FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

The hype around this game has faded, and a clear-eyed look leaves nothing but disappointment. It still scratches that old 3DS itch, but the new systems drag it straight into bad mobile game territory. I kept waiting for a pop-up to flash mid-session and offer a starter pack. This is a singleplayer title that plays like a mobilegame, but without the mobile part. I regret paying full price for it.

An amazing and well crafted experience, I enjoyed every second of the game and really look forward to what the future holds for it (please level5, add more content, I beg of thee). I feel like it holds a great time for both fans and newcomers criticisms compared to the first game: - the civilizations and nonstory npcs felt very forgettable with extremely little relevance, felt more like set pieces more than an actual living world - the enemy variety was really reduced and samey, plus combat was overall toned back to the detriment of paladin and mercenary and in my opinion to the benefit of hunter and wizard - instead of being episodic, the main story is one long experience with no designated spots for free roam, meaning the pacing can feel quite off depending on how you play improvements to the first game: - the multiplayer is very worth doing, having an extremely huge amount of benefits, yet it is also very much not required for advancement, plus the players are all super super friendly and helpful - crafting has way less downtime and is overall faster, I also like that it is slightly harder to power scale yourself way above where you are supposed to be yet there does seem to be…

I have a few hundred hours on the 3ds. If you're wanting a experience like that. It's here, but its not one to one. But that doesn't mean that this game is bad. Personally, I've enjoyed it a lot, but there are things that are left to be desired. While it still has the gameplay loop of progressing in one life to help in another life. It just doesn't feel as rewarding. It is very easy to progress the life's, with the only struggle being where to find bosses for the weapon life quests usually. And the new farming and art life's while cool in concept, execution feels bland. The farming life feels like it should of been more as a side mechanic and not it's own life with levels, quests, and tools. And the art life I feel like could of been genuinely one of the best life's. But instead, it was just a mashup of carpentry and tailoring in my opinion. And I only found it useful for money grinding. The rest of the life's play as expected mostly. some of the combat life's lost some depth but other then that, I have no issues. Next is the story, it's bland. The character designs are cute and unique. And they bring in some of the cast from the 3ds and Fantasy life online I believe. But the st…

I really loved the Fantasy Life game that's 11 years old now, and I love this game so far too. It's everything I loved plus quality of life improvements. HOWEVER, I can not recommend this game for steam deck. It is a battery killer. I go from full fully charged to empty in 90 minutes. It's playable, but just barely. Play on PC and it'll be a much better experience.

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