A while ago on this podcast, I talked about Final Fantasy Record Keeper, the gacha that burned me the most. Now it’s Sierra’s turn to do the same for Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. We discuss the ways it could have been great and the horrible grinding mechanics that hold it back. We also go back and check out Fire Emblem Heroes, a game with both tried and launch, to see if it’s as frustrating as we remember it being.
Read MoreEpisode 11 - Mobius Final Fantasy
We’re back once again with another Final Fantasy gacha game. This one, though, is quite a bit weirder than Record Keeper or Dissidia. For one thing, it’s dying, which makes it the very first game we’ve reviewed on this podcast that has been given a definite shutdown date. For another thing, it has a completely original story mode that—unlike both Dissidia and Record Keeper—doesn’t use any pre-existing characters and seems to try to deconstruct the traditional JRPG narrative tropes. On this episode, we’ll try to answer the big question: is it worth it to play through a game that’s already marked for death to see the unique things it’s doing? Or is Mobius a gacha experiment that’s simply getting the fate that it ultimately deserved?
Read MoreEpisode 9 - Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia
It’s time for even more Final Fantasy, as Sierra gets to try out a gacha game I’ve been playing since its release date. The results? Shockingly positive! We break down why we love this game and discuss what elements it shares with Granblue that we think make both games friendly for newcomers and free-to-play players. Also we yell about our favorite characters a bunch.
Read MoreEpisode 8 - Final Fantasy Record Keeper
Hey, wait, didn’t we say we were gonna talk about Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle next? Well yes, we did. And we did, in fact, record that podcast. Unfortunately, one of my hard drives died completely, and I was only able to recover 2% of the files that were on it. The audio for the Dokkan Battle episode was not on it. Instead of immediately re-recording the episode, Sierra and I made the decision to put it back in the list of games to review and talk about it whenever our dice roller tells us to.
On that now-destroyed episode, though, we rolled the first of several Final Fantasy gacha games that was in our lists: Record Keeper. Sierra and I dig deep into why this game that both of us once loved now leaves us feeling sad and bitter.
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