Hello, my name is Alex, and the game I am going to review today is Fate Grand Order. It is a single player game. It is fairly simple; players can beat the full game with any character. Battles are turn-based, with the difficulty increasing as the story progresses. The mechanics are easy to learn, as there are only 3 attack types per character.
The User Interface for this game is pleasant and fit in with the game’s theme and story. Players can customize how the text appears in game. The controls are easy. There are no cheats. The game is set in a high-tech environment, and the graphics match the mood, with holograms of the planet’s surface on the main menu’s background. The art style is an anime art style, although most characters have a different illustrator.
Edmond Dantės (Count of Monte Cristo)
Asclepius (Father of Medicine)
The music is great and matches the mood. Due to a recent Unity Engine Update, the game has gotten faster, and it runs better on Android phones. Depictions of violence are kept PG. The story is the main focus of the game, and it is skippable. It is set in 2018, on the Chaldea Security Organisation, which was set to protect humanity. The main character must time travel into the past in order to prevent the end of Humanity, while fighing alongside historical heroes. Each era has a destabilizing factor, the Holy Grail. Story chapters expand the world, and the player visits locations such as Joan of Arc’s France, Nero’s Rome, 1800’s London, and Gilgamesh’s city of Uruk. One progresses through the story like a visual novel, with dialogue and cutscenes and multiple choices. The game has extra quests such as “Interludes” and “Rank-Up Quests” which revisit locations, they serve to power up allies and to build their character.
France (1431)
Roman Empire (60)
London (1888)
Mesopotamia (2655 B.C.)
The main character is customizable, the player may swap their gender and clothing, with each set of clothes providing different skills. Heroes and villains have varied backgrounds, and may be customised as well, and while most of them are European, there are several from other countries such as Qin Shi Huang of China (Chinese Emperor), or Karna from India (epic hero from the Mahabharata). The game gets biweekly updates and is replayable.
Player Profile (Male)
Player Profile (Female)
Mystic Code (Captain Chaldea)
Mystic Code (Tropical Summer)
Mystic Code (True Ether)
Edmond Dantės (Summer)
Karna (Hero of Charity)
Karna (Robe of the Fiery Three Gods)
Qin Shi Huang (The First Emperor)
Fate Grand order is a Mobile Gacha Game, which means it makes money off of micro transactions akin to gambling. A Player may spend money on currency named Saint Quartz and use it to revive themselves during gameplay or to summon new servants, this currency can also be obtained for free while playing the game.
Summon Menu
Buying SQ Menu
In conclusion, while Fate Grand Order is a time-consuming game that requires farming and possibly money, however, the story is extremely good, and the characters are interesting. While I do not recommend spending money on this game, except during festivity time, I do recommend everyone to play and enjoy the aspects of this game I have been loving for the past year. The game teaches interesting aspects about heroes and legends, such as the legend of Gilgamesh, and his friendship with the monster of the forest Enkidu.
All screenshots obtained by me.
Thank you very much for reading my review! Hope I didn't take much of your time!
