Review: Fate/EXTELLA LINK (PlayStation 4)
Servants from across the Fate series have come together to battle a new sinister threat to SE.RA.PH. Fully-loaded with new elements, Fate/EXTELLA LINK includes never-before-seen servants, fresh scenarios, polished graphics and refined gameplay.
Pros:
- Anime graphics.
- 7.88Gb download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- 3 difficulties-easy/normal/hard.
- Choice of a male or female protagonist.
- 10 save slots and an additional PSN cloud save slot.
- Hack and slash gameplay.
- Text speed-fast forward, pause, backlog and skip.
- Japanese voice work.
- Main hub- my room/barracks and strategy room.
- Servants-your team members. They can be customized, upgraded and level up individually.
- Barracks-talk to your servants which increases your bond which in turn unlocks rewards.
- My room- where you level up/upgrade and craft.
- The mystic code is used as ability tokens.
- Find instant skills in the game and are used to boost your servant.
- Command seal-special ability that allows you to do a mana release or teleport.
- The campaign is split into days, each day you pick what you are doing from the set options.
- Multiple choice conversations.
- Very flashy and colorful.
- Minimap shows the action but also the danger and objectives.
- Health pickups in game.
- Controls don’t take long to get used too.
- Boss fights.
- Seriously impressive player count on screen.
- Fast level traversal with wind tunnel transport.
Cons:
- A lot to take in.
- Constant tutorial pop-ups.
- Very busy hud.
- Constantly feel overwhelmed.
- Difficulty spikes.
