So, I finally got to play today! My game was unfortunately delayed a bit, but thankfully not too long. One of the things I’ve noticed is a lot of people comparing it to Monster Hunter, but I don’t really feel it’s very similar and it reminds me a lot more of Phantasy Star Online 2 and Fantasy Life. My character at the moment:
I have mixed feelings about how the highlights sometimes look, the fact that the bow color seems permanently set, and the bangs covering her eye, but I think she looks cute otherwise.
I changed to a White Mage ASAP and am hoping it won’t take too long to unlock Aerith’s outfit. I’ll probably change it to Sage when I can. I would say my biggest issues with the game are the lack of direction/how much you need to travel with areas (though, I did just unlock the Airship so maybe that won’t be as bad soon) and the fact that you are forced back after a minute tops when finishing a quest rather than being given time to continue working on subquests or grinding. While I believe you can also go whenever if you don’t want a timed quest overhead, I really like doing multiple things at once so I just wish it was a little more like PSO2 where the time limit ends when you finish and then there is an exit warp you can use when you feel like it versus being kicked out by a certain time.
I’m hoping to play more soon, but I haven’t decided if I want to record everything or just certain parts. Right now though, I don’t feel there is much of an end-goal beyond just doing quests which makes the story a bit lacking so it just doesn’t feel like there is much of a reason to record. I may try and take more photos though and set up a photo section eventually in the Game Diaries section.
For now though, some lovely randomized photos: