Final Fantasy Explorers - Nintendo 3DS

I'd been hyped about this game since I heard about it last august and pre-ordered it right away. It was released in Japan in 2014 so this is just the english version of it. The DLC that was released in Japan seem to be included in the game. I have played roughly 10 hours of the game so far and am nowhere near completing it.You may have heard that this is somewhat like monster hunter but don't go thinking this is anything like the experience you had with monster hunter. I think more or less this is true. I find the targeting, movement, and abilities much easier and more intuitive to use. I do not use the circle pad pro for this (yet) BUT it is compatible with it.Features of the game:- You start as a freelancer job and unlock several after you complete the tutorial phase. You unlock more jobs later through various means.Pros:- A ton of stuff to do. You can get all (and multiple) of the available monsters to summon and fight with you, max out all 21 (or so?) jobs' abilities and weapons, make all the stuff in the game, and lots more.- Online play, local co-op, and solo play. You can set up rooms detailing your objectives and gate it based on what content the other people have cleared so far.- You can leave the city hub without a quest just to gather items and kill monsters free-style.- The crystal surge system is pretty neat.- Your abilities can gain "mutations" that add special traits to them.Cons:- No 3D functionality (small con really, 3D gives me a headache sometimes!)- Probably no future updates (it's been out a year already in Japan so..)I'll edit this if I find more cons really since I'm so early into the game.My impression of it is if you really liked the feel of FFXI you'll like this. If you like games where you kill monsters over and over and make weapons and armor out of their drops you'll like this.Cons:- Onlin

This is a fantastic game, cutesy graphics which Final Fantasy likes to use for most of their DS/3DS titles but they do look good enough to impress in some cases. The game play is a lot of fun, very much like Monster Hunter only with Final Fantasy Jobs and lore. You can change jobs, mix and match abilities and magic spells, and eventually summon monsters during battle or channel a favorite Final Fantasy Character to play as them before unleashing their ultimate move before turning back into your character. I have nothing but good things to say about the game, it's a solid choice for your 3DS collection.

I'm about 20 hours into the game now and have been enjoying it. If you are a fan of the Monster Hunter games, you will like this as well. The whole point of the game is to be grindy and build up and improve your character. Like the Final Fantasy MMOs, the class system lets you change your class on the fly. Using different weapons lets you use different skill sets that can change how you approach battles.I've been enjoying the pet leveling aspect of the game as well. In lieu of using the multiplayer function to play with other people, you can level pets to fight along side you and aid you in battle. I think this was a very good call on Square Enix's part to not force you to play with others if you don't want to.If I had a complaint, it would be the lack of communication possible when using multiplayer. The game has many preset phrases you can send, but the system itself is a little clunky. This is forgivable to me though, I'm not able to think of a better solution on the gameboy platform.

This portion of the review is based on the product ALONE:The game is reminiscent of Monster-Hunter, while still giving a VERY Final Fantasy feel. It has an in-depth job-changing system with cross-class skill system, as well as an intricate monster/collection system and a skill-grinding system. You will be very entertained for a long while, and there's still so much more that I can't fully cover in a review alone! So if you love Final Fantasy, or Monster Hunter, or even miss a bit of that Crystal Chronicles feel with a very decent online/local co-op play mixed in, purchase this product!This portion of the review is based on the delivery of the product ALONE:I pre-ordered this game to avoid not being able to purchase the game upon its release; ironically, there was only one copy of the game left at my local Game Stop, and had I just foregone pre-ordering it from Square Enix USA, I would've been playing the game happily! Alas, I am unsatisfied due to the fact that my game arrived FAIRLY late, given it was even a pre-order, given I purchased the fastest delivery option available. I ordered the game on the 8th of January, and received it January 29th (3 days, what a horror!). The quickest option was two days, but it didn't even arrive within the two days of release (the game had its official release on the 26th). On top of that, my friend in Canada received his copy on the 25th and he ordered it with a normal delivery. Despite this, I still received my game significantly later than he did, and that is why I do not review this as a 5-star due to the poor transit.Summarize:Ordered 1/09Released 1/26Friend Received 1/25Personally Received (with 2-day shipping) 1/29Product is a 5/5Delivery is a 1/5

FF Explorers es un excelente juego para pasar el rato con tus amigos y conocer gente nueva por el multiplayer por los cuales jugar, tiene unas excelentes graficas muy acorde a la franquicia y regresan los muy queridos y no tan queridos monstruos de los FF veterans,para las personas que buscan este juego por ser un monster hunter, NO TIENE NADA DE MONSTER HUNTER, no busques este juego si lo quieres estilo MH para eso esta el de God Eater o Ragnarok, este parece mas como un MMO pero a menor escalaeste es un Final Fantasy no Monster Hunter, el juego es muy entetenido y desafiante a su manera, aqui no utilizas tantos recursos o las armaduras para efectos elementales, es un juego para entretenrse y divertirsesi realmente quieres tener peleas con monstruos grandes mejor ve con MH

Este juego es muy bueno. Tiene mecánicas de un MMO (los NPC te piden misiones, vas recogiendo loot de los mobs, puedes explorar el mundo abierto en tiempo real) con elementos de la saga de Final Fantasy. Hay muchas cosas por hacer, así que puede sacar muchas horas de entretenimiento. Me recuerda al FF XIV (el segundo MMO de la franquicia) y FFXII. Se puede jugar en línea con amigos y con otras personas que tengan conexión a Internet (y en caso de jugar solo, puedes reclutar monstruos). Hay varias clases a elegir y puedes cambiar entre ellas a conveniencia. Es una lástima que no cuente con el efecto 3D. En general está genial. Vale la pena jugarlo tanto para los fans de la saga como para quienes apenas comienzan a jugar.

El juego es una mezcla tipo monster hunter y final fantasy.Obvio sin llegar a tanta profundidad en las mécanicas de monster hunter; yo lo veo como una buena forma de irte metiendo en este mundo de juegos.El juego no cuenta con tanto contenido, pero al jugarlo con tus amigos le mete un toque muy grande de rejugabilidad

Le doy tres estrellas por el hecho de que el asunto de las preventas en Amazon aun tiene que mejorar. Envían el juego varios días después de su fecha de lanzamiento oficial. Lo ideal seria que lo enviaran el mismo día en que sale. Ya van varios juegos que cancelo por demorar tanto en enviarlos.El juego llego bien en esta ocasión. Nada que destacar.Recomiendo el juego a los tanto a los fans de Final Fantasy como de Monster Hunter.

Muy buen producto a buen precio llegó antes de la fecha todo muy bien en cuanto el producto y el vendedor pero el juego no está muy bueno, es como una copia de MH