Special effects go off like fireworks, my screen a constant blur of colour. Gushes of golden numbers—some of them in the millions—accompany every sword swing and magical burst. AoE patterns light up the floor, warning me about the maelstrom I'll soon have to dodge my way through. And while all of this is going on my party's endlessly chatting away to each other, remarking on every activated skill and buff.
I've done all this before. Hours and hours of it, even.
And I'm happy to say I'm enjoying myself just as much now as I did in 2024. Endless Ragnarok, Granblue Fantasy: Relink's expansion, doesn't reinvent the action RPG, but it definitely makes taking it for another spin a lot of fun. I may have seen much of this before, but I've not experienced it in this way, or at this relentless white-knuckle level of intensity. There are multiple new quest difficulty tiers to tackle, new playable friends to recruit (and enhance), and even new mid-battle summons to unleash. At first...
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