As planned, it is this Saturday that Cygames broadcast his Granblue Showcase GBVSR ・Relink Part.1 serving to give us news of the next two games to be released on consoles and PC in the coming months. Well, the new features introduced were not numerous, but are still worth a look, and gameplay was shown. Let’s start with the most interesting, namely Granblue Fantasy: Relink. Finally dated since gamescom Opening Night Live 2023he has not finished revealing his secrets to us, particularly regarding his playable characters.
The part dedicated to Relink begins at 40:41
In addition to a reminder of the general plot of the game, general director Tetsuya Fukuhara revealed a 17th playable character, who is not the last. So, in addition to Gran/Djeeta, Katarina, Rackam, Io, Eugene, Rosette, Ferry, Narmaya, Lancelot, Vane, Percival, Siegfried, Charlotte, Yodarha, Zeta And VaseragaIt is Ghandagoza which can be embodied ! Even if we would clearly have liked to be able to embody Soriz in 3D environments, have a brawl not already included in GBVS is much better in terms of diversity, especially with the hundreds of characters existing in the mobile game.
This Draph dreaming of becoming the most powerful warrior in the world fights with his fists and masters the style of Eternal Rage, with which he gathers power by performing combos. The higher the sound level Raging Fist will be high and the more damage caused will become significant, being able to injure bosses when it is at maximum. Moreover, Ghandagoza will be well dubbed by Kiyoyuki Yanada in Relink, since he had recorded his dialogues before his death last November.
If like us you were wondering why Lyria was at the swordsman’s side ID of the’Avia Church in some scenes we now have the answer, it’s just not her since FKHR stated that this is a girl with a striking resemblance to…As for Lilithshe seeks to open a door to the Astral Realmenough to intrigue fans.
Development director Kaji, for his part, mentioned the fact that progressing in the main quest will unlock additional content, including multiplayer quests and more playable characters. Cities will serve as a base for accepting various missions and upgrading weapons, in addition to serving as lobbies for online play. This introduction to gameplay runs from 49:14 to 57:30 in the presentation video and then shows us the basics of the real-time four-character team battle system. By chaining together blows, we will fill a “stun” bar, allowing us to carry out a group attack called Link Attackincreasing a level (the percentage on the right of the screen) which once reached 100 will trigger the Link Time slowing down the opponent and providing temporary stat boosts. Each character will also have a gauge under their life bar, which once full will be used to trigger a Skybound Art (the equivalent of Charge Attacks of Granblue Fantasyalso present in GBVS) accompanied by a short cutscene. By successively activating the Skybound Arts team members, Chain Burst will inflict additional damage, the best being to perform a Full Chain with a four in a row.
A demonstration of each character’s techniques then showed the different play styles that will be offered to us, since they all play differently. Nodes of Mastery will be unlockable for everyone in order to personalize and improve them even morewith up to four skills to equip at a time from a choice which will therefore expand over time, all unique to their owner. The weapons will have a level like in gbf with a system ofa Capeimprovements being made with a blacksmith by having the right materials, and of Sigils with various effects to add to them. Sierokart will also be present with its boutique, whether in town or in the field (but what is its secret to being everywhere?). As for quests, they will be managed by the crew Alliance Rafalethe opportunity here to have an overview of the menu Zegagrande and several of its islands. In terms of objectives, it will obviously be quite classic, between beating a boss, hordes of monsters or even defending a target.
Finally, it is a multi-player boss encounter that was shown, from 58:47 to 1:07:56showing us that once the quest is selected, we will be transported directly to the creature, here some Quakadile. Finally, the collector was entitled to a unboxing and although the statuette of Proto Bahamut is quite small, it nonetheless remains very detailed.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink is expected on February 1, 2024 on PS5, PS4 and PC, with early access from January 28. You can find the manga Granblue Fantasy on Amazon at the price of €7.20 per unit. A Granblue Showcase Relink Part.2 is also planned for January to give us the final details before launch.
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