![]() I'd say that you haven't fully experienced this game until you've went through at least two paths. Comparing your first path with the others helps to elevate the experience. How to pick between the endings isn't obvious, so you'll also need a guide for this.Įxperiencing the wildly-different paths, with different character actions, places to visit, and plot points is great and hasn't been done at this extent in many games. There's three major paths to take, which result in different main endings. The unique aspect of game I liked is that depending on your actions during the first half of the game, the second half of the game is completely different. But either way, the ending doesn't change much, so it's not a big deal. It's not obvious when/how this happens, so a guide is required to get the girl you want. There's a slight dating-sim element to the game: Your ending will vary slightly based on which girl you talked to most often. But the jokes were good enough to make me laugh nearly every time I returned to town to talk to them. There's not a lot of depth to most of them, since the majority of your interactions with them involve cracking jokes. They're all relatively well-written (given the comedic setting) and there's plenty of visual-novel-style scenes you can view that expands them. The amount of comedy takes a sharp downturn after the opening, where things progressively get more serious (and less interesting).Īlong the way, you meet and party with a large variety of characters. While doing this, you're working against the bad guys, who want to revive the vile god. The main plot revolves around a young guy in a fantasy world pulling a sword out of a stone (with an attached cute female fairy) Excalibur-style and embarking on a journey to revive the long-ago-sealed goddess. The majority of the main plot is generic and cliche, but the comedy helped keep me going. I don't like grinding, but I found that the amount needed for this game isn't that time-consuming and should be tolerable for most people who don't like grinds.Īs someone who likes well-told stories, the best parts of the game to me are the comedic characters and certain unique aspects of the main plot. Strategic play has its limitations and leveling up through grinding is necessary in some cases, especially on Hard mode. These stat bonuses are useful (especially for grinding with + experience bonuses), but aren't necessary and you'd be okay if you ignored them. ![]() For each fairy, you can also assign a permanent bonus, but choosing a bad bonus won't hurt you that much.Īn interesting map mechanic is that you can put fairies in the ground on the overworld map, which gives you various stat changes in dungeons, such as +10% physical attack with -10% magic attack. That goes for weapon attacks, spells, equipment, stat upgrades, and fairies (to some extent). The character stat and equipment options feel limited there's usually only one or two best options to choose from. It's not a bad turn-based combat system, but if you've gotten tired of it through the Neptunia games, you won't find much new here. Stronger actions require you to wait longer for that character's next turn. Like in Neptunia, combat is turn-based, where you can move around freely on your turn (within your movement area) until you perform an action, such as attacking or casting a spell. Character models and animations are below-average.Ĭombat and other mechanics are okay. The 3d dungeons are very basic and low quality. The main town, overworld, shops, and NPCs are 2D menu-based. The game is very similar to the PS3 Neptunia games, but with a different world and different characters. I only wish there was a sequel, perhaps someday…įairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force is a good game, but your enjoyment of it will depend on how much you like its mostly comedic story, its replayability options, and the standard Hyperdimension Neptunia formula. All in all, if you love turn-based RPGs and/or games with interesting stories and characters, I would very much recommend you give this game a try! I had never heard of this game before in my life, but it is an absolutely fantastic game (a hidden game, in my opinion) and it deserves to be more well-known. It has some very talented english voice actors and the art style of the characters and scenery is very charming (though some graphics, especially the 3D graphics, are not jaw-dropping, but they add their own level of retro charm). I also really enjoy the turn-based combat-the game really gives you a lot of opportunity to build a unique party of six with “equippable” armor, accessories, cosmetics, and fairies as well as allowing you to spend points to level characters’ stats and abilities as you please. A HIDDEN GEM! I bought this game because it was on sale and I absolutely loved it! The characters are lovable and the story is very interesting and engaging.
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