![]() 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. This wouldn't be too surprising since these are the DLC that were free on the PS3.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. But since they aren't listed on the store, I'd say they will come free with every purchase of the game. If that is only for those that get it in time or for everyone, it doesn't specify. ![]() According to the Idea Factory blog post for the game these are free forever. items (consumables, synth materials, etc.) and a dungeon. The thing is most of your power comes from leveling up and spending points to level up your fairies and skills, so armor, while it helps, doesn't automatically make you OP.ĭLC 7 and 8 Are some misc. The armor aren't terribly overpowering, but they are fairly nice early on. It raises the level cap to 999 and adds 3 dungeons. Surpass your limits, if you only get one DLC this would be the one to get. Ultimately it will give more fairies than you could get through the game, but it isn't neccessary or anything you'd miss at the end of the game. They provide some nice shaping bonuses, but otherwise they aren't really party members. The additional fairies are just that extra. For the costumes, yes that is the way I understand them to work. ![]()
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