Finally ❤
alright I'm getting the game cuz of u
Yeeeessss!!
I'm highly considering getting this alongside Infinite Wealth when I get a ps5 next week. I want to be more of a fan of granblue than I am right now and this game looks so good
I'll pick it up on PS5 when it drops to $30, for sure.
Won’t have to wait long lol
Can you co-op in those open world zones?
If you choose a quest in one of those zones, yes. I don’t think you can play the story campaign co-op though.
If you’re buying the game for the story don’t bother, other than that games great. 9/10, love grinding and playing other characters and online in my chill time
Thats awesome
Amazing game. Beats Monster Hunter gameplay in all ways. Story, OST and gameplay. Worth every penny spent.
I'm still early on as I've been busy with Infinite Wealth, but so far I'm really enjoying it. Many of the characters have been fun to play with and the bosses are epic even early on
This game was made by Platinum their bread and butter is making interesting set pieces and combat
Platinum dropped out of production a while back
The combat is bad and pure artificial difficulty, not a true challenge. Story bosses are horribly designed.
@@cartoonvideos5 I disagree
@@augusmnyt Yeah still I believe a handful of devs still stayed on the project even after platinum dropped out
I was pretty excited for this one, but I just can’t get past the smart phone looking graphics and couldn’t get into the story.
Uhhh the graphics are amazing though it's just the anime aesthetic, also cygames is kinda an indie company so
you said YS im buying this
I wish FFXVI had the RPG elements Granblue has
Unlike the haters in the comments, I like how they have a shorter story! Too many long games I don't have enough time for, I'm stoked to sink my teeth into something a bit shorter but deep and varied enough to keep going after the main story is done.
Thank you for your review! 😊
9:28 when talking about a jrpg with action combat I can't help but here that as "Relative YS"
First of all: to each its own. Now, with that said, I can't believe (I mean literally) how many people I've heard saying things like "Everything we were waiting for" and such. Why? Because, do you really want me to believe that what you expected from the trailers from way back when was a story who starts after a 2 season anime? (I've watched it and it was clearly part of the game. The structure is 100% videogame and, Jesus, it is even called "The Animation" like every anime adaptation ever), or even that you expected a really short game? (in terms of a JRPG, I mean). Come on! that's not what they sold to us and we all know it.
Again, if you guys like it, more power to you, but this is clearly not what it was promised.
People (including me) waited for Relink because we played (and are still playing) the original game, not because we watched the anime. Sure, some people watched the anime first, but then we played the original game after that, before expecting Relink.
Idk why there is so many haters in the comments, you can tell they didn’t play this.
It's deserved, the entire game is artificial difficulty
I do feel the story is quite lack luster, and there's no time to really connect with the characters on any meaningful level. and the backstory being relegated to text feels so lazy, especially when some of them really bring depth to these characters and most might not even bother to go through them! They would have severed better as actual side quests to flesh out the crew in a more meaningful way! Heck, they could have had some of the characters backstory available to play to help further the engagement!
Because the combat is so freaking good, it makes it extra sad that the story falls short!
To be honest, it doesn't seem like that good of a game. I think the hype ruined it for me. It's like a cheap wine they call amazing without telling anyone the actually price and everyone who blind tastes it thinks it's amazing, deserving of a high price tag, because of the hype and expectation.
I will have to check how many hours I have playing this game but yeah for me a 9/10 glad I got into granblue fantasy around the time vanilla versus came out the character's and lore are sick and the video game and anime collabs are 🔥
Game of the year!
The story is meh, it's alright.
The combat (G.O.A.T)
gameplay perspective (especially combat) I see absolutely nothing different than the battle of xenoblade chronicles. I'm almost 40 and I just can't complete yet another story about white teens saving the world.
Xenoblade Chronicles is so much better. It's actually a real challenge and doesn't abuse fake artificial difficulty like Granblue. Xenoblade is a balanced and good difficulty, while Granblue has broken hitboxes, fake difficulty, and bad stunlock, and just throws up a billion AoE's and gives the bosses invincibility, and blinds the player.
There's something about video games that use anime as it's art direction that turns me off so much.
🥸👍🔥❤️thx
I wish it was more of a straightforward RPG. The mission select and "under the hood" grind of raising the overall power level just isn't for me.
I get that's what technically every game is, but I think you get what I mean. The pseudo MMOs like destiny where there technically isn't isn't an end and the treadmill is always keeping you in the same place even if the numbers seem to get bigger, gets on my nerves.
Might pick it up for 20$
I don't mind it here cause progresson is fast and it gets the longevity from having alot of different shit to work toward. It rarely has you spinning your wheels and that's a breath of fresh air for alot of these games
Do I need to play the phone game or something else to understand the story?
No
Nope! I haven’t played any other game in the series and I could follow the story no problem.
The very first Fate Episode (read voiced text scene) of the protagonist really says all you need to know.
Gran/Djeeta and Vyrn were hanging out in their home continent. Katalina worked for an Empire that imprisoned Lyria and she freed her, escaping to the MC's continent. MC met Lyria, tried to defend Lyria, got their ass beat and Lyria shared her life force with them to revive them (which also gives them their fancy Bahamut summon).
Cue episodic adventure with the main overall goal of finding the protagonist's father at the edge of the world someday and this game is just another small journey on that path.
I just want a massive world anime MMO with this quality of combat, environments, graphics, sound, boss fights, dungeons, etc...
I wish someone would make it happen. :L
Was his review payed for by the devs?
im not a hater in any way, I didnt particularly like the demo of this game despite really trying to, the monotony sets in really fecking fast, everybody has done everything this game does in a million other games.
incredibly fun? The demo involves mashing square ,sometimes triangle for the sake of mixing things up abit, over and over and over and please end, it was so dull, set in a boring , bland,cliche fantasy world.
'the AI revive you instantly, making it even more enjoyable,' so zero consequences for dying? Can you not die at all? Is there any point then? Some people like this kinda thing I guess but, I think there needs to be at least some risk/reward going on.
The chain attacks never got boring? Its watching the same cut scene over and over, and over and over and how exactly?
the devs went all out and made a hub area to walk around in? How long did the game take to make again? Praise the devs for such dedication , selflessness and creativity.
18 characters to level? Sounds like a lot of content, in practice, I suspect its gna be a monotonous grindfest that the most dedicated of people will struggle to do just the one.
The game Auto equips newly crafted weapons? For real? Some next level alien technology features going down there!
Auto teleporting to hand in quests and go to vendors- although yet another cutting edge feature never before seen in gaming, what about exploring the hub area that the devs poured there souls into? Wouldnt a menu just be easier then?
Skipping cutscenes actually gives you a summery of what happened in the cutscene you just skipped, so, instead of watching the cutscene, read it instead? Obviously. Instead of playing the game, don't bother instead! xD
Auto play mode easily beating mobs ten levels above? Speaks for itself really.
I dont mean to sound negative but I kinda do because I kinda am because this game sounds absolutely terrible.
Most of the stuff you talk about being a problem is only unlocked once you finish the story and get into the post game like fast travel
Move sets also depend on the characters and they do have combo paths so its not just mash for everything
The versatility of the equipment is enough to where it would totally change how a character plays
Story is pretty easy but the difficulty curve ramps up in post story
Auto combat is only available in low tier quest just because grinding is a thing it is a Granblue game after all its just sticking to its roots in a way
This game is “Final Fantasy 12” and “tales of” series in one new game
I honestly though it was a mobile game that people were for some reason going ga-ga over. SO its a real RPG, no gacha etc. Some francises have a lot of baggage that I tend to avoid. Edit: i was watching and commenting... 25 hour rpg? Papa don't get out of bed for anything else than 35 main story.
Please fix levels of your mic
"This ain't no Persona 5"
How do we have a wholly positive review I totally agree with and then drop this dumpster of a comment as if this game has literally anything in common with it. .-.
He was just reffering to the UI design which like persona or not, ATLUS has some of the best UI designers in the business
@@brandonsclips7741still a wierd thing to put over GBF relink, like why compare its UI to p5 in the first place?
Like it's an out of left field thing to make comparisons on. Like You don't go play Ff VII R and the fir some reason try to compare the UI and expect it to be like P5.😂
Like oh Yeah, I played Monster Hunter Rise. It's fun, it don't have the P5 ui though.
I'm playing Kingdom Hearts, the UI ain't p5 though.😂
I'm not bothered by it by the way. I just find it ridiculously funny😂
@@Snzn18 all he said was "it ain't persona 5, but the UI is still nice." When people think of sick UIs, persona 5 is one of the top things people think of in the realm of RPGs
It's just a simple point of reference. Reviews do it all the time.
I get people get tired of Persona 5 praise but it wasn't "this game isn't persona 5 so it's bad"
It's just a reference. Not a big deal
@@brandonsclips7741 It is still a wierd point of reference, since P5 ui is literally tailored to fit the Persona brand of artstyle.
Again as I point out in my previous comment, no reviewer goes to review a Final Fantasy fame, Kingdom Hearts game, Monster Hunter hunter game, etc etc. And try to comapare their ui to P5. Since even if you put a P5 esque UI in a FF game it won't work well since it will clash with FF aesthetic.
Like Even if I limit the option to just turn base jrpg I did not find a single review expecting the UI in a Trails game, Atelier game, etc. Etc. to even remotely look like a P5 ui much less compare them in the first place.
Like it would make sense if it was like Neo TWEWY we are talking about since a lot of the game to overlap with P5 ui style.
Like I admittedly love the P5 ui but I can tell you this, it is not something that is generally applicable to just any games and slapping it to just any games won't make it work. That stylistic UI mostly work if the game artstyle in the grand scheme of things fits and complements that ui.
The same thing goes for GBF. Like GBF though more nicher than FF has an already established artstyle that can people look back to for reference. You have the Versus games and Gacha game. And if a review at least reference those then it make sense why Relink ui looks the way it is.
Like the comparison was out of left field ridiculous. It's like expecting a non open world game to have an exploration at the level of Botw.😊
And I will point out again, it did not really bothere me whatsoever or that if made an impression of "It's not p5 ui = bad".
I just find it funny how they got compared in the first place. Like lol. Hey Nier Automata good, the UI is simplistic and do complement the Game Aesthetic and has that Yoko Taro feel to it. BUT "It ain't P5 though"😄😄😄
Like why would someone think of p5 ui in a game that at even surface value judgement don't have a style that will fit said ui.
@@brandonsclips7741 Absolutely positively *nothing* of this game's UI resembles Persona. When you're making a review and you bring some other product up, it's a point of comparison. That comparison has to actually make sense. And it doesn't here because *nothing* has Persona influence here, unless we're trying to say something wacky like Persona somehow invented group cut-ins.
Persona is also not a magical end-all-be-all objective top of the mountain for RPG's. It has its style which yes other games have worn the influence on their sleeve (Sakurai literally admitting it for Smash Ultimate for example), but randomly going "this ain't no Persona 5" with ZERO explanation is a meaningless comparison. What the hell does P5 magically do better in its UI than this game to make that comment?
And for my own opinion: Everything that's used that style since I call better than P5 because P5's hard black-and-red contrast makes my eyes bleed, it's so uncomfortable to read. So Smash and P3R have since done it better.
Too bad hype for this game died due to being announced too early.
It’s one of the most played games rn….
100k peak userbase on steam btw
tbh its actually surpass it if you count peak steam player count.
poeple expect it to flop and thinking it will get 100k player on steam is funny before release especially it release between big jrpg like yakuza and persona.
This game is extreme pure artificial difficulty. Bad hitboxes, bad boss design, all the game does is throw up billions of AoE's and spamming a million mobs so you get hit off screen constantly, then the bosses get huge invincibility windows and throw up even more AoE's. Artificial Difficulty to the max. Off screen attacks, stunlock, the dodge sucks and is not reliable. Very poor game design and it's not a real difficulty but an artificial, the boss fights are so bad and unfair in the story, I didn't even care about the cutscene becasue I was so disgusted at the fake sad excuse for "difficulty" in these fights.
Xenoblade Chronicles is better in every way possible.
Is English your first language?
@ghostsoda7710 This isn't about grammar, but about a poorly designed game having bad balance and artificial difficulty
@@cartoonvideos5 you did it again, repeating words that means the same thing. Bad balance and artificial difficulty are mutually exclusive’s experiences.
@ghostsoda7710 OK, well you understood what I was saying and didn't insult me, so good for you.
Well for starter Xenoblade is not even the same type of games as Granblue Relink.
Relink is a team based multiplayer game after you get past the main story. All that stuff is needed because a team of competent players can wallop even high end bosses pretty badly
This JRPG was in development for 8 years.
Only 2 cities. 100% of side quests are kill this/bring me that.
Only 15 hours of story. 20 more hours and ive finally farmed all trash to fully upgrade ONE character. Out of 19. Whats the point of such diverse cast when you need so much time to make them useful. I have no idea how many quest ive still have locked. Doesnt matter because despite fully upgraded char the difficulty spike is so huge that id need 3 more fully upgraded npcs or be lucky enough to meet some leveled up players.
Still doesnt matter because all "new" enemies are reskined/stronger/paired together versions of the same dozen bosses.
Thers no reward at the end of this grind. No story bits. Just more enemies to kill. Higher numbers on the screen.
This game literally should have adnotation that 80% time will be spend on mind numbing pointless grind.
I didnt pay full price for an jrpg to get a fu.. Monster hunter game with little story and 1000 times more fights that bring nothing interesting to the game.
If you have nothing to do with money then thers no problem. But for this price i expected a little more story than for one weekend of playing.
8 years.15 hour campaing.
Just fu.. incredible.
Okay, I'll go play my modern day Phantasy Star Online with a Granblue skin, thanks.
development hell because platinum out of development on early 2019 ?
i know some platinum staff poached by cygames like kaji (current dirrector) but they do alot of thing including change the game engine from UE to their own engine (i heard its mix between Nier automata and their in-house engine).
It sucks you don't enjoy it but they were very upfront about what the game was prior to launch. They stated the main story was about 15-20 hours with a focus on endgame quest grinding reminiscent of Monster Hunter. I really don't know why you expected something different 🤷🏾
The game is basically a monster hunter style game but instead of different weapons you have different characters.
The reason you have so many characters is the same reason you have so many characters in Granblue....options.
It is multiplayer focus
@@boredomkiller99 in normal granblue you've got hundreds of hours of stories. Main story plus i dont-know-how-many dozens of side stories. And hundreds of characters. With new ones regularly put in the game. And then incorporated into even more stories.
And training them will at some point pay off while you clean some raids or events.
Thats the problem with relink. After 15 hours the game is over.
Whats the point of grinding (wich is 20 times worse than in the original game for some reason) if thers no story left to uncover?
You are just stuck in place killing the same dozens bosses over and over again without any payoff.
Gameplay is fun. Story expects you to know a bit on the gacha game. Hard pass.
Gameplay is fun. The story is so simple it expects nothing of you. What?
? Buggin I never even heard of granblue before this and I could follow the story no problem
What? I had never even heard of the gacha game before and Relink has been INCREDIBLE
You literally don't need to know jack shit about the mobile game. Protagonist met Lyria after Katalina freed her from an Empire, they link their life force together and go on adventures to the edge of the world.
Meh no plot, no buy
your loss.
This game looks like ys 8 and 9 with no exploration and more combat
tbh iam disappointent in that game, i would have hoped more for a rpg-rich story game and less monster hunter
What do you expect from the game known for extreme grinding in the mobile game, of course it will play more like monster hunter.
yeah buts still not what i wanted, also i think its characters and theme are anoying@@filbertpatricio1022
Before I watch this, let me guess: you had a review copy with all characters unlocked and lvl 50 weapons right of the bat and you only played the main story, with Narmaya main using only auto attacks.
Bro huh? Lol
lol nope!
The footage literally shows the very first battle at Level 1. ._.