Fantasian was well worth my time. We need more games like these but preferably not locked to Apple arcade, this should have been on the switch as well. I really took my time with this one and the portable nature of it was great. My only real gripe was they should have added a quicksave option to let you quit and resume from the main menu but frequent checkpoints and save points do mititgate this problem somewhat.
fantasian is probably one of the only worthwhile JPRG I have played in years, I love the pace of the story and the text animations are actually really good, after being disappointed by things like I'm Setsuna and Octopath traveler, this game actually managed to fulfill my nostalgia por old Final Fantasy games (FF IX)
It's worth my time. I'm 40 hours in and can't stop playing, one of the best JRPG I ever played, at least one of the best of the last 20 years. It has the feeling of the old Final Fantasy games, the story is amazing imo, I love the concept of Order and Chaos in a war and all the philosofy behind it, all characters are likable with a nice background. The combat system is balanced and hard in a good way since we are in a time that all of these style of games are too easy, but it's not hard in requiring grinding, it's hard requiring strategy, preparation, thinking, if you know what you are doing you beat all bosses easily. If you are thinking about picking apple arcade to play this game just do it if you love classical JRPG. If you have an iMac, Mac Pro or Macbook you can play the game, no need to stay only on mobile. I play most of the time on my Mac Pro desktop with 4k resolution and it scales beautifully.
Note that after you complete the True Dimengeon quest, you have the option to empty it of its monsters for 10k gold at the outskirts of Vibra. The tedious grinding can therefore be avoided.
Only to be replaced by the tedious walking back and forth. I ended up selling old weapons to replace the G Coins for the times I really needed the new weapons.
Only thing I don’t like in this game is some of the boss require you to literally equip a null status effect. Especially the one where it’s non stop curse. Or boss that petrify every other attack
@@tyone50ablelets be real though, the camera view, the 3D static background is very FF7 and FF8-esque. Sure the character models are high poly but it does feel close to a late ps1 game. I dont even think the reviewer meant it as a negative.
Your review is excellent. I spent 91+ hours on this game to complete the main story and all side quests. It's been weeks since I completed and I'm still mentally scarred by this game what I loved to hate so much. To newcomers just do yourself a favor and just play Part 1 and then get a guide through the rest. Don't torture yourself like I did unless you're too far and just want to finish what you started like I ended up. I went on to New Game plus for about an hour and immediately cancelled my Apple Arcade subscription because I was not doing that to myself!!! Apple must have approached Mistwalker to tell them to make the game longer however possible and that is a pure shame how they milked the game for Apple Arcade subscription revenue. This game deserved the original Final Fantasy 10 spirit it had in Part 1.
Damn, such a shame to hear! I saw plenty of reviews on this game but none of them seemed to go in detail, like they only played the first few hours. This was fantastic, well worth a subscription!
Thank you for the honest review. I'm someone who grew up with squaresoft and as a child I was a fanboy but as I've gotten older I've slowly drifted away from them, and I haven't enjoyed many of their games in the recent decades apart from their Dragon quest games and a few original games. I was always interested in Fantasian because of it being made by MistWalker, but it only being available on Apple arcade combined with its very lukewarm reviews had me not bothering to play it and wrote it off as mediocre. It's sad to see that was a correct assessment. I am however looking forward to project triangle strategy, I think that game looks pretty awesome.
Thanks for watching! If Fantasian were half the length, it would have been way better. I'm looking forward to Triangle Strategy, too-I loved Octopath Traveler, so I'm excited for more in that style from Square.
@@rpg_haven Yeah, it definitely seems like they needed to trim the fat a bit and keep it a tighter journey with less filler. I bet if this had been a 30-35 hour rpg it would have rocked. Here's hoping they do Dragon Quest 4, 5 , 6 in the same style as DQ3! Also, I'm curious what your thoughts on Shin Megami Tensei 5 are, if you play that series. I feel like you and I are on a similar wavelength to what we want out of games, so hearing your thoughts would be valuable and entertaining. Cheers.
Man, I would love more DQ remakes. I'm remiss to say I haven't played any of the SMT (or Persona) games yet; that's one of the biggest gaps in my JRPG repertoire, but I've got P3, P4, and SMT5 all waiting to be played. Hoping to get to them this year, and you bet I'll do videos on them.
They do a lotta dumb stuff and I hated how in this, slash was the same power but costs mp for regular attack. Tapping is less intuitive than pixel remaster as you gotta line perfectly with people to talk, let alone movement. Surprised you could tolerate the stupid acting in triangle strategy lol screaming over 5 damage. 6:37 explains title, wears out welcome after a start vid liked.
@@MrVariant I actually couldn't tolerate the voice acting in Triangle Strategy. Switched to Japanese early on, and it was much better. The English acting in that game is OK, it's just too damn slow. I couldn't handle it, hahah.
@@rpg_haven not completely through the first half. I’ll reconsider in part 2 (at least that’s where everyone says it breaks down) It’s not blowing my socks off but it’s definitely been worth a free trial and the time I have put into it so far. If the second half sucks I will still appreciate the time I’ve had and call it there. I just don’t think something so visually unique and interesting and, for many people, free is “not worth my time”
Thanks for your review, very sad to hear as many of us are big Sakaguchi fans, i wonder why the story fluctuate so much in quality as we know that he is a master in storytelling, while being able to trim the fat, in this case it seems to be the reverse.
I actually liked Part 2 better than Part 1. I agree that the encounter rate/Dimengeon were a real hassle throughout the game (something they can easily fix by lowering encounter rates and upping EXP gains) and that the story is a lot less fleshed out for an already mediocre plot, but simply being able to switch out party members mid-battle opened up so much flexibility/strategy in battle that I got hooked. I know you didn't finish the game but the last gauntlet of bosses was the most fun I've had in any JRPG, especially the final boss where it felt like every character had a role to play as opposed to the standard of just using your strongest characters to plow through. That being said it definitely is a lot more "reactionary" in the sense that most bosses boil down to going in blind, wiping, and then changing your setup to counter said boss. Not to mention bosses can take a while (the final boss was pretty much a 30 minute marathon) so losing at the last second can be a real dealbreaker. If you don't have the time or patience for that you will absolutely detest part 2, which I can completely understand given the whiplash from how approachable part 1 was.
I wanted to love this game but the bosses just make me hate this game. Unless you have grinded enough, have the right gemstones, and use the right skills you’d have no chance. Plan on wasting 20 minutes for each boss fight before you figure out if you could do it. I’ve wasted so much time with bosses, even using guides. A lot of the time it’s random which attacks will happen which will decide your fate. The best thing to happen to this game in part 2 would be to slash all boss HP I’m half or more. It might make it worth finishing. But for me a middle aged adult with a kid, I don’t have time for this. Deleting the game and Apple Arcade…
I'd like to point out that there is a solution for one of your biggest complaints. You can get around the tedium of fighting the lower-level enemies that fill up your Dimengeon device by going to a terminal outside Ez's house in the Vibran outskirts. It will let you clear you Dimengeon without fighting them for 10,000G each time.
I know about that, but I didn't find it useful. When I'm in the middle of a dungeon, I don't want to leave and go to that terminal, and I also don't really want to pay 10k just for that. I like the idea of the Dimengeon, but it needed more polish.
@@rpg_haven That's fair! I personally don't use it for dungeons, but for clearing out lower level mobs from when I'm running around and doing sidequests.
Great video! Now, time to be a dick...when's the next Final Fantasy video?! I think you should start from the beginning! I've almost beaten the first Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster and I'm DYING to hear what you think of it! Thumbs up on this video btw
The only think I don't like about the game is that it's apple arcade exclusive. At least give an option for one time purchase, or better set it free from apple arcade jail.
I thought that the first part was flawless. Really fun, story isn’t too hard for your level, you had to grind a bit for the last boss, but it wasn’t too bad. The first part does really well at introducing you to the game’s core mechanics. Part 2 is a lot slower, but still really fun. There’s a lot more grinding, but the bosses are challenging and really satisfying to beat. The story isn’t quite as strict either, leaving you to do whatever you want in between the story. Sidequests are actually a little enjoyable to do, and the “free rein” style of Part 2 is really nice. It lasts you go at your own pace.
I agree with everything you said, aside from the first part being flawless. It was pretty good, though. The things you said about part 2, while true, aren't enough to make me recommend the game. Part 2 feels incredibly rushed and rife with padding, and the story isn't satisfying.
Thanks soooo much for this! Like you I got a free trial of apple arcade and wanted try this out. I LOVED the first half, the design and characters and gameplay were all great. But the second i got into the second half of the game.....oh boy was I debating on continuing or not. Like you said progressing levels was a pain which makes no sense when you finally get the Growth maps but don't get many points since you can't level up fast enough. It also got to the point that I started using a walkthrough too to help out with bosses and man I was wondering if it was worth continuing but you convinced me to drop it too
@@reggietjahjadi2722 It's not even that it's "too hard"; but rather, only one specific strategy will work for several bosses, with zero flexibility. I can see why that appeals to some players, but it's not my cup of tea. I prefer games where bosses can be taken down with multiple strategies.
Hard disagree. I just picked up gaming after not playing anything since 2008. This game is a good intro into RPG type games. I can’t believe I’m using my Apple TV as a game console.
@@hugoedelarosa Ah, OK. I'll be interested in hearing what you think of part 2 when you get to it. Like I said in the video, I loved part 1, so I'm not sure how much we really disagree.
@@rpg_haven its not that the mic is crappy is a thing about the sound mixing, the gain should be neutral, and then you should up the volume of the audio inside a edition software. just an honest and good willed advise, please dont take it badly. great conttent
couldnt even get through part one without just feeling like I hit a massive wall. The way they split the party taking away your massive aoe damage dealer and best healer to leave you with ziniker who is meh and Ez who is ridiculously expensive to use is just horrible. The bosses become less clever and more mass amounts of HP and even more amount of damage. They should have retuned these bosses. Getting hit with a elemen resist down and then only being able to kill one of the two element blasts before your party gets killed in one attack is terrible. The game suffers from one up syndrome and it shows....
It's a shame that the game doesn't pick up at the 25 hr mark. This sounds like exactly the kind of jrpg I don't enjoy. Pls come back to the light Mistwalker. Ditch IOS/ mobile and get with the times, maybe make another LAST STORY??? I'm practically begging.
False. Is it his best. No. Is it one of the few jrpg battle systems that are well thought out and maintains a good challenge? Yes. Beautiful backgrounds and characters, lovely music, a respectable storyline, but is probably where it fails the most. But I’m by no means complaining about it. The story isnt memorable, and it isn’t awful. It’s fine with some really good komenat
Honestly with you man.. I just got bored of it. And I mean fast like a few days lol I didn’t play too much got upto where the first girl joins you and that was it.. I couldn’t take it anymore and went to emulate ff6/ff3 for snes on a older google pixel… really I think I’m already done with apple as a whole I had the 13 for a month and I’m bored of the thing android is way easier to do emulation as well iphone unless you jailbreak the thing you have to do altstore and that whole every 7 day crap and not everything emulates as well as the android counterparts although GameCube and 3ds do look like they run well on iPhone and n64 generally better on android
Virtual DPads are way better than the "block screen to move" mechanic. If it was a cheap indy PC only game i could understand it being click to move... but for a mobile game... hopefully it has controller support.... though i guess you could use a bluetooth keyboard, maybe.
It does have controller support, but I had no problems using my laptop's trackpad. The interface is designed around point-and-click, though I'm sure a controller would be fine, too.
@@rpg_haven thats good to know, probably means bluetooth keyboard/trackpad combos should work. Might check it out now... huge fan of Nobuo... infact it was his Spotify channel that brought this game to my attention. Definitly paints a good picture of a scifi alien fantasy. It looks good too, wont lie, love the hand built diorama twist on the old school hand drawn static backgrounds that basically every FF has used up until FFX. The dioramas give way more depth and detail, i kinda wish someone had come up with it way back in the day.
I agree, although I doubt the diorama style would have been affordable with the camera technology in the 90s. They would have either had to use film or very expensive digital cameras, and that probably wasn't worth it. Square was pumping these games out in less than 2 years and on shoestring budgets.
@@rpg_haven True, but if they had taken the highest res images of the time of the dioramas and used them as static background it would have been something else, would have made games look way ahead of their time.
I'm not surprised that the story fluctuates so much, they have overrated sakagushi, the games directed by him are not very good and have major flaws in the story, as an example the final fantasy 1 to 5 were written and directed by him and are the ones with bad stories or meh of the whole saga. The only sakagushi game with a good story is Lost Odyssey.
Most of the reviews on Metacritic only cover the first part of the game, which I praised highly. It's the second part where things turn south. That's one of the many reasons mainstream reviews are worthless in this day and age.
@@rpg_haven look.. It is only the grinding part you have to do much...it might be a but hard to beat some boss... But that doesnt yield to bad game/gameplay... Or design....
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Fantasian was well worth my time. We need more games like these but preferably not locked to Apple arcade, this should have been on the switch as well. I really took my time with this one and the portable nature of it was great. My only real gripe was they should have added a quicksave option to let you quit and resume from the main menu but frequent checkpoints and save points do mititgate this problem somewhat.
fantasian is probably one of the only worthwhile JPRG I have played in years, I love the pace of the story and the text animations are actually really good, after being disappointed by things like I'm Setsuna and Octopath traveler, this game actually managed to fulfill my nostalgia por old Final Fantasy games (FF IX)
There are tons of good modern JRPGs.
@@celphone1cellphone591 Name one
It's worth my time. I'm 40 hours in and can't stop playing, one of the best JRPG I ever played, at least one of the best of the last 20 years. It has the feeling of the old Final Fantasy games, the story is amazing imo, I love the concept of Order and Chaos in a war and all the philosofy behind it, all characters are likable with a nice background. The combat system is balanced and hard in a good way since we are in a time that all of these style of games are too easy, but it's not hard in requiring grinding, it's hard requiring strategy, preparation, thinking, if you know what you are doing you beat all bosses easily. If you are thinking about picking apple arcade to play this game just do it if you love classical JRPG. If you have an iMac, Mac Pro or Macbook you can play the game, no need to stay only on mobile. I play most of the time on my Mac Pro desktop with 4k resolution and it scales beautifully.
Note that after you complete the True Dimengeon quest, you have the option to empty it of its monsters for 10k gold at the outskirts of Vibra. The tedious grinding can therefore be avoided.
Only to be replaced by the tedious walking back and forth. I ended up selling old weapons to replace the G Coins for the times I really needed the new weapons.
Only thing I don’t like in this game is some of the boss require you to literally equip a null status effect. Especially the one where it’s non stop curse. Or boss that petrify every other attack
I loved Fantasian, better than most other JRPG I've played in the past 30 years. I love the diorama and boss fights.
What are those JRPG’s?
I loved it too! The bosses are incredibly fun, I think it has one of the best battle mechanics in any JRPG
being able to store random battles was such a great idea. great way to beat the annoying stop start mechanics of random fights.
I really agree with the big contrast in part 1 and 2. I mainly wondering if this is due to the monthly subscribtion of apple arcade.
If you think this looks like a PS1 game then I seriously doubt you have ever played a PS1 game
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not real graphics, but feel. this is the most FF before ff10, and the door open animation is straight up ff9
I’d pay good money to have a port of Brave Fencer Musashi that looked like this. It looks like a diorama.
@@rpg_haven you said it look like a PS1 game go get your eyes checked buddy
@@tyone50ablelets be real though, the camera view, the 3D static background is very FF7 and FF8-esque. Sure the character models are high poly but it does feel close to a late ps1 game. I dont even think the reviewer meant it as a negative.
best jrpg i played since lost odyssey. Way better than final fantasy 13,14,15 and current jrpgs.
Also art 2 is a great reason why 2/3X speed ups are needed in jrpgs. look at FF7/8/9 remasters all had a speed up and made it so much better to play.
Agreed. If I had speedup I would have finished it
Your review is excellent.
I spent 91+ hours on this game to complete the main story and all side quests. It's been weeks since I completed and I'm still mentally scarred by this game what I loved to hate so much.
To newcomers just do yourself a favor and just play Part 1 and then get a guide through the rest. Don't torture yourself like I did unless you're too far and just want to finish what you started like I ended up.
I went on to New Game plus for about an hour and immediately cancelled my Apple Arcade subscription because I was not doing that to myself!!! Apple must have approached Mistwalker to tell them to make the game longer however possible and that is a pure shame how they milked the game for Apple Arcade subscription revenue. This game deserved the original Final Fantasy 10 spirit it had in Part 1.
Damn, such a shame to hear! I saw plenty of reviews on this game but none of them seemed to go in detail, like they only played the first few hours. This was fantastic, well worth a subscription!
Thank you for the honest review. I'm someone who grew up with squaresoft and as a child I was a fanboy but as I've gotten older I've slowly drifted away from them, and I haven't enjoyed many of their games in the recent decades apart from their Dragon quest games and a few original games. I was always interested in Fantasian because of it being made by MistWalker, but it only being available on Apple arcade combined with its very lukewarm reviews had me not bothering to play it and wrote it off as mediocre. It's sad to see that was a correct assessment. I am however looking forward to project triangle strategy, I think that game looks pretty awesome.
Thanks for watching! If Fantasian were half the length, it would have been way better.
I'm looking forward to Triangle Strategy, too-I loved Octopath Traveler, so I'm excited for more in that style from Square.
@@rpg_haven Yeah, it definitely seems like they needed to trim the fat a bit and keep it a tighter journey with less filler. I bet if this had been a 30-35 hour rpg it would have rocked. Here's hoping they do Dragon Quest 4, 5 , 6 in the same style as DQ3!
Also, I'm curious what your thoughts on Shin Megami Tensei 5 are, if you play that series. I feel like you and I are on a similar wavelength to what we want out of games, so hearing your thoughts would be valuable and entertaining. Cheers.
Man, I would love more DQ remakes. I'm remiss to say I haven't played any of the SMT (or Persona) games yet; that's one of the biggest gaps in my JRPG repertoire, but I've got P3, P4, and SMT5 all waiting to be played. Hoping to get to them this year, and you bet I'll do videos on them.
They do a lotta dumb stuff and I hated how in this, slash was the same power but costs mp for regular attack. Tapping is less intuitive than pixel remaster as you gotta line perfectly with people to talk, let alone movement. Surprised you could tolerate the stupid acting in triangle strategy lol screaming over 5 damage.
6:37 explains title, wears out welcome after a start vid liked.
@@MrVariant I actually couldn't tolerate the voice acting in Triangle Strategy. Switched to Japanese early on, and it was much better.
The English acting in that game is OK, it's just too damn slow. I couldn't handle it, hahah.
I'm just glad it's leaving the mobile gaming platform.
Hopefully that means a speed-up feature will be added
Fantasian has definitely been worth my time so far, but to each their own.
How far in are you? I loved the first half
@@rpg_haven not completely through the first half. I’ll reconsider in part 2 (at least that’s where everyone says it breaks down) It’s not blowing my socks off but it’s definitely been worth a free trial and the time I have put into it so far. If the second half sucks I will still appreciate the time I’ve had and call it there. I just don’t think something so visually unique and interesting and, for many people, free is “not worth my time”
I love this game. I also love the fucking soundtrack, it’s amazing.
Thanks for your review, very sad to hear as many of us are big Sakaguchi fans, i wonder why the story fluctuate so much in quality as we know that he is a master in storytelling, while being able to trim the fat, in this case it seems to be the reverse.
If you haven’t played it, don’t rely on a review to determine if it’s good or not.
story is really good in this game
I actually liked Part 2 better than Part 1. I agree that the encounter rate/Dimengeon were a real hassle throughout the game (something they can easily fix by lowering encounter rates and upping EXP gains) and that the story is a lot less fleshed out for an already mediocre plot, but simply being able to switch out party members mid-battle opened up so much flexibility/strategy in battle that I got hooked. I know you didn't finish the game but the last gauntlet of bosses was the most fun I've had in any JRPG, especially the final boss where it felt like every character had a role to play as opposed to the standard of just using your strongest characters to plow through.
That being said it definitely is a lot more "reactionary" in the sense that most bosses boil down to going in blind, wiping, and then changing your setup to counter said boss. Not to mention bosses can take a while (the final boss was pretty much a 30 minute marathon) so losing at the last second can be a real dealbreaker. If you don't have the time or patience for that you will absolutely detest part 2, which I can completely understand given the whiplash from how approachable part 1 was.
great page, subscribed and waiting for more
Thanks for watching!
I wanted to love this game but the bosses just make me hate this game. Unless you have grinded enough, have the right gemstones, and use the right skills you’d have no chance. Plan on wasting 20 minutes for each boss fight before you figure out if you could do it. I’ve wasted so much time with bosses, even using guides. A lot of the time it’s random which attacks will happen which will decide your fate.
The best thing to happen to this game in part 2 would be to slash all boss HP I’m half or more. It might make it worth finishing. But for me a middle aged adult with a kid, I don’t have time for this. Deleting the game and Apple Arcade…
Right there with you man
I hear the new neo dimensions version coming out will have a "normal" (aka easy) mode, that should fix this issue
I'd like to point out that there is a solution for one of your biggest complaints. You can get around the tedium of fighting the lower-level enemies that fill up your Dimengeon device by going to a terminal outside Ez's house in the Vibran outskirts. It will let you clear you Dimengeon without fighting them for 10,000G each time.
I know about that, but I didn't find it useful. When I'm in the middle of a dungeon, I don't want to leave and go to that terminal, and I also don't really want to pay 10k just for that. I like the idea of the Dimengeon, but it needed more polish.
@@rpg_haven That's fair! I personally don't use it for dungeons, but for clearing out lower level mobs from when I'm running around and doing sidequests.
Found ya channel thru this review. Gonna check out some of ya other vids
Thanks for watching!
i just resub my apple arcade for this to continue my game i'll definitely check part two if it worth my time :)
Great video! Now, time to be a dick...when's the next Final Fantasy video?! I think you should start from the beginning! I've almost beaten the first Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster and I'm DYING to hear what you think of it! Thumbs up on this video btw
Thanks man! I plan to do every main FF game at some point. I'm not buying the Pixel Remasters until they get console releases, though.
Eh I loved it, but to each their own
The only think I don't like about the game is that it's apple arcade exclusive. At least give an option for one time purchase, or better set it free from apple arcade jail.
I thought that the first part was flawless. Really fun, story isn’t too hard for your level, you had to grind a bit for the last boss, but it wasn’t too bad. The first part does really well at introducing you to the game’s core mechanics.
Part 2 is a lot slower, but still really fun. There’s a lot more grinding, but the bosses are challenging and really satisfying to beat. The story isn’t quite as strict either, leaving you to do whatever you want in between the story. Sidequests are actually a little enjoyable to do, and the “free rein” style of Part 2 is really nice. It lasts you go at your own pace.
I agree with everything you said, aside from the first part being flawless. It was pretty good, though.
The things you said about part 2, while true, aren't enough to make me recommend the game. Part 2 feels incredibly rushed and rife with padding, and the story isn't satisfying.
Thanks soooo much for this! Like you I got a free trial of apple arcade and wanted try this out. I LOVED the first half, the design and characters and gameplay were all great. But the second i got into the second half of the game.....oh boy was I debating on continuing or not. Like you said progressing levels was a pain which makes no sense when you finally get the Growth maps but don't get many points since you can't level up fast enough. It also got to the point that I started using a walkthrough too to help out with bosses and man I was wondering if it was worth continuing but you convinced me to drop it too
Thanks for watching, I'm glad it was helpful
Agreed, when you reach 70 - 80% the game is too hard, quests and stoey a bit confusing too
@@reggietjahjadi2722 It's not even that it's "too hard"; but rather, only one specific strategy will work for several bosses, with zero flexibility. I can see why that appeals to some players, but it's not my cup of tea. I prefer games where bosses can be taken down with multiple strategies.
Maybe I’ll play this someday anyways since I have apple arcade but now I don’t think I’d want to spend so much time on a RPG game
Hard disagree. I just picked up gaming after not playing anything since 2008. This game is a good intro into RPG type games. I can’t believe I’m using my Apple TV as a game console.
Just curious, have you played the second half of the game yet?
@@rpg_haven not yet. I have not played similar games before.
@@hugoedelarosa Ah, OK. I'll be interested in hearing what you think of part 2 when you get to it. Like I said in the video, I loved part 1, so I'm not sure how much we really disagree.
you should reduce gain on the mic, a lot of unnecesary noises.
Don't worry, I use an even crappier mic now. I'll get a good one someday ;)
@@rpg_haven its not that the mic is crappy is a thing about the sound mixing, the gain should be neutral, and then you should up the volume of the audio inside a edition software.
just an honest and good willed advise, please dont take it badly.
great conttent
I don't care. It's a nice game with engaging story line. Main reason why you want to play RPG is the story.
I really hate the flashbacks of this game, so slow and boring. Not to mention the art quality is pretty bad compared to main character illustrations
With how bad this take is, I’m good on subscribing
couldnt even get through part one without just feeling like I hit a massive wall. The way they split the party taking away your massive aoe damage dealer and best healer to leave you with ziniker who is meh and Ez who is ridiculously expensive to use is just horrible. The bosses become less clever and more mass amounts of HP and even more amount of damage. They should have retuned these bosses. Getting hit with a elemen resist down and then only being able to kill one of the two element blasts before your party gets killed in one attack is terrible. The game suffers from one up syndrome and it shows....
It's a shame that the game doesn't pick up at the 25 hr mark. This sounds like exactly the kind of jrpg I don't enjoy.
Pls come back to the light Mistwalker. Ditch IOS/ mobile and get with the times, maybe make another LAST STORY??? I'm practically begging.
False. Is it his best. No. Is it one of the few jrpg battle systems that are well thought out and maintains a good challenge? Yes. Beautiful backgrounds and characters, lovely music, a respectable storyline, but is probably where it fails the most. But I’m by no means complaining about it. The story isnt memorable, and it isn’t awful. It’s fine with some really good komenat
You could have called this video "Fantasian should have stopped at part 1" and no one would have argued with ya.
To my knowledge, the game isn't sold in parts anymore, though. There is no part 1 and 2 now, just Fantasian.
@@rpg_haven Well I'm hoping the same could be said for FF7 Remake trilogy down the line..
Hironobu Sakaguchi fell off after Lost Odyssey .
That's one I'm curious to check out
Such a disappointment. Sakaguchi is history now.
Great review. Just finished part 1 and then saw how much more was to come (and how the pace slows) and was like naaah I'm good.
Honestly with you man.. I just got bored of it. And I mean fast like a few days lol I didn’t play too much got upto where the first girl joins you and that was it.. I couldn’t take it anymore and went to emulate ff6/ff3 for snes on a older google pixel… really I think I’m already done with apple as a whole I had the 13 for a month and I’m bored of the thing android is way easier to do emulation as well iphone unless you jailbreak the thing you have to do altstore and that whole every 7 day crap and not everything emulates as well as the android counterparts although GameCube and 3ds do look like they run well on iPhone and n64 generally better on android
Neither are you.
That's not very nice; what makes you say that?
Isn't this an iphone exclusive??? Lololol
Virtual DPads are way better than the "block screen to move" mechanic. If it was a cheap indy PC only game i could understand it being click to move... but for a mobile game... hopefully it has controller support.... though i guess you could use a bluetooth keyboard, maybe.
It does have controller support, but I had no problems using my laptop's trackpad. The interface is designed around point-and-click, though I'm sure a controller would be fine, too.
@@rpg_haven thats good to know, probably means bluetooth keyboard/trackpad combos should work.
Might check it out now... huge fan of Nobuo... infact it was his Spotify channel that brought this game to my attention.
Definitly paints a good picture of a scifi alien fantasy.
It looks good too, wont lie, love the hand built diorama twist on the old school hand drawn static backgrounds that basically every FF has used up until FFX. The dioramas give way more depth and detail, i kinda wish someone had come up with it way back in the day.
I agree, although I doubt the diorama style would have been affordable with the camera technology in the 90s. They would have either had to use film or very expensive digital cameras, and that probably wasn't worth it. Square was pumping these games out in less than 2 years and on shoestring budgets.
@@rpg_haven True, but if they had taken the highest res images of the time of the dioramas and used them as static background it would have been something else, would have made games look way ahead of their time.
Big pass with the story fading away in part 2. Shame really.
I just think the character designs are awful and boring. Nothing like a classic final fantasy
I'm not surprised that the story fluctuates so much, they have overrated sakagushi, the games directed by him are not very good and have major flaws in the story, as an example the final fantasy 1 to 5 were written and directed by him and are the ones with bad stories or meh of the whole saga.
The only sakagushi game with a good story is Lost Odyssey.
Dang, guess I gotta play Lost Odyssey
all these were ok for their time, except 2 which is alwful and 4 which is great
@@akiradkcn for me not is excuse
@@angelemiliosantana6335 no one owes you any excuses to begin
@@akiradkcn At that time there were jrpg with a better story than final fantasy, like terranicma, smt or live a live.
Lol... Everywhere positive review and praised.. And some random guy says..its not worth your time....
Go somewhere else...
Most of the reviews on Metacritic only cover the first part of the game, which I praised highly. It's the second part where things turn south. That's one of the many reasons mainstream reviews are worthless in this day and age.
@@rpg_haven look.. It is only the grinding part you have to do much...it might be a but hard to beat some boss...
But that doesnt yield to bad game/gameplay... Or design....
@@asdbef3667 It's OK if you disagree with me. Thanks for watching!
@@asdbef3667 every quests in p2 are the same but diffrerent boss, if it's not called bad game design then I don't know what is
@@InfiniteMelodio play classic turn based first..you young gen kids