REMAINSILLY
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Is their a tier list of characters for end game content yet? I want my end game to be optimal so I don't bog down the team when I play online.
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Granblue Fantasy: Relink | OT | It's been 8 long years...
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MagiusNecros
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Weapon, Sigil loadout, skill with a character/class, skill loadout, knowing when to slow/petrify/ or paralyze/glaciate(interrupt), coordinating Chain burst for either burst damage or to push phases, using Link time at the right moment for either extra DPS or to meet a DPS check, using elemental advantage for that 20% extra damage as well as knowing mechanics that get increasingly more varied and complex as difficulty increases offers more tactics and complexity then I feel most MMOs have on offer.
MH is more clunky and methodical in practice and uses a party wide 3 strikes and you are out system.
If you only played the short campaign you only really played 10% of what the game has to offer.
Danjin44
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Shake Your Rump
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None of this matters when every boss dies to simple tactics. It sounds good in theory, but only seems to apply to the absolute highest level of difficulty.
I have played more than just the campaign, of course, otherwise I wouldn’t have come to this conclusion.
somesang
Member
Wait, you finished the campaign and you’re done?
Edit* whoops just saw your response above. Assuming you went through the harder difficulties for this impression?
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Welp I mostly finished the game. Mostly just the campaign. I'll continue to grind out the characters. I really wish we had more towns to explore and had better interactions with more of the towns folk. I mostly just wanted more. This felt like the start of a grand adventure instead of the whole adventure.
DonkeyPunchJr
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I’m fairly early maybe 5 hours in, but I’d say no. It’s more of a hack n slash with just enough story to get you to the next mission. The focus is entirely on combat + quests + material farming/character growth.
Heck when the game starts you already have an airship and 6 party members. I don’t know if I’m supposed to know these characters from the mobile game or what. And all the character background comes from these flashback text sequences that you get at the quest vendor.
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Celcius
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It was for me. I mostly wanted to play for the story and I enjoyed it.
I did spend like 10-15 hours on the post-game and that's fun too, but I would have been happy even if the story was all there was, as a fan of GranBlue.
Shake Your Rump
Banned
I think that if you have several friends who will play it with you, it's a must buy. If you are doing solo or with random people, it's a maybe. For me, the purchase price was worth just experiencing the game and having a lot of fun for a week. Although, I bought physical, so it wasn't a complete waste like it would be on Steam.
cormack12
Gold Member
I'm a solo player and love it.
The game does an excellent job of running a few MMO style missions. You level up quickly, the AI are a joy and actually help.
Then you get to the endgame and quests and I've been matchmaking which is improving all the time as more people are on.
Everything Is quick, so it can be put on for half an hour or so and you still make progress.
Depends what type of games you like I guess
KàIRóS
Member
After playing it non stop for 2 weeks now I honestly see myself playing it online for the entire year, the character building mechanics post game are just super fun to me.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
That's why I'm waiting to buy this game, I'm disappointed it's not a Traditional JRPG.
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
If you hit the monster in MH enough with your stick it will die too. Relink just removes the usual bullshit that comes with every Hunt IMO.
But I think the game is more like PSO or Vindictus then MH. MH is a very different beast.
I'll say this much. Relink is gonna make FFXIV seem slow as hell.
Shake Your Rump
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It’s been a while since I played MHW, but we used tactics like knocking down rocks, flooding areas, chopping off tails, setting traps, climbing on heads… the closest thing I have seen is breaking off armor parts (that have no collectible value?). In MHW, sometimes your goal was strictly to break off armor parts for crafting materials.
Also, food mattered! Team composition mattered! Knowing the land mattered! These tiny arenas with a few throwable barrels are nothing in comparison.
It still a fantastic game worth playing. Worth the asking price. It just isn’t worth playing more than a dozen hours after completing the campaign for me. I saw all there was to see.
I suspect the tedious method of matchmaking was enough to sway me away. Give me a job board where I can post a quest while I do other stuff, then ready the quest when we have a full party. The developers haven’t reached that level of skill yet, but maybe someday.
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Breaking armor parts nets you mats you can only otherwise get through Treasure trade or meeting one of the 3 objectives and playing your cards right you can stun lock a boss using Link time, slows, paralysis, glaciate, Break, multiple chain bursts.
MH is just a much slower action game where food buffs, composition and knowing the map and the fight matters and the monsters are always a threat. And I've never found fighting MH endgame bosses that can 3 shot you like Alatreon to be that much fun. Just one long slog.
Relink gives you the opportunity to actually make your character just as threatening as the bosses and throws you right into the action.
MH has you spend half the game managing inventories or buff stacking with items that take 2.5 seconds to use which has never been fun to me. Not to mention the artificial difficulty with managing Stamina. Mega oof. Or playing Cat and Mouse with the monster when it's close to death.
If MH and Relink were Cars then MH is a Stick Shift and Relink is an Automatic.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Yeah, I've just finished Chapter 6, including that big boss fight, and I'll say that so far I'm thoroughly enjoying my time with it, probably more than Tales of Arise (it reminds me a bit of it graphics and combat wise
).Each character is so much fun to play with (I've mained a good portion of the game with Djetta, Charlotta and Io so far) and currently trying to level their masteries and switching between them while doing story missions and side-quests.
Anyway, I'll probably play the endgame as well since I want to see what leveled up characters with strong runes, weapons and max out mastery trees can really do.
Edit: I also wanted to add that I love how easy to navigate the menus and UI are; plus the super fast loading on PS5 is chef's kiss. Like I'm thoroughly impressed with what Cygames have done here with this console game release considering they're mostly known for mobile games.
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Danjin44
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Actually this game kind of remind me of Xenoblade, its action game but has very much MMO combat system and each character has quirky mechanic that makes them unique.Yeah, I've just finished Chapter 6, including that big boss fight, and I'll say that so far I'm thoroughly enjoying my time with it, probably more than Tales of Arise (it reminds me a bit of it graphics and combat wise
As soon as I got recruit ticket I unlocked Narmaya and she became my main and she is very fun to play with different stance and parry....as main LS user in MH games, I'm very happy with her.
What I like about structure of this game, once I finish the main story and I can do quest mode bite size and still able to catch up with other big releases.....its god send for busy months like Feb and March.
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KàIRóS
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Almost 100 hours in and the game just threw a completely new Sigil that increases attack (5K+ ) but completely disables dodging and guarding, but my main is Lancelot and he can still dodge with normal attacks, I think this is going to be OP AF, man I love when a game throws you stuff to get creative on builds.
) but completely disables dodging and guarding, but my main is Lancelot and he can still dodge with normal attacks, I think this is going to be OP AF, man I love when a game throws you stuff to get creative on builds.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Parry is so good once you understand how to pull it off. Lots of characters all have their advanced techs. Io can hold Stargaze charges with dodge tech and Siegfried can pull off his buffed attacks after a dodge if you have to reposition. Lots of cool stuff.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Katalina Advanced Techniques for Infinite Ares mode. Guardian's Honor(One of Kat's signature sigils) and Quick Cooldown V give CD Reduction and and Ares Y combo reduces current CDs by 5% and using a DPS ability allows you to extend Ares for another combo. BUT you can also bypass this if you only do 6 Ares strikes instead of 7 and Do Combo 1 and have 0.4 seconds to do another Ares combo chain repeatedly.
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Having played Relink it made me realize it's a marriage between Bayonetta's level structure and gameplay, and Skies of Arcadia's theme, worldbuilding and sense of exploration and now I want a proper remake or sequel to that game
I played it a bit last night on my old save file but it could really do with some modern quality of life updates.
zokie
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NEWS | Granblue Fantasy: Relink | Cygames
Cygames presents Japan's hit RPG, now with all-new 3D action. A grand adventure in the skies awaits!relink.granbluefantasy.jp
2024.02.14
Ver.1.0.5 Update Information
The ver.1.0.5 update applies various changes listed below for the PlayStation® platform.
Players who have purchased the disc version are strongly encouraged to download and install this latest update.
*The Steam version update is planned to be released on Feb. 16 and will include separate changes.
Changes from Ver.1.0.4:
・[Online] Adjusted matchmaking when Power Adjustment under Matchmaking Settings is set to On for the PS4® and PS5® versions.
・[Quests] Fixed a bug where rewards for breaking foe parts weren't properly awarded on the PS4® and PS5® versions.
Thank you for playing Granblue Fantasy: Relink!
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I need to unlock Charlotta. With the right build/sigils she can ignore mechanics.
Guilty_AI
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Glad I waited
Feel Like I'm On 42
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Yeah, I've just finished Chapter 6, including that big boss fight, and I'll say that so far I'm thoroughly enjoying my time with it, probably more than Tales of Arise (it reminds me a bit of it graphics and combat wise
Each character is so much fun to play with (I've mained a good portion of the game with Djetta, Charlotta and Io so far) and currently trying to level their masteries and switching between them while doing story missions and side-quests.
Anyway, I'll probably play the endgame as well since I want to see what leveled up characters with strong runes, weapons and max out mastery trees can really do.
Edit: I also wanted to add that I love how easy to navigate the menus and UI are; plus the super fast loading on PS5 is chef's kiss. Like I'm thoroughly impressed with what Cygames have done here with this console game release considering they're mostly known for mobile games.
Is it true this is only 1080p/60? If so that's a damn shame. Arise managed to do 1440p/60 and looked great. Are these graphics more demanding than Arise?
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
Not only the some the maps in Relink is bigger but also in one of chapter you fight HUGE boss that even bigger than Fire Giant in Elden Ring.
I also like Relink visuals even more than Arise, not only it has better quality character animation but also the environments can like look like painted concept art come to life.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
It runs at a solid 1080p 60fps with zero frame drops, which can't be said about Tales of Arise as it was dropping into the low 50s or even high 40s during intense fights (I've played both games on PS5). Additionally, as
Danjin44
mentioned, there's a particular massive set piece in the game that outshines Tales of Arise in epicness. Regardless, what I'm trying to say is that the 1080p resolution in performance mode shouldn't discourage you from picking up the game. It's an excellent action RPG and, personally, I find it more enjoyable than Tales of Arise, which I also liked.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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I know it's about GBVRS and the GB gacha game, but it's part of the same franchise so I'll share here nonetheless.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Not my best capture, but this game looks pretty. Was a bit stunned (in a good way) by this fight during Chapter 8.
Danjin44
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This game’s aesthetics is just……Not my best capture, but this game looks pretty. Was a bit stunned (in a good way) by this fight during Chapter 8.
Klayzer
Member
The artstyle naturally compliments the gameplay. Looking forward to more content in the upcoming months.This game’s aesthetics is just……
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Finally unlocked Charlotta(I. AM. INVINCIBLE.) and I am now under her protection. Forever PURE. Forever RIGHTEOUS.
March Climber
Member
Big gameplay tip! I discovered this because I beat the campaign completely solo and then I tried his separate boss mission with an online party and this fight went completely different. I went back offline, tried an AI party, and it was the same as the online party. Then finally I went back to solo to make sure that what I noticed is legitimate. If you are struggling with the following boss:
Fight him alone!
No really, seriously, take out all of your party members before going into battle with the guy, whether it's the second, third, fourth, etc. time fighting him. I know it sounds crazy, but I think the game devs put a little trick behind this one battle. His fight becomes significantly easier when just playing as one character with no party members, 1 v 1.
He doesn't spam his moves as much. He doesn't use his area moves as much because his AI is focused on just you. His moves are also slightly slower, more readable and more deliberate. Also, as a bonus his healthbar scales down to one character's attack power.
Going from a party to one player only, The fight changes from nonstop-spam raid boss to a fight more reminiscent of Vergil vs Dante or Raiden vs Sam.
Edit: His boss music even fits a 1 v 1 encounter:
Maybe that was a slight hint, maybe not, but it adds up.
Fight him alone!
No really, seriously, take out all of your party members before going into battle with the guy, whether it's the second, third, fourth, etc. time fighting him. I know it sounds crazy, but I think the game devs put a little trick behind this one battle. His fight becomes significantly easier when just playing as one character with no party members, 1 v 1.
He doesn't spam his moves as much. He doesn't use his area moves as much because his AI is focused on just you. His moves are also slightly slower, more readable and more deliberate. Also, as a bonus his healthbar scales down to one character's attack power.
Going from a party to one player only, The fight changes from nonstop-spam raid boss to a fight more reminiscent of Vergil vs Dante or Raiden vs Sam.
Edit: His boss music even fits a 1 v 1 encounter:
Maybe that was a slight hint, maybe not, but it adds up.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Granblue Fantasy advert in Tokyo 
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Forgot to post here, but I finished the story over the weekend and done all the side quests up to that point and some post storyline content, too.
Overall a banger action RPG with a good story, top tier combat and characters.
I know there's still lots to do in the end game, but for now I'll call it quits as I have limited time and lots more awesome games to play on the horizon.
That said, I'll leave a few gifs here marked as spoilers with the very final moments from the main story since the whole scene was quite touching.
Overall a banger action RPG with a good story, top tier combat and characters.
I know there's still lots to do in the end game, but for now I'll call it quits as I have limited time and lots more awesome games to play on the horizon.
That said, I'll leave a few gifs here marked as spoilers with the very final moments from the main story since the whole scene was quite touching.
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
There will be more content to do incrementally in March/April/May anyway so there is no rush. The raid will probably have a new weapon to grind for, 2 new characters to level and grind out and whatever the May update is. Plus this game is pretty hard to put down with the amount of grinding you have to do for each character.
I got a similar build to the Unkillable Charlotta vid and it's very effective in cheesing/ignoring mechanics with her 2 big defensive abilities. Feels like cheating at times. Need to get Charlotta's Awakening Sigil, grind out for awakening Ascension weapons and then tackle Proud mode quests.
I'm eager to try out Tweyen since the roster of ranged characters is very low.
I got a similar build to the Unkillable Charlotta vid and it's very effective in cheesing/ignoring mechanics with her 2 big defensive abilities. Feels like cheating at times. Need to get Charlotta's Awakening Sigil, grind out for awakening Ascension weapons and then tackle Proud mode quests.
I'm eager to try out Tweyen since the roster of ranged characters is very low.
March Climber
Member
Can someone tell me if this individual was hacking or is there another form of power beyond 100 with maxed gear that I'm not aware of?
We were fighting the level 110 ice wolf and they decimated it in about slightly over 60 seconds and tanked all ice abilities(like they had zero effect on the person) including the one where you're supposed to hide behind the pillar.
My two 100s are strong, I've been playing this game quite a bit, and one of mine is just about maxed out(Percival), but it felt like this person clocked in a number of hours that would be impossible to achieve for that much power.
We were fighting the level 110 ice wolf and they decimated it in about slightly over 60 seconds and tanked all ice abilities(like they had zero effect on the person) including the one where you're supposed to hide behind the pillar.
My two 100s are strong, I've been playing this game quite a bit, and one of mine is just about maxed out(Percival), but it felt like this person clocked in a number of hours that would be impossible to achieve for that much power.
Celcius
°Temp. member
I chose Gran for my playthrough but now you've got me wanting to do a second playthrough as DjeetaForgot to post here, but I finished the story over the weekend and done all the side quests up to that point and some post storyline content, too.
Overall a banger action RPG with a good story, top tier combat and characters.
I know there's still lots to do in the end game, but for now I'll call it quits as I have limited time and lots more awesome games to play on the horizon.
That said, I'll leave a few gifs here marked as spoilers with the very final moments from the main story since the whole scene was quite touching.
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