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AntiGacha Corner

An overview of globally available free-to-play and freeware Final Fantasy mobile games

⚠ Friends don't let friends play gacha games!! ⚠

I counted 10 full-screen popups before gaining access to the main menu.

Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis

Developer: Applibot Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 2023 Status: Alive
Platforms: iOS, Android

Why you might feel compelled to play it:

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

Why you shouldn't play it:

  • It's exactly what you should expect a Square Enix gacha game to be in 2023.
Ravus roasting you every 2 minutes might be the best utilization of his character in the franchise.

Final Fantasy XV: War for Eos

Developer: Machine Zone Publisher: Machine Zone
Released: 2022/2023 Status: Alive
Platforms: iOS, Android

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.
They could have chosen literarally any other backdrop to make the game 100% more appealing.

ChocoboGP'

Developer: Rocket Studio, Inc. Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 2022 Status: RIP 2023?*
Platforms: iOS, Android
*The game appears to have been pulled from storefronts, but remains playable.

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!!
Play hide and seek in iconic locations from Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier

Developer: Ateam Inc. Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 2021 Status: RIP 2023
Platforms: iOS, Android

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.

The story seems to take itself seriously enough, but moves so slowly I couldn't even clear the first chapter.

War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

Developer: Gumi Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 2019 (JP), 2020 (WW) Status: Alive
Platforms: iOS, Android, Fire OS

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.
Chocobos roam the fields, which means this is a true Final Fantasy game.

Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire

Developer: Epic Action Publisher: Machine Zone
Released: 2017 Status: Alive
Platforms: iOS, Android, Fire OS

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.
Some of the dialogue is mildly interesting.

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

Developer: Koei Tecmo (Team Ninja) Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 2017 (JP), 2018 (WW) Status: RIP 2023
Platforms: iOS, Android

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.

Lid says no to gacha games, no matter how well made.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

Developer: A-Lim Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 2015 (JP), 2016 (WW) Status: Alive
Platforms: iOS, Android, Fire OS

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.
Left: promotional screenshot. Right: current state of the game.

Mobius Final Fantasy

Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 2015 (JP), 2016 (WW) Status: RIP 2020
Platforms: iOS, Android, Steam

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.

This version of Triple Triad is hidden within the Final Fantasy Portal App.

Triple Triad (Final Fantasy Portal App)

Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 2015 Status: Alive
Platforms: iOS, Android

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.

Collecting characters from throughout the series has a certain appeal.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper

Developer: DeNa Publisher: DeNa
Released: 2014 (JP), 2015 (WW) Status: RIP 2022 (WW)
Platforms: iOS, Android

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.
The optimal way to play is by furiously swiping your finger across the screen.

Final Fantasy All the Bravest

Developer: BitGroove Publisher: Square Enix
Released: 2013 Status: RIP 2023*
Platforms: iOS, Android
*Game can still be played if you have it installed.

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.

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