![]() ![]() The international version of Fantasy Life included all the additional content of Link!, with the exception of the Origin Island DLC. New features include online play with friends, a rise in level cap, additional quests, and the ability to take screenshots, among others. The game was re-released, titled Fantasy Life Link!, in Japan on 25 July 2013. USgamer's Jeremy Parish noted several similarities between Fantasy Life's story and the story of Dragon Quest IX. The game's story was criticized by several reviewers, with McElroy saying that it might be its "most repetitive element", IGN's Sullivan claiming that it "has pacing issues", and Destructoid's Brittany Vincent noting that "the beginning of the game is riddled with JRPG narrative tropes" however, Eurogamer's Simon Parkin praised the game's story, calling it "witty". Jeuxvideo's Kaaraj praised the game's cutscenes, but criticized the game for only having a few of them. McElroy criticized the game's battling mechanics, saying that they "require almost no strategy" and that "even the game’s toughest foes can be easily outwitted every enemy has an invisible boundary they’ll never move past, so defeating any enemy is as easy as hitting them, running to the boundary and repeating". Conversely, Polygon's Griffin McElroy said that it is "more mundane than fantastic." In April 2013, Level-5 revealed that the game had sold over 300,000 copies in Japan. Megan Sullivan of IGN awarded the game with 8/10, stating that it "is a fun blend of life simulation and RPG" and that it "offers a cornucopia of activities to do". The game holds a rating of 73 on Metacritic based on 51 reviews, signifying average reviews. If the player has the Origin Island DLC, a new rank called the Creator (or God in Europe) rank is added.Ĭritical reception for Fantasy Life was mostly positive. Players can level up through the ranks of each life class starting out as a Fledgling and ending with the Legend rank. As the player masters each Life class they gain the ability to more easily produce and access materials on their own, as opposed to purchasing them via a storefront. Each rank gives the player the ability to perform additional tasks and will give Life bonuses (additional vital stat points and abilities) to the player. Players choose from one of twelve classes, each of which has its own "Life Master" that will assign tasks and award points to the player, allowing them to rank up within their Life. Īs the game progresses players have the ability to unlock several new areas, as well as non-playable characters that can join them on their journey and help them fight monsters. Players are able to customize several aspects of their character. Upon achieving various goals such as completing tasks in the game, buying a new house, or decorating said house, players will gain "Bliss points" that will unlock additional features like larger storage, or the ability to expand your home. Gameplay centers upon the player taking on various tasks given to them and choosing one of twelve Life classes. With that final wish, the end of the world is averted and Reveria is saved once again, ending the main story.įantasy Life is a role-playing life simulation game, in which players can choose from any of the twelve jobs known as "life classes". Yuelia, becoming content with her Life on Reveria, wishes that she never has to leave. The player and the two sisters manage to successfully travel to Lunares, but soon find out that they do not have enough wishes to restore the dome. Yuelia and her sister Noelia discover that the only way to save the world is to gather the wishes of as many people as possible and take them up to Lunares, where those wishes will restore the dome completely. This had happened in the past once before, but was stopped by Celestia, at the cost of her never being able to return to Lunares. They soon discover that the Doomstones are chunks of a dome that surrounds Reveria that has been slowly falling apart. As the game progresses, the butterfly reveals that her real name and form is Yuelia, the daughter of Celestia, whom the people of Reveria worship as the Life Goddess. They are joined in this quest by a glowing butterfly that has the ability to speak. The player is asked by King Erik of the land of Castele to investigate these strange occurrences, as the meteorites, later dubbed Doomstones by the world's inhabitants, have the ability to fill creatures with dark, destructive energy. ![]() One day this peaceful state is shattered when a strange purple meteorite falls into the house of the player, setting off a chain of events foretold in an ancient prophecy involving Reveria's goddess and the moon Lunares. Its rulers spend their days ruling over their citizens and guiding them in their Life paths. ![]() The game is set in the fantasy world of Reveria, which is made up of several cities, plains, and mountains.
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