And, interestingly, a Monster Lab lets you create your own monsters to use as battle-companions. Deciding which job to take on (from the likes of Thief, Paladin, White or Black Mage and so on) brings about new abilities, and you can craft weapons and armour.
The giant crystal in Libertas’ main square lets you mutate your Crystal Surges, while a fortune-teller lets you buy single-quest buffs.
In typical Final Fantasy fashion, you can tinker around with a ton of character development. There’s an element of trial and error to those, as the only clue you get about them lies in their (typically arcane) names, but they are absolutely vital to employ against all but the weakest monsters you also need to keep an eye on their cooldown periods. Once that charges, you can unleash powerful spells called Crystal Surges – both attacking and as defense. You can map abilities to the 3DS’s four buttons, but the combat itself is pretty simple, until you start chaining attacks and thereby building up Resonance. But the main thrust involves taking out so-called Eidolons, which are pretty much boss-monsters, and which guard highly prized crystals.Įxplorers leads you into its gameplay pretty gently. Initially, these involve hunting set numbers of pretty low-level monsters, as you level up and develop your abilities. You take on the persona of a freelance explorer, pitching up in the town of Libertas, seeking to cement a reputation by completing quests that help the locals. As such, its gameplay isn’t what you would typically expect from a Final Fantasy game – probably its nearest equivalent would be 2004’s Crystal Chronicles. It may require some effort to get particularly excited about a 3DS game, but there are an awful lot of Nintendo’s handhelds out there, and Explorers offers something new to the Final Fantasy universe.Įssentially, it’s Final Fantasy’s riposte to Monster Hunter. 2016 is a big year for Final Fantasy fanatics, with Final Fantasy XV looming large, followed by the current-gen remake of the classic Final Fantasy VII, and in the meantime, they can keep themselves occupied with Final Fantasy Explorers.
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