#Chocobo gp racing series#
Final Fantasy VII protagonist and series posterboy Cloud is also available, but only if you purchase the season pass for 800 Mythril, an in-game currency roughly equal to $8-10 CDN (which the game is currently giving away to all players in the launch window). Currently, you can unlock Final Fantasy VIII protagonist Squall with a considerable amount of time in the Chocobo GP mode, grinding challenges or jockeying to win a tournament. It’s a bit of a shame, then, that monetization has crept into the game’s core. Mastering your racer’s ability and using magitek cleverly is key to victory and really adds an interesting element of strategy. Some are pure offence, while others add a touch of support for other racers.
These vary from Ben the Behemoth’s Invincible Charge, to Chocobo’s speed boosting rings, to Terra’s Magitek missile bombardment. Over time, and as you grab crystals from the track, your racer’s unique ability will charge as well. Unleash the spells as soon as you drive over them for instant gratification, gather the same spell multiple times to increase its potency up to three levels, or keep hoarding magicite pickups until you level up to Ultima. There are a variety of standard spells drawn from Final Fantasy lore, like Fire, Aero, Doom, etc. “The eponymous Chocobo GP mode will match you against 63 other players online, broken into smaller subsets of 8-player races.” However, character-based abilities and magicite items you pick up in place of Koopa shells or banana peels add a fun twist. Recovery times feel a touch long, and power-sliding is less intuitive than other kart racers. The engine itself isn’t as entirely polished as it could be. My experience around the game’s launch was initially marred by connection issues, and the GP’s longterm stamina remains to be seen, but there’s some promise here. Again, this is a simple but stimulating mode, and something Mario doesn’t have. Keep placing in the top 4 of your group to keep advancing, receiving points and coins along the way. The eponymous Chocobo GP mode will match you against 63 other players online, broken into smaller subsets of 8-player races. It’s nice to find a story mode of any kind in this genre, at least, even if most chapters have you racing twice on the same track for an arbitrary reason. Adults will find some of it inoffensively trope-heavy, while kids will wonder why everyone treats Gilgamesh the way they do.
While hardly the standard epic fare of the mainline series, the Story mode here is effective enough, walking a line between accessibility and inside references for well-versed fans. “It offers a considerable amount of content, and comes with a handful of flaws, but its intended audience should find the diamond in the rough.”
It’s the first and last modes on that list that will likely bring the most value to the experience for most players. It offers a considerable amount of content, and comes with a handful of flaws, but its intended audience should find the diamond in the rough.Ĭhocobo GP features a decent smattering of game modes: a Story mode the Mario Kart-like Series Races, where players compete in four consecutive races Time Attack Custom Race Multiplayer and Chocobo GP, a 64-player online tournament. This cutesy racer can’t truly compete with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the best-selling game on Switch by a country mile, and it doesn’t necessarily need to compete either.
0 kommentar(er)
