Hello there. It’s been a while since last time I posted on my page. While work and real-life hurdles play part, I can’t deny that me being immersed in trying various new activities has distracted me from taking care of this page of mine. Among those activities is this mobile game that has been popular for a while but I’ve just recently been interested in playing, “Granblue Fantasy” – or GBF in short.
The game were being advertised as being created to emulate classic turn based RPGs like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, et cetera. It surely did. The battle system is much like those old school RPGs where you input commands like attacking, using items, casting skills, and even summoning while your enemy does the same in their turn.
If you’re the type who judge a game by its music, you won’t be disappointed by GBF. Have you ever heard of Nobuo Uematsu? Oh, sorry for the silly question, of course you have. Yes, he composed 11 tracks for this game, while Tsutomu Narita – who is also known for his work for Final Fantasy series – wrote 9. Additionally, the game has several epic vocal BGM such as Dark Silver Wings and Sanbagarasu Otoko no Uta which are just as epic as the orchestral BGM.
Story wise, the game tells you a story in a way that makes you interested in knowing what plot twist will unfold next. The main story is basically of a young Skyfarer named Gran/Djeeta (you can change your MC’s name AND sex, of course) with his friend lizard dragon journeying to Estalucia – the home of the Astrals located beyond the sky – while facing the threat of an evil empire. Along their way, our heroes befriend a girl named Lyria who has the power to control powerful beings called “Primal Beast” and met various companion.
Like other RPGs, of course, aside from main story line, it offers you many side stories and event stories to distract you from completing the main quest enjoy. These includes mini quests, character’s “Fate Episodes,” and event exclusive stories. Recently, they’ve added a new section called “Side Stories” where you can enjoy various event stories that has been finished in the past. What make GBF different from other similar games that I’ve played is that some event stories are actually part of a bigger arc that connects with another event. One of such is Defender’s Oath – currently available in Side Stories – which is the first of an arc consisted of 3 events called The Dragon Knights story arc.
Another thing that differs GBF from other mobile game is that cash is not necessarily needed to survive until end game, i.e., an entirely cashless build is totally feasible even as you reach High Level contents. While this is arguable, since some gacha based builds are evidently stronger than free build, free players can still compete with people who were blessed with gacha luck. This free build, however, still requires you to have a decent luck to have the valuable SSR weapon to drop from a boss raid.
You might spotted that I’ve mentioned gacha. Yes, that despicable mechanism exists in this game. I can even say that it’s a rather integral part of the game as while you can get SR (and recently, SSR) character from events, it still takes a while to gather a full team for all 6 elements if you rely on it alone. However, the dev is rather generous in this regard, as from time to time, you will be granted a free daily premium draw. Also, every 5 days of consecutive logins, you will be given one yolo gacha ticket (you should save this one though). Additionally, every end of the month or so, the dev usually held an event – colloquially called “legfest” – where the chance to get SSR draw doubles. Regardless, one might argue that these SSR characters are not that important until late game, as – for example – one could manage to single handedly clear a raid boss using an entirely free SR team once he had decent weapon build (which is also free).
All in all, GBF is a decent mobile game which allows you to immerse in a classic RPG environment. With interesting plot and character development to offer, this game is quite remarkable when similar games often fall back to generic story lines. While gacha is still an integral part of the game, an entirely gacha free build is – to some degree – feasible. If you are a fan of RPGs, this game is worth trying.
Beware though, as Granblue Fantasy is dubbed by some fan as Grindblue Fantasy for a good reason.
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