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It does have that f2p feel with summoning heros from past FF games.
Unless it the garbage gacha system they had in Xenoblade 2. I hated that system so much.
I thought at first that it was another one of those games, too. But hopefully it's not monetized like those games.
I found it is based of the mobile game final fantasy brave exvius. If it is anything like Octopath Traveler 0 it should be fine. That was originally a mobile game.
I can understand that. I don't have quite the hate for it not actually being a real money gacha, but I take your point. The one concern I have about Resonance is that some are talking that basically this IS an actual mobile F2P gacha game that has been remixed into a single purchase title. If this is true, well.. its as step in the right direction, but it will come down to how much of the F2P gacha systems remain and what in the game's mainline mechanics were predicated on this. There have been games like the Middle Earth Age of War Definitive Edition which totally rebalanced the game after removing the lootboxes, but we'll see what happens here. If they simply throw in all the characters instead of having to draft for them yet the F2P connective tissue deep in the game design is still there, that could impact the underlying title. Lets hope that this is given a full build specifically for a single player JRPG without mobile F2P and gacha conventions.
Their HD2D stuff has been good.
I think part of that is that their HD2D games tend to stick to the tried and true JRPG formula. Their 3D games though, they've just gone completely action oriented.
They proabaly tried going action route with DQ12 and came to their senses and decided to scrape it and restart. Its been almost 10 years since 11...
That's what scared me about Final Fantasy looking like this, because Square does have its mobile slop shop department.
its tired and old. drawn art would have looked better, its the direction 2d should have gone.
nah i like the pixel art style honestly.
It looks the closest to old school ff in 20 years I'll take it if it plays well.
It is a little disjointed, but it works. I've played a number of Square's "HD 2D" games and the style really works and is visually nice. Have to wait for reviews but if they are good I'd give it a shot.
If you never played it, Star Ocean 2nd Story, got an excellent HD-2D remaster in the past few years. Its like a top 15 RPG, from the PS1 days.
Give the demo a go. I am liking it so far and I think the HD2D looks beautiful in this. I want FF6 remake like this not the in the way FF7r trash was made into.