FANTASIAN Neo Dimension

2.5 hours in. This is the most Final Fantasy X a game has been since Lost Odyssey. Recommended, and play it on hard btw. Ignore the mid scores lol this is literally the traditional FF people have been asking for.

[b]C — Interesting combat ideas buried under too much friction[/b] [i]Stopped before completing the game, then read the remaining story.[/i] Fantasian's attack trajectories were its most promising idea for me. Enemy positioning gave ordinary encounters another consideration, while distinct character roles made boss preparation worthwhile. I could see the appeal whenever those elements came together. The surrounding game made reaching those moments harder than it needed to be. Progression took too long to become interesting. The early party felt limited, and I wanted more reasons to experiment well before the broader growth system opened up. The combat was competent, but it never became strong enough to carry everything around it. The diorama environments also worked better as an idea than as places I enjoyed navigating. I frequently found the camera and movement awkward. Traversal is something an RPG asks you to do constantly, so that discomfort accumulated throughout the journey. It was not simply a case of disliking the visual style. The point where I stopped combined delayed progression with a sharp difficulty increase. My underlevelled party ended up feeling practically tr…

i bought the ff7 remakes the other day because i wanted to get back into jrpgs after a decade ignoring the genre. i hated it so much i returned it and didn't even try the sequel because i cannot imagine it gets much better than corridor simulator with a bad, hackneyed storyline stolen from a beloved game. so i tried a dozen other jrpgs -- none of them gave me that feeling i had when i was a kid and played ff3 or ff7 for the first time... then i found this. BUY THIS GAME IMMEDIATELY. this is the best jrpg i have played since ff9. it is incredible. i played it for 4 hours straight yesterday. i have not played a game for 4 hours straight since skyrim came out. the combat might seem basic af when you first start out. give it two or three hours and it turns into a pachinko parlor mini game that is so fun you look FORWARD to random encounters. the diorama backgrounds are BEAUTIFUL. this game has some of the best graphics I have ever seen in a modern jrpg. if you are sick of slick games with generic storylines and graphics that look like a bad cut scene from some cgi anime slop - buy this game. buy this game. buy this game. BUY THIS GAME.

Mistwalker is a special studio that only make special games. This is not your average JRPG.

I am 8 hours in and I already cried twice? The story is interesting and I'm INVESTED. I thought it might not be up to par since it was mobile adapted to PC BUT Sakaguchi and Uematsu are in on and so its gotta be awesome. and it hasnt disappointed! the maps are that handpainted 2d bg with 3d characters but every character is so life like and animated and real any of the faults dont really feel so faulty cause you get invested in the story and growth

I didn't expect to like this game, I bought it on a whim because of the diorama art style. But it was great! I enjoyed the story, the music, the characters, and the gameplay. It feels like a AA game, something I've come to expect from mobile games that get updated for PC, so don't set your expectations too high. Give the game a try when it is on sale and I think you'll be glad you did.