![]() Coupled with Instant Skills, which are upgradeable passive abilities that you can swap in and out to customize your character further, and you can actually get a pretty interesting gameplay loop going that is a notch above the baseline for this genre. The use of Active Skills, which are powerful abilities on short cooldowns, makes creating creative and big combos engaging, more so than just mashing the attack buttons. But to its credit, Fate/Extella Link feels far faster than Umbral Star ever did. Though the formula has stayed the same for some time, and can often get tiresome quickly if the missions aren’t unusually diverse, which is sometimes the case here. Anyone who has played a Dynasty Warriors game knows how Fate/Extella Link works you roam a map cutting through thousands of enemies, accomplishing objectives, before defeating a boss character or two to cap off each level. Plot is more often than not a glorified cameo.įortunately, those characters are far more interesting once you actually play as them. Though the two dozen or so playable characters have additionalĭialogue inside the base and in side missions, their involvement in the main Of Charlemagne, the rest of the cast has little time to flesh out their While I welcome the brevity of this, especially in comparison to Umbral Star, it also means that outside Though the storyīranches, it is focused, and it doesn’t take long to see all of the events in Plot points are conveyed quickly and at a steady pace. Conversation is brief and lacking in exposition, and key Than five minutes of play before the conflict is set up, and Fate/Extella Link wastes no time inĪdvancing the plot. With the help of a new servant named Charlemagne, you begin to fight back against the invader’s and try to save the digital world before it becomes completely corrupted.įate/EXTELLA LINK – Review Screenshots Provided by Marvelous ![]() ![]() Set in a digital world where humans live alongside A.I.’s, including reincarnations of historical and mythological figures called Heroic Spirits, the story follows a war between the inhabitants of the cyberspace and a new invader who has the ability to brainwash servants to fight for him. And while it is incomprehensible at times, even with the assistance of a glossary filled with proper nouns that explain crucial characters and concepts, the story is surprisingly straightforward. It may not be comparable to the best Dynasty Warriors spin-offs, but it’s certain to satisfy fans of Fate.įate/Extella Link is a sequel to a sequel, and one would be safe in assuming that it would carry plenty of baggage as a result. It’s not as if any sequel would have had an unusually high bar to overcome, but Fate/Extella Link shows clear improvements across nearly every area. Of course, I found the latter to be a disappointment, as it featured an over-written story, bland visuals, and gameplay that failed to match even the average heights of the Musou style of games. Fate/Extella Link is a clear cut improvement over its predecessor, F ate/Extella: The Umbral Star.
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