Gloomy Action fireworks

In recent days I have played this game with great enthusiasm and dare therefore time to review it. To me personally, because perhaps it is quite useful as an addition to my review: I like to play RPGs (like turn-based and classic, but just as much action-heavy) and action and adventure games. Here and there a Hack'n'Slay.

Three points are awarded, which I will not go into:
- Graphics: Remake of a PSP game. Hello! Those who as a bombastic Grafikwerkstatt expected is clearly ran with the wrong expectations. ^^
- Price: full price. The reviews because I can not quite understand, because the game is in front of it never published by us. Although it is a remake, yes, but still a brand-new title for us.
- FF veterans: Honest people, each to their own, but I just can not hear that everything is compared with FFVII. The probability of ever return an "old" FF, is very low. Here, then, loud and clear: No buy recommendation for those who want a typical FF à la VI, VII, VIII and X.

Among the important things:

- Story
Long ago that has already brought to the brink of tears with an intro. The story begins very tragic and gloomy and keeps the adult tone also consistently at. Just the way how as young people sent to war, the fact that the same Fallen disappear from memory, etc. - which reinforces the somber tone in any case.
Right at the center of the story is, however, not - different than usual at FF games, which normally are indeed very story heavy. If you want to really have more information, you have to the side events Search (during free time between the mission! Marked), then you get more background information about story and characters.

- Characters
The game does not attach great work on the development of the personalities of the characters, so I can not even give a negative point there. The focus of the class 0 is Ace and next still tens of other students (in total there are with Ace 14), that can be changed or used in any way in the fight. It has, incidentally, immediate access to the characters - so they do not come step by step into the team and are not introduced by the story (exceptions: Rem and Machina, the two newest members of Class 0). The characters could just as well by the way and sundry or Sepp and Franz or Kevin and Jessica or 1, 2, 3 hot - they're not very important. Personally, I've noticed me only the most important names. However, you can get quite a bit of info about the characters through! -Events What she brings a little closer. I would however be lying if I say that they were thereby really grown on me.

- Combat system
The combat system is fast, action-heavy and you have to react very quickly. Before entering a mission, you will be asked which characters you want to actively manage (you can choose three), which can be either at home or carry as a backup / reserve Andren. The death of a character on the battlefield, you can replace it with a reserve character. This is sometimes really an advantage when playing through a long and difficult passages (as it can be after only that a coinciding character formation as a house of cards, or the characters in turn die)
You can also equip a limited number of skills for fighting. That should be good premeditate (eg I'm already stumbled into a mission with Fire spells while two active characters. Blöd that opponents were largely immune to it only)

For less experienced players, but also for "Hardcore" players who want to really good additional items / points, you can also request support units. During the mission, the characters then are randomly replaced by these unknown members of the unit. They are leveled generally higher and make missions easier. But I personally prefer to play with my real force - if only to level up. (Missions the way you can repeat! For then Item farms makes sense if you want to go out with the support unit)
I should probably also mention the field operations, which are different from the normal mission. In addition to the normal fighting because there are also missions in which you are traveling with a character and strategically recapture an army tries occupied territory.

Gameplay:
One moves in principle from mission to mission. In between, you have a couple of days / hours to make side missions to look at character / story events to breed Chocobos, to train in the arena, level up abilities to talk to NPCs, etc.
Equip skills and distribute level points to unlock new abilities, the active (gesteurten) change character or aufleven Magic skills, you can to the memory points.

General Conclusion:
At the beginning you will be slain by tutorials. For me it was so that I had, for example, the tutorial to the Special Orders skipped by mistake and have subsequently asked me forever, what is supposed to be all about! Even binding character should not expect to. For these two points of criticism (and also that the story is unfortunately irrelevant), there is a star deduction.
But nevertheless makes the game just amazing mood. The fights are incredibly fast and action-heavy - almost like a Hack'n'Slay, but with distinct RPG elements! One feels almost as a member of the Class 0 and can not wait to go on a deployment. For fans of action RPGs, which are adjusted to the fact that the graphics are not next-gen is (PSP remake!), Almost a must!
Strong buy recommendation from me, if you know what you're getting into.

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Edit: by the game in a first pass! So I would add my review yet that the game is built upon, also to motivate the second and even the third time. There are numerous dungeons and optional bosses for simply being in the first playthrough too weak side missions for which one was not strong enough in the first playthrough, additional story content, more representative and and and. I personal think that's very good solved!
In addition, experience the story that comes along rather weak at the beginning, towards the end a real upturn. Rumor has it so, that a sequel - Type 1 - is to come, which I certainly hope so.