AntiGacha Corner

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• You actually thought this was going to be the more faithful remake project (lol).

Why you shouldn't play it:

• It's exactly what you should expect a Square Enix gacha game to be in 2023.

Final Fantasy XV: War for Eos

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• Somehow, they got the original voice actors back to record a hefty amount of new dialogue.
• More Lunafreya and Noctis interaction in the first five seconds than in the entirety of Final Fantasy XV.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• It's essentially A New Empire 2.0, with just a little more emphasis on the Final Fantasy XV flavour.

ChocoboGP'

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• Unlike the main game, this harmless advergame does not feature any in-app purchases.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• Feels like someone's internship project, which is fine. However...
• Casual games 101: Don't make your game brown!!

*The game appears to have been pulled from storefronts, but remains playable.

Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• Somehow, you think neither the battle royale genre nor the compilation of FFVII are overcrowded yet.
• Exploring Midgar is fun for 15 minutes.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• Battle passes are engineered to prey on your fear of missing out.
• Lootboxes!
• Final Fantasy has never looked more generic.
• To no one's surprise, the game was shut down roughly a year after launch.

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• Lovely artwork by Ryoji Ohara.
• Closest thing to a new Final Fantasy Tactics that actually bears the Final Fantasy name.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• Gacha games are deliberately designed to drain your time, money or both.
• All free-to-play games will eventually end service, often abruptly.

Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• You've mistaken it for a legitimate piece of the Final Fantasy XV media franchise.
• You actually enjoy Game of War.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• It's just Game of War with a cheap Final Fantasy XV skin.
• Pay-to-win and loves to remind you about it.
• All free-to-play games will eventually end service, often abruptly.

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• First game to feature real-time 3d models and voice acting for many older Final Fantasy characters.
• Interactions between characters from different games.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• Gacha games are deliberately designed to drain your time, money or both.
• All free-to-play games will eventually end service, often abruptly.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• Gorgeous pixel art renditions of all your favorite Final Fantasy characters, like Ariana Grande and Katy Perry.
• Beautiful original soundtrack by Noriyasu Agematsu.
• Has actual retro JRPG elements, such as explorable towns and dungeons, and an original storyline with original characters.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• Gacha games are deliberately designed to drain your time, money or both.
• All free-to-play games will eventually end service, often abruptly.
• The story is not good anyway.

Mobius Final Fantasy

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• High production values.
• Scenario written by Kazushige Nojima of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X-2.5 novella fame.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• You can't lol.

Triple Triad (Final Fantasy Portal App)

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• It's Triple Triad!

Why you shouldn't play it:

• Highly restrictive energy mechanic.
• Minimally supported: no new cards since 2018, and online play on Android was supposedly broken for months before being fixed.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• Nostalgia bait.
• 16bit sprites of modern Final Fantasy characters are kinda neat.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• Gacha games are deliberately designed to drain your time, money or both.
• All free-to-play games will eventually end service, often abruptly.

Final Fantasy All the Bravest

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

• Presentation is pretty good for what it is.
• After a decade of F2P hellscape, this notorius app almost seems innocent.

Why you shouldn't play it:

• Barely a game.
• Nearly 50 € worth of in-app purchases (with gacha elements!) in an app that wasn't originally even free.

*Game can still be played if you have it installed.