The game brings characters for a lighthearted role-playing adventure that builds on decades of legacy while crafting its own identity.
It’s been nearly 30 years since the four Warriors of Light crossed the bridge out of Cornelia and into our collective hearts, launching one of the biggest — if not the biggest — RPG franchises in the world. A new game a decade in development is a month away from setting the stage for the franchise’s future, but before that monumental release, World of Final Fantasy takes us back through the series’ past.
The world of Grymoire is home to people, places, and things from throughout the Final Fantasy multiverse, from Cornelia to Magitek Armor to Cloud, Tidus, and Lightning. You play as twin siblings, Lann and Reynn, a pair of amnesiac heroes thrust into this mysterious new world armed with the unique power to capture and command the monsters they come across. Their ability to control these creatures called “Mirages” is the centre of both WoFF’s gameplay and plot, and the core of what makes this a worthy entry into Final Fantasy’s extended family.
This is a colourful cartoon world with a breezy plot and some very goofy dialogue — mostly in a good way. Everybody is seriously earnest about their dumb puns and silly wordplay, and while it’s clearly written with kids in mind it’s all enthusiastic enough to be endearing.
While a couple of characters can come off cloying, the cast largely sells the lighthearted adventure in a terrific way, whether they’re fretting over their mysterious past or having an argument amount the misuse of verbiage. The game offers a Japanese voice track as well, though only to those who’ve picked up the Day 1 or Collector’s Editions.
Those character interactions carry most of the story, because the details of the genre-standard plot certainly do not.
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