Tue Mar 31 2026
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◆Ver 1.1.0 Update Info
- New content
New characters and abilities added.
- Bug fixes
Fixed minor bugs affecting character behavior during battle.
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As a Final Fantasy fan, seeing these characters in a modern-day urban setting like Tokyo is a real trip, but it strangely works. The cel-shaded art style is gorgeous and runs quite smoothly on newer hardware. It’s probably the best the characters have looked on a mobile screen.
The 3v3 format is intense. It's less about the technical combos of the PSP entries and more about team synergy and positioning. The race to kill the boss before the other team adds a great layer of tension—do you focus on the enemy players or the objective?
While the character roster at launch is a bit lean, the core gameplay loop is solid and the controls are surprisingly intuitive for such a fast game. The story episodes are presented like a messenger app, which fits the modern theme perfectly. If you can handle the occasional high-end graphics demands, this is a top-tier mobile fighter.
Iconic FF characters with full Japanese voice acting
Fast-paced 3v3 tactical action
Stunning cel-shaded graphics and modern Tokyo setting
Deep customization with abilities and classic outfits
Competitive PvP and cooperative boss raids
Always ensure your team has a mix of roles. A typical winning squad includes one Melee for damage, one Ranged for pressure, and one Support for buffs and healing.
Use Bravery attacks to build up your power. Once your Bravery is high enough, unleash an HP attack to deal massive damage to your opponents or the stage boss.
No, it is a brand-new game designed specifically for mobile devices with unique mechanics.
(This review will only go over gameplay, I will not mention any gacha or story.) Im a fan of the combat in this game, it’s easy to understand and the whole purifying crystals thing is a cool thing. I didn’t quite understand the moba aspect though. Roles are also easy to understand. Theres a lot of ways you can go with building a character in this game. the UR ability’s in this game are made quite well and they have lots of diversity. But, there’s some concerns I have. First, on the FFDD database, the levels for abilities can go to some absurd number like 130+ or something. This could be a little overwhelming especially in late ranks because fights could go down to who has the most level up materials. Also, to get these abilities leveled up, you have to pull copies, a lot of copies. This is fine for N, R, and maybe even SR abilities, but when we get to UR this can be a little problematic. You would have to pull 30+ of one UR to get the ability to max level. Mind you, Theres like 40 UR’s in this game with the realease of more characters comming out next month. But I will take it with a grain of salt. The game is still new so idk how frequently URs will be given to players. The only way right now is to pull them. GREAT GAME THOUGH I recommend giving it a try if you’re a fan of final fantasy or if u and your friends are looking for an easy game to play!
It takes very little time for the game to get going and to start enjoying matches. You can play with your phone just fine but if you want to take it a step further a controller can almost make it feel like a main line Dissidia entry albeit with much shorter simple matches. The gacha at this time of launch isnt so bad. You get to reroll your first pulls as much as you like. I HIGHLY recommend you choose a character you will play in this game (Cloud is likely easiest) then reroll until you get Both UR abilities for him or another character of your choice. From there you will have a super strong character to dominate matches. Another word of advice. I have achieved a high rank in ranked. Do not believe the tierlists out there. Character such as Prompto for example are being called trash on tierlist and it could not be farther from the truth. You must leverage each characters specific strengths. Some characters are certainly stronger than others, thats obvious once you fight higher skill players with better characters in higher ranks. But the disparity is less pronounced in lower ranks.
TLDR; this game is not a battle royale. Theres specific mechanics to be successful but a vast amount of other players disregard that fact and seem to play like it’s a full on PVP. You CAN attack others but that’s not the intended way to complete the match. So this game is beautiful. Love the graphics and the story itself, though somewhat disjointed and out of the way, is nice. My biggest problem are other players. The way the match goes is 3v3. There are crystals on the map that have to be purified and once you get enough ‘blessing’ points, you can go into burst mode and fight the boss after it shows up. The only way to do damage to the boss is having to be in burst mode. Then there is the other team…. Instead of competing to kill the boss, these other players will constantly attack your team, preventing anyone from being able to fight the boss. Then there is whole match is lost except for the opponents. I get it’s 3v3 but the point of the battle is to try and stop the enemy monsters. People are playing like it’s a full on 3v3 death match. If that was the case then get rid of the whole system and let people fight each other. You can’t do ANYTHING the way the game tells you when you’re constantly attacked. It’s such a waste and infuriating why people can’t play the way it was intended. Unless you pay to get the best abilities then your progress will be horrendously hampered by players treating the matches as a battle royale.
They just come up with smth that maybe…. Just maybe will be a fun fast paced action collecting pvp style title. It’s smth I don’t really want….. and I am not sorry. It’s nostalgia bait and I fell into it and just dropped the game after a couple rounds. unless it’s a turn based strategy rpg, and if you know just like record keeper, they should of copied and pasted all those weapons to collect from each franchise of final fantasy to give them ultimates, costumes to boost stats, turn based strategy adventure for each of the final fantasy map, free character events for weapons or costumes to collect and with modern graphics instead of 2D. I’m just upset square, I miss those brain busting, long intended grind of leveling up, and exploration of past games. Just a bit of square, mixed with now modern PHONE (star rail, fate, star savior) type rpg, but with a bunch of quality of life costumes and weapons that give you more Ultimates and stats for our favorite characters, with pvp, show off any of our favorite final fantasy character since ther are 100s, and some auto play feature for longer grind events will be sure to give you and a team of great people to stick around for years! I wish I had the ability to make a game like that, Do you? Please square just look into it. I will always be a fan!
Gameplay is solid with little to no connectivity issues. It was a little weird playing around the invincibility frames of UR abilities but I am learning how to best counter those for each character though I think it would be interesting to have an ability specifically for that too. UI is super simple in a good way and won’t leave you feeling overwhelmed when you first open the game. I’m normally pretty scared of competitive game but the characters that are released so far seem balanced and feels like any team composition has an equal ability to win, just as long as you play it right. Of course it’s also super fun to see the characters we love most in a whole new gathered setting and in alternate outfits! The story is still young but I am very eager to see more of it and learn more of the situation our characters have been put in. Overall, loving it!
This game is very odd, it doesn't have a story mode and what little story they decided to make for this game is in the free portion of the first "season pass". which ends in about 3 weeks, so its apparently only for a limited time?? So you HAVE to play PVP (which is also the only game mode) in order to get that tiny drop of character interaction. in comparison EVERY OTHER SE gacha has a story mode + PVP + Events + Daily Farm Quests. So this game is quite lacking in substance, plus the gacha system is terrible in this game, the roster in the trailer is what we currently have to pull from BUT they also put those alt costumes of the characters alongside them in the banner so if you pull one, you'll just be getting the same character but in a different outfit. i don't believe theres much difference in kit between versions of characters which wouldn't matter anyway since you get to change out their kit with abilities you pull from the Ability gacha. It really just seems like all the money went into designing the models and renders and music because those are all very well made for a mobile game. this game does not make me want to repeatedly engage with it like other games before it. FF Dissidia deserves better.
Honestly, I’m having a blast playing this game. The Good: I like how you can just keep queuing up and playing without any stamina system holding you back, you can genuinely just play who you like because everyone is pretty strong, and the free to play & light spender experience seems pretty solid! Teamwork and strategy seems to be a lot more important than paying to win which is fantastic. The Bad: This game is genuinely not really meant to be played on smartphones. The quality of life for mobile is just terrible, and it’s very obvious that the game is meant to be played with a controller because the second I swapped to one, it felt like I was on an entirely different playing field. Additionally, this game eats up your phone battery and overheats it like crazy, so it is quite unoptimized. I hope SquareEnix quickly decides to port the game over on PC’s and consoles. Lastly, I think after you see the boss spawn animations for the first time, it should just auto skip for everyone. This animation interrupts the flow of the game heavily, and it even animation cancels your attacks, leaving you vulnerable afterwards. Additional Notes: To everyone leaving the 1* reviews because they couldn’t play, it’s very typical for Japanese games to launch the app itself 1-2 days early so you can pre-download it.
The point issue I have is made worse by how people can pay to win. People can pay to join a monthly pass that gives them more items or they can pay to draw characters or skills. Skills don't get stronger if you keep drawing the same one but you do get growth eggs for duplicates. You can then use those eggs to increase the level and power of your skills. This makes losing points so much worse cause you could go against someone that just spent a ton of money and you get destroyed so fast. I absolutely hate multiplayer games or games that have multiplayer where when you lose you lose points. You could get matched with teammates that have a bad connection or don't know how to play and you get penalized for it. It takes all the fun out of the game. Lost my first match and when I saw this immediately stopped and deleted the game. Plus square has such a bad track record with their free to play games they are basically begging people to not put money into their games or play them with how often and fast they shut them down.