- Story: 160 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Characters: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 128 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 64 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Difficulty: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 4k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The story was a massive step up compared to the first game.
Overall, even if this is the odd duck in the franchise, I'd say I can recommend it, providing that you can have a grasp of the deep mechanics this game has. it also includes the QoL features from the FFI remaster: Quick Save anywhere, even in dungeons, running button, a map to check where you need to go and track the chests you may have missed, and the arranged soundtrack I have mentioned before.
The free form character customization and levelling have been nice- I have a melee fighter that uses staves (the weakest weapon in the game) as his primary DPS source because I found out you could spike a midgame staff from an early game mob, and I've used that to leapfrog a lot of the intended power progression of the early game for that character.
The magic spells got some really cool upgraded visuals that I absolutely loved, though.
Followed along with a guide and had no issues on steam deck.
Theme by theme
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What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Partial Controller Support
Store features
- Camera Comfort
- Custom Volume Controls
- Family Sharing
- Keyboard Only Option
- Playable without Timed Input
- Save Anytime
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
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