Luckily it's got a great story so far cause the gameplay is hardcore boring and repetitive for me. I would've refunded it right away of it wasn't for the story. I've enjoyed past FF games but I'm surprised how bland the combat is on this one.
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Can't log in to it, maybe its Japanese only? Shame, having bought a PS5 literally just for this game and really disliking it I... have many thoughts. One thought - maybe make an RPG next time? And don't give me any of that /r/games "um every FF is different sweetie". Are they? Literally ever single mainline game has been an RPG. FF12 onward have been pretty experimental but they are still RPGs. Even some the most radically different FF spinoffs still have RPG elements. Even Dissidia (fighting game) and Theatrythm (rhthm game) have them! It's a really stupid false equivalency if you've actually played the series.
I wouldn't mind as much if the gameplay was good, but it's nowhere near as good as the action games it's desperately trying to be. I would take DMC or Bayonetta any day of the week.
I had no problem with an action final fantasy but the gameplay wasn't up to what it should have been. The combats system in itself could have been great(as it feels and play good) but it is totally lacking in a lot of aspect.
Consider final fantasy stranger of paradise, another beat them all final fantasy, where you have companions (and online coop), a diablo like loot system, the final fantasy job system, and a lot of customization with fixed characters (It still isn't up to Nioh 2 level)
I would have been happy if FF16 had half of that.
And that is only on the gameplay part...
Is Stranger of Paradise good? I never played it but you make it sound good.
I think Nioh 2 is still better, but it is an interesting take on the formula. The problem of this game is that for new game+ (and++ etc) it requires you to farm a lot, but the level aren't that interesting and are not randomized.
The other big problem is that the DLCs including the end of the game story are behind these ng++ games...
That and as all team ninja games, past a certain point it get hard. The base game is relatively ok though, easier than Nioh2 but not the snoozefest of ff16, unless you over level too much
But if you have friends who like final fantasy and beat them all, it can get fun. (I played the game earlier this year and didn't have technical problems, tell ninja games at launch can be really rough technically)
The main problem of Nioh2/FFO/Wo long (technical issues at launch put aside) is the lack of content. Don't take me wrong, all these games take time to complete, but for each main mission , you redo each level 2 or 3 more times in secondary missions. That and the story is too often forgettable.
But IMO these systems are so great that they would do wonder in bigger games/more ambitious games, that is why I really hope that rise of the Ronin do well next year. Oh and their character creator is fantastic, too bad it wasn't here in FFO.
Watch some videos, but these games are essentially great beat them all with a lots of builds and diablo like itemisation.
I still think that each game since Nioh2 is less complete than the previous one. (And with each game we get less and less missions)