It's here that the fan service primarily comes into play - but besides this stuff, Final Fantasy Explorers feels surprisingly and refreshingly tame about it. On top of that you'll be able to summon in iconic FF heroes like Terra or Lightning to assist, plus craft and then don costumes worn by other classic characters from the series' history. While series favorite characters are sure to crop up, they don't appear to be central to the experience. There's also a fortune teller who bestows buffs, and of course the requisite shops are available to buy or craft equipment and items. The hub town, Libertas, becomes a familiar place after the game kicks you back to it between missions for vital spec adjustment and character changes.Ī crystal in the center of town (again reminiscent of FFCC) allows you to buy and upgrade abilities and magic attacks depending on your character class.
In the early stages of the game I got to play the core gameplay loop is fun. Explorers certainly seems less daunting and far more forgiving than Monster Hunter, and is relaxingly casual about doling out missions that gradually explain mechanics such as a sort of skill chain system that allows you to build up 'Resonance' and then trigger a Trace-esque state called Crystal Surge where characters and their abilities are significantly powered up. What's still not clear to me after around five hours with the game is how well this'll work in the late game, but early on it sticks well. Beyond that, Square Enix have plainly taken steps to try to leverage FF's broader mainstream appeal with this title, streamlining aspects typical to this style of game in order to make it more accessible. For some people this'll be a magical combination by trading out beautiful but undeniably more generic dragons and beasts for those made iconic across Final Fantasy's 28-year history, there's something immediately more exciting. Outside of FF, the most obvious comparison to draw also highlights why the game was likely greenlit: Explorers shares a lot of threads with Monster Hunter, Capcom's wildly successful open-ended monster-slaying grindfest.
Iconic FF heroes go real-time in this monster-bashing spin-off.
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