2024's Forgotten GOTY 

Characters dont get 20 skills. Gran/Djeeta is unique like that most of them get 8

"Nothing great, nothing terrible" - a most accurate description of GBFR story.

This game was such an amazing pickup, especially when I've always hesitated on starting the actual mobile game due to the daunting amount of content. You've done it again, mhswoocer. I'm glad you can speak up on one of my favourite games this year.

A lot of people in the JP gaming industry, from the administrative staffing, to the voice actors themselves, seem to have respect and some personal investment in the IP. As someone who's played the fighting game and mobile game for years -- I am so glad this iteration turned out so well.

man the set pieces in this game are absolutely amazing it have you run through a collapsing mine shaft board and take down enemy sky ships fight a goddamn mech with another mech and a walking colossus thats atleast a hundred times larger than anything in the entire game

My poor fingers playing charlotta 😂

I've seen people say this story was "mid" or "boring". I'm like, what the fuck? Did we even play the same game? Each chapter just got better and better and more exciting to see what the next location would be. Even up to the end where i was having a giant nut fest. That final boss was fucking badass.

Almost perfect game If Yuel was in it then it a perfect game

Relink was a breath of fresh air. it never got boring or bogged down in too many side quests.

Story is great for who read the original game lore (Relink has an original story) Story is ok for who is new to the franchise. btw, the fight against evil is natural, what change is the content. We need more game like this.

One thing that you didn't mention is the structure of the game is one of the most interesting I've seen & though I haven't played more than the demo yet, it's easily my favorite thing about the game & doubt that'll change. Having a brief but fun campaign & then moving into coop missions you can play with your friends for additional upgrades & then moving to a raid style boss encounter section after that is both unique & a fun way of keeping each part of the game focused on what it delivers best to the player. A friend of mine has best the campaign & some of the coop missions with random people, but once I get around to finishing the game he'll join me to push through the coop missions & then we can start tackling the raid section together. I really hope more games learn from this going forward, for example Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 seems to be doing something similar with campaign, coop & competitive modes as one package.

The first boss is so cool. Multiple forms definitely felt like I was fighting a primal. It was an epic boss fight reminiscent of final fantasy 14 without the transition and epic music behind it. But it was still super cool. But if your head did what final fantasy 14 has done with all that 70s I would have. Just I don't even know what to say and fights for us, but instead of it being no magic and no fantasy, it's high magic high fantasy if I love it. I've always just wanted monster Hunter but with magic and stuff or classes or something and the closest thing I've ever gotten was soul sacrifice (PS Vita exclusive) and they never ported that to the consoles or remade it or at least gave us a sequel. No wonder I love this game. It's the same company that made my favorite video game character Bayonetta

CrossCode, UNSIGHTED, Cassette Beasts, and Dandara. You have my immense gratitude, mhswoocer, for introducing me to some of my top games, and your videos are an excellent craft of getting hyped without exaggerations, and proving it without major spoilers. I'm excited to demo Granblue. Great work, and thank you!

this game was a pleasant surprise. I never heard of the franchise until a couple days before release date on PC. Little did I know that this was gonna be one of my favourite games of all time!

I was in a similar mindset when i heard platinum games left the project regardless of the terms, but im so happy i was proven wrong in my doubts XD

Honestly the fact that this game exists, is magical to me

Yet another banger, mhswoocer. Keep up the great work. Also I like the focus you put on storytelling in the beginning of the video. Very cool to see.

I'm glad you're enjoying Relink, the game is fantastic and has me addicted! 😅

If I wasn't playing Dragon's Dogma for the first time I would be playing Relink. But DD is just too good and the second one comming next month will keep me very busy haha

I agree, the gameplay of Granblue Fantasy Relink is incredibly satisfying. Pacing wise, I thought Ø was a bit slow, but otherwise I didn't think about it while playing (which is how a well paced game should feel IMO). I did feel a bit of fatigue on extreme and up, but that's just me not being a fan of really fast paced combat systems. All in all, I'm glad I bought and played the game =)

I think the combat feeling good can still be attributed to Platinum to a degree they're contract work was up, but they helped Cygames Osaka build a base and train the dev team on action game development

Just finished my first jrpg ever, Tales of Arise, and im itching for more like it. How does this game compare to it?

Neat video, well edited, thanks for putting this game on my radar

Ok but what about it having time to slow down because if it’s just action all the time I won’t have time to sit and reflect or feel like I’m actually living in this world.

Playing for 160 hrs already mashing buttons. My fingers kinda hurt lmao. Time to take it slow

Phil never said starfield wouldn't show up on playstation just that the 4 games wasn't starfield or Indiana Jones

never heard of GBF before this game so i watched the 2 seasons of the anime then booted the game up. story is fine but whatever. the combat is the best ive ever played. reminds me of Tera for some reason

Yeah I remember seeing the very first trailer for thsi game back in what. 2016? or was it even earlier? And thought it looked amazing. Couldn't wait for it to release. Now it finally released and honestly. It's just as amazing as i thought it would be back when I first saw the trailer. I heard many people say that the story is "eh" and that most of the gameplay & fun is in the endgame. But honestly just playing through the game and you can see how much effort they put in the story missions. For everyone on the fence to get this game, just do it. It's worth it.

7 years of wait is worth the time.

Thanks for the vid

nicely edit and narrated video, u earn a new sub bro

The only thing impossible Is crossplay.

This is the reason Golden Sun is to me one of the best RPG of all times (and sometimes I doubt it is THE best), you can even reject the mission to save the world and the game ends there with a bad ending, but if you go on you are faced with a lot of obstacles that you NEED to do in order to advance, most of the stuff you get forced to do are needed by other people to help you advance, so it is way more organic than simply telling you to do random stuff.

i have just completed ff7 remake normal mode and halfway thru the hard mode and was wondering what i would do after i finished that and intermission, guess i will play this, was a bit dismissive of cuz i associated w/ gacha games

I warned you about the discord sound in the video when you asked for help getting it. Now I am on my way with 3 large pizzas to ruin your diet

Does it's reputation and hype carry it? No. I've never played Granblue, didn't know it was a mobile game. I thought it was solely a fighting game. Relink carries itself. I have no prior love for the series but I'm definitely in love with Relink. My only gripe and it's a very small non issue is that I wish there were more non blonde girls to play. As even Katalina and Djeeta look blonde even if they're meant to have brown-ish hair. Narmaya and Ferry are the only ones off the top of my head that aren't blonde or blonde adjacent. And we have ANOTHER blonde female on the way. 💀 Does Granblue only have blonde girls?

I love it I just hate the rng on boss items I’ve farmed for hOok for 4 hours and never got one. But on the other hand I’d really like to see about 10 more characters in game not including the two new ones seofon n tweey. I want Aliza and Sturm

Hope u comeback to do another video on the dlc when everything is released

I personally love this game, I’m here for the long haul.

Can a game go through development hell and still be or even amazing after leaving it? Yes, it can, but it's FAR from easy.

love the game! worth the wait

Great video!

Game reminded me a lot of Dragalia Lost especially boss encounter with the telegraphs and all. The raids in Dragalia Lost were amazing. Hope they take inspiration from that game for the raids.

Why did you use DQ11 footage 😭

0:56 this opinion is terrible... I'm so tired of people like you pushing writers and developers to make stories that are just GO GO GO GO with no time to actually develop characters or build relationships. Having 0 breaks is an equally bad version of pacing that makes the viewer numb to what's happening. If every boss threatens the entire world, then no boss is interesting.

Well said. 👽💚

Just needs to fix the poor excuse of a "target lock" and some of the camera wonkyness, and I would have no complaints about the core gameplay itself

Kinda wish people actually do research on the game's development history. There are nothing chaotic or crunching about it 1 - The game was revealed in 2016, which already look like its far in development. Later they announced the game would come out in 2018. Four-ish development timespan, which is not that long. Kinda quick if one would argue 2 - The game secretly delayed because the contract with PlatinumGames ran out (few PG employee jumped ship), and the game now being worked by Cygames themselves. I want to emphasize this; *contracted*, not co-developed. Cygames doesnt even have a proper home console studio before this. They opened up Cygames Osaka specifically for the game They restarted development because the engine wasnt performing to Cygames's standard. 2019 to 2023- again, four-ish year of development. Standard length for game to be cooked. Heck the game didnt even get delayed by Covid because the game pretty much done before, all they have to do is just copypaste the old content to the new engine Also, the game only "delayed" twice, even if you could them that. Release window of 2018 and 2023, no concrete date because they know they might encounter unexpected problems _cough_ PS4 _cough_

My problem is that it’s so painfully anime, I can’t really stay for the gameplay alone.

I disagree with the pacing. The last 3 chapters are boss fights after boss fights and overstay it's welcome while the rest of the game leaves you wanting more with how good it was. The game deserves story extensions like two added campaigns of 20 hours or so. Doesn't even have to be the logical follow up of the story. It could even be the story of the gacha adapted to relink.

the only down sides to the game are the online problems and the mech head part being needed for so many essential upgrades that's it... it's a very great game and I have 175 hours already 😊 just beat final boss last night 😊😊

Story of this game is godawful

Its bcos relink’s combat is made by platinum, who are known for fun combat.

I would argue that its pacing is also bad, a story needs moments of lull, of calm, not only at the beginning plbut durings its course, to develop the characters, the relationships and the world further. It also serves to highlight the relevant and impactful moments by making them stand out even more. A story that "only ramps up and never lets down" is a story which ultimately has very little impact beside its ending

I'm sorry. Are you actually trying to defend this Granblue Fantasy Relink's story?

Absolutely unhinged take. One of the absolute worst paced games I have ever played. (Multiplayer is kino)

So many years in development and while i like the game it lacks content and just gets to repetitive once the honeymoon phase is over and rebirth releases those concurrent numbers are going to drop for both PS5 & Steam and being both platforms divided i fear multiplying is going to be an issue.

Sadly the story feels like a filler from the main story. In the gacha you get to know why Lyria sticks with you; how you meet Rackham, Katalina and the others each with their own plots; the profecy of the girl in blue and the dragon, why from the start they don't trust soldiers in armor; Gran/Djeeta's obssesion with Eustacia; etc.

Yeah, basically like MH. Good game, useless story. Although story is much les tedious here than most MH titles. But if you buy it just for the story you're pretty much throwing away money.

I heavily dislike how this story starts, I felt no attachment to the characters and couldn't really get invested until almost the end of the story because it doesn't actually take place at the beginning. I shouldn't have to look through a bunch of lore pages on each main character for a proper introduction to everyone, or to understand what's happened up until this point. Even if that information isn't integral to understanding the story being told in Relink, it reaaaally takes me out it. Fortunately the characters themselves are entertaining enough, and the main draw of the game isn't the story. It's the combat, bosses and the online co-op, which are absolutely fantastic, I think most people just tolerate the mid story because it's short.

mid game

reminds me of phantasy star, good game