Monday, September 29, 2014

Final Fantasy Explorers will include bell weapons, which means I may have to buy a copy

Here's a queer little fact I'm guessing few people know about me: my favorite weapon type in my favorite Final Fantasy game--that would be Final Fantasy V--is the bell.

In fact, whenever I play through Final Fantasy V (and I've played through it a good many times over the years), I obtain the ninja job's "dual-wield" ability so I can give (at least) one of my characters a pair of bells to use against the game's bevy of baddies.

I bring up the above, by the way, because I just discovered that Square Enix's upcoming Monster Hunter-esque (or maybe I should say Crystal Chronicles-ish?) 3DS title, Final Fantasy Explorers, also will feature bell weapons--which of course makes me want to nab a copy of it as soon as possible.

The thing is, I'm still a bit iffy on the rest of this game. For starters, its graphics are underwhelming, to say the least, although I'd be OK with that if its overall art style were less ... generic, for lack of a better word.

And then there's its gameplay, which doesn't sound terrible, but also doesn't sound entirely interesting. Or maybe I should say it doesn't sound entirely interesting for someone like me, who is likely to play the game alone, rather than with others.

Still, I'm sure I'll strongly consider picking up Final Fantasy Explorers should it earn a North American release at some point in time--although given Square Enix's recent history (especially with the 3DS), I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for that to happen.

Are any of you also pondering this portable Final Fantasy spin-off?

8 comments:

Zaphod65 said...

I'll buy it if it comes to North America, especially now that they've added my beloved Beastmaster job.

thegaygamer.com said...

Really? I hadn't seen that yet, Terry! I wonder how it works in this game, since it games like FFV, the Beastmaster job causes a character to act on its own, right?

Chief said...

I'm the same way with guitars in video games. It leads to some interesting and good games like Disgaea and some meh games like Code of Princess. The Acoustic flying v in Code of Princess is striking.

thegaygamer.com said...

Oh, I think I'd like guitars as weapons in games, too, Chief! Sadly, I've barely spent *any* time with my copy of Disgaea, and I don't have Code of Princess. May have to rectify both of those situations soon, though, thanks to your comment :)

Zaphod65 said...

The article described Beastmaster as "A monster-controlling class with a special technique that absorbs the enemy’s power when attacked." In Final Fantasy XI, Beastmasters could charm creatures and send them in to do most of the fighting or tanking, so I'm hoping this is along the same lines.

thegaygamer.com said...

Oh, that sounds fun! Also, I should say that I just realized I earlier confused FFV's Beastmaster job with the Berserker job. The latter is the one that causes a character to move/fight/act on its own XD

Zaphod65 said...

Fun side note: In Final Fantasy Tactics A2, the Beastmasters could use Bells as weapons.

thegaygamer.com said...

Oh! What timing you have, Terry, as I've been thinking of (finally) picking up FFTA2 sometime soon. I guess you just pushed me over the edge!