Final Fantasy Explorers

[Karbuncle]

I'd order the Special Edition cause the bonuses look nice, I'm a sucker for Art books, but theres non in stock atm.

QQ

[Prothescar]

has been out of stock for 2 months, likely wont be getting it outside of ebay

[Ratatapa]

Hoping people will release firmware spoof cia fast

[Vincento]

The CE having exclusive legendary weapons seems odd. Can't wait for this though.

[Lonely]

So this game is basically gamecube Crystal Chronicals but with a job system right? I'm still on the fence if I should get it day 1.

[Prothescar]

The CE having exclusive legendary weapons seems odd. Can't wait for this though.

would be extremely shocked if they werent made into DLC as well

So this game is basically gamecube Crystal Chronicals but with a job system right? I'm still on the fence if I should get it day 1.

Never played CC but it's FF meets Monster Hunter

[Draylo]

Getting this for sure on day 1, seems really cool. Only thing I heard so far was that its too easy but not sure.

[Zieara]

Me and my lil bro are getting this day one.

[Ratatapa]

Getting this for sure on day 1, seems really cool. Only thing I heard so far was that its too easy but not sure.

Easy and content seems to repeat much faster then MH games

[Cream Soda]

Preordered from Amazon prime today for 32$.

$34 for me; damn Amazon opening a factory in FL. Tax all day erryday; but thanks for the heads up

[Tomiko]

has been out of stock for 2 months, likely wont be getting it outside of ebay

It's been in and out of stock a few times in the past month. I think I've received 3 notices of it being back in stock since I signed up for the waiting list. I preordered the first time it went back in stock though.

[Ratatapa]

[Ayn]

Ordered the CE.

Comes next week.

I look forward to it.

[Ratatapa]

After playing the game for about 2h, here is my personal impressions (will spoiler incase people don't wanna read)

Spoiler: show

As many people expected this is a monster hunter ish game. Plays about the same way you start by creating your characters and then the game throws you inside. There is a NPC which will give you tips and info about different commands and play wise, and the game will force you to do 3 Tutorial quests before starting)

Control are pretty simple (PS Circle Pad pro is deactivated by default so people with a CPP or a N3DS will have to activate the extra analog stick in the menu)
Y is to attack
X is to open the item menu
Right analog to turn camera (in frields only)
A is to scavenge items
B and the ZL + ZR are for sprinting (consome AP)
R is to target the closest mobs
L/R is to access the ability list that you set You can have exemple L + X Cure then Esuna on R+ X so that's about 8 skills you can set.

Once you finish the 3 Tutorial quest game let's you take real quests and access facilities (Armor shop and etc). As of now there's only 3 shops

1) Smithy (to create or upgrade weapon + armor)
2) Item Shop
3) Moogle that you can buy items with gil or Play coins.

They will also let you set Subquests, you seem to be able to have 5 subquests at once and 1 main quest. Sub quests are stuff like gather 10 items, or deliver a knuckle (if you already have the items you can already turn in the subquest)

Jobs :

They will let you access jobs after you finish the tutorial, you get Knight White Mage, Monk, Black Mage at the start. Jobs do not seem to have any level, you simply get better at the job by buying abilities and gear.
You can only change job in town.

Abilities :

In the middle of the city there is a Crystal, it will let you buy abilities for CP (rewards from Main and Sub quests)
Abilities that your current job can equip will be in Green.

Online, this is much like MH, you click play mode then choose online, then you search or create rooms. Difficulty doesn't seem to increase online (compared to MH), and you can only do quests you have done


Overall, game is OK for a Final Fantasy game, but feels really slow, there doesn't seem to have any story, and reading reviews game seems really for casuals (no difficulty and etc)

Small tip Game will let you buy gear that you cannot equip and on the gear itself there is no way to see if you can equip it, you have to go to status after changing a job to know what you can equip, and then read the equipment description to see if it can be equipped

[Tyrath]

I pre-ordered it cuz its FF and amazon has cheaper new games. Not sure how hype I am about it but I will see once I play it.

[Ratatapa]

ooo that's cool after you do a certain quest, you can add "Difficulty Layer" to the quest

There's option like
No items allowed
Redcued Time Limit
AP cost 50% more
Monster have double HP and Strenght
and some more

You can put max 4 on the quest when you select it, and it affects everyone in the same quest as yours

[Auspice]

After playing the game for about 2h, here is my personal impressions (will spoiler incase people don't wanna read)

Spoiler: show

As many people expected this is a monster hunter ish game. Plays about the same way you start by creating your characters and then the game throws you inside. There is a NPC which will give you tips and info about different commands and play wise, and the game will force you to do 3 Tutorial quests before starting)

Control are pretty simple (PS Circle Pad pro is deactivated by default so people with a CPP or a N3DS will have to activate the extra analog stick in the menu)
Y is to attack
X is to open the item menu
Right analog to turn camera (in frields only)
A is to scavenge items
B and the ZL + ZR are for sprinting (consome AP)
R is to target the closest mobs
L/R is to access the ability list that you set You can have exemple L + X Cure then Esuna on R+ X so that's about 8 skills you can set.

Once you finish the 3 Tutorial quest game let's you take real quests and access facilities (Armor shop and etc). As of now there's only 3 shops

1) Smithy (to create or upgrade weapon + armor)
2) Item Shop
3) Moogle that you can buy items with gil or Play coins.

They will also let you set Subquests, you seem to be able to have 5 subquests at once and 1 main quest. Sub quests are stuff like gather 10 items, or deliver a knuckle (if you already have the items you can already turn in the subquest)

Jobs :

They will let you access jobs after you finish the tutorial, you get Knight White Mage, Monk, Black Mage at the start. Jobs do not seem to have any level, you simply get better at the job by buying abilities and gear.
You can only change job in town.

Abilities :

In the middle of the city there is a Crystal, it will let you buy abilities for CP (rewards from Main and Sub quests)
Abilities that your current job can equip will be in Green.

Online, this is much like MH, you click play mode then choose online, then you search or create rooms. Difficulty doesn't seem to increase online (compared to MH), and you can only do quests you have done


Overall, game is OK for a Final Fantasy game, but feels really slow, there doesn't seem to have any story, and reading reviews game seems really for casuals (no difficulty and etc)

Small tip Game will let you buy gear that you cannot equip and on the gear itself there is no way to see if you can equip it, you have to go to status after changing a job to know what you can equip, and then read the equipment description to see if it can be equipped

Sounds like the mediocre reviews it got when it came out in Japan were justified; I'm going to pass.

[Ratatapa]

Don't get me wrong game is still fun, I personally find it boring solo and since the game is not officially out, there's not a lot of online players yet

But if people want a game with difficulty and customization a la monster hunter, this doesn't feel like it.


You just buy + magic gear for Mage and do missions to unlock more gear.

You can't do mismatch gear to get certain skills like MH

[Jamison]

I hope the multiplayer is a little more interesting. So far single player is really mundane. I'd thought a FF-themed MH clone would be awesome but right now I'm a bit disappointed.

[Ratatapa]

Multiplayer is a bit more fun but it's the same quests and mob doesn't seem harder if you don't manually att the difficulty