Wait. Tifa wasn't a default character. Maybe NT is No Tifa.

NT stands for "Not Trying"

Dissidia: Never Touch

Dissidia Final Fantasy: -No Thanks -Not Today (Satan AKA Chaos) -Nothing There -Nobody's treasure -NuT

Me: 911 what is your emergency? Maverick: I need a hug Me: Your hug is on the way.

Also, you forgot to mention that the point of Dissidia's combat was to emulate the feel and speed of Advent Children's fight scenes [hence the grinding on rails and the mid-air dashes]. NT seems to have forgotten that.

Oof. It always sucks when a game you love takes steps BACK and ends up ruining it. I'm sorry you had to go through with that.

Fun fact about the Battle on the Big Bridge remix, it’s taken from the mobile game, Record Keeper.

Maverick, I feel your pain about Dissidia NT, being a retired Summoner for League of Legends and a fan of Dissidia 012 made me really disappointed in this game. I only played it once at a friend's house, but man do I feel bad for my friend for buying it after hearing your review about it. Square Enix and Team Ninja really screwed up with making a gamble about this being the next Esport game and they should have at LEAST allowed customization for the Bravery and HP moves instead of rushing it and it was not worth it. At. ALL. I would give you a hug if I could man, I really would.

You've grown so much, my dude. You make some of the best videos in the countdown corner of YT. Keep up the badass work :)

Moral of the story: never get too excited for any game ever. I, as well as likely many others, learned this with sonic forces. Also, I think NT stands for “not to be played by casual fans” I know that’s more than two words, but it makes a lot of sense to me.

*hearing Shantotto's voice in NT* KILL MEEEEEEEEE

Dissidia: The NT stands for "Never Touch"

That thumbnail contains the saddest version of the black mage that i’ve ever seen. Good job, or should i say... “Thanks! I hate it.”

I know NT means "New Tale", but I'd say Dissidia Newest Trash Final Fantasy is more fitting

It is amazing that Dissidia NT was so awful yet on the same day one of the best games ever came out for mobile of all things, Opera Omnia. Seriously if you love Dissidia play that.

I can understand how disappointed you were for this game, and I was expecting it to be like the PSP games as well. Coming from my own bias perspective, after playing the game in Japan from the arcade machine, I still say I enjoy this game. True that the way this game was arranged for the console release wasn’t a right move, but I can still hope for more future Dissidia or a Final Fantasy fighting game of any sort. Still holding out for a Beatrix DLC character.

Thanks for this review! I was on the fence about this game cause I really enjoyed the first dissidia and absolutely loved the second. But I was skeptical as soon as I saw gameplay from this because it didn't feel like Dissidia to me at all. I'm glad you pointed out the level design in NT, I hadn't even thought of that but yeah Dissidia 012 had amazing levels. Now I wanna go play that game again.

First off, I sadly don't think we're getting Tifa as a DLC character, especially since I'm pretty sure Dissidia NT's underwhelming sales means that Square has no reason they'll support the game any further and the hints at the 6 DLC characters for the season pass indicate that they'll only have 1 returning character be DLC, and the options are limited to Yuna and Prishe. So no Gilgamesh, Laguna, or Tifa. In fact, 1-7 aren't planned to have any DLC characters after Locke as the rest of the DLC characters they're doing are all from 8-15 with no one from any of the spin-off games, which means popular characters from those games like Minwu, Rydia, Celes, Aerith, Zemus, Leon, or Vincent will be used. We might get Vivi, Auron, Seymour, Balthier, Basch, or Sazh, and the next DLC character as of writing this is going to be a female character, but the fact that most of the characters people actually want to play as won't be able to because this game's sales were underwhelming is the issue Second, I really wanted to like this game, I really did. But everything about this game just made me sad. The online mode isn't even that great. Your teammates will often be unreliable unless you're playing with friends, and the game works on a rock-paper-scissors type system where certain character types can beat certain other character types and some of the options you could have are clearly better than others. Cloud is clearly the best Vanguard option, Terra and Y'shtola are clearly the best Marksman options, Zidane is clearly the best Assassin option, and Ramza is clearly the best Specialist option. This means that there's no point in having a 1v1 mode because only 3 or 4 options are really that viable out of a roster of 20+ characters and certain character types beat out other character types. But even if you do the 3v3 option, it takes a long time just to find a match and there's plenty of lag to be had. Third, for some reason, I actually only had a problem with two bosses, but those two bosses still irritated me when I had to fight them in story mode, that being Ramuh and Odin. That being said, others have complained about other bosses. I've heard complaints about Leviathan, Shiva, AND Bahamut. Surprisingly, Alexander and Ifrit aren't really considered, but they do also feel like the easiest to exploit. I found the best option is to let your AI Teammates throw themselves at the bosses, dodge the bosses attacks, and do one bravery attack when the bosses are open so that way you can build up Bravery for when they're able to be hit with an HP attack. Of course, that's a lot easier said than done.

Some games are bad some are disappointment. The latter is worse believe me. At the end Dissidia NT is a good online game but not for the single player gamer. What a shame... Thanks for the video Maverick. Have a nice day :)

Well Maverick, you just saved me from buying this game. I was also HYPED to play this game, and I would have definitely bought it at $25, but with this story progression, detrimental partner AI, the lack of customization, lack of EX, lack of 1-on-1 fights, I can safely say, YOU SAVED ME. Thank you, let's hope Square hears your criticisms and tries to make a proper sequel to this criminally underrated spin-off series.

10:58 to avoid spoilers for the first two Dissidia games.

I feel Dissidia NT suffers from the same problem that Street Fighter V suffered from before Capcom decided to make video games properly again, which is that Square wanted to turn it into an Esport, while forgetting that games need to be complete games FIRST, and THEN they grow passionate communities. I picked this game up at launch, and I dropped it after two weeks. I just grew bored of the game, and the story mode was completely uninterested (albeit not without its moments. Like you said, the Ultimate Rap Battle between Shantotto and Ultimecia is hilarious, Terra and Kuja's scene is really cute and I low-key ship them now, and Bartz and Cloud's bromance is something I didn't know I wanted). It's gotten better, but I've only picked up the game a few times since launch. Edit: Music's great as well. Not all of them (WTF happened to Seymour Battle?), but Decisive Battle, Dancing Mad, The Man With the Machine Gun, Something to Protect, The Darkness of Eternity, FFX's Battle Theme, and ALL of FFXII's themes are fantastic, and either come close to or surpass the originals.

NT is fun as hell, love this game. The original Dissidia with all the customization made the game unbalanced and broken. The developers said this game was meant for competitive play AKA esports. The game is about Team play, not Solo play. High Level tournament play for this game is hype, look it up. But the game is balanced around the class system and since it was originally an arcade game, every character have a set moveset which is fine since the game is about team play and coordinating with your teammates. If you don't have friends or a solid team then forget this game, its not fun playing solo. If you go into this expecting the PSP experience then you will be disappointed, but if you judge the game for what it is. Then you will have a good time playing this game, I can't put this game down with my brothers.

While it is heartbreaking to see the qualities that made Dissidia a very remarkable experience stripped away, I still kind of want to play the full game of NT for myself one day to see where I stand. Though I'm not going to pay full price for NT, that's for sure.

I wonder if Dissidia would ever pull characters from other square titles. I'd like to see how the design team would redesign the characters from Bravely Default for example. Also I'd love to see Ringabel interacting with the FF cast.

I haven’t played any of the Dissidia games, but it seems to me that NT falls into the “decent standalone, bad sequel” category of games. Like here, the core gameplay seems pretty solid in a vacuum, if not fantastic. It’s only when you compare it to the previous two games that it starts to suck.

looking back this is my favorite video of yours and it deserves way more views because dissidia is something you held close and with an entry like this I can only imagine... but I bet not only was this video hard to make because of the usual video process but also because you had to have courage to put this out there trust me I can relate in a way (minus the video part) to paper Mario because of sticker star

I hate to say it to you, but this was my favorite Dissidia game. I mean, people in Japan love it so much and I also love it. And it makes me sad that no one likes it except me. Just don't kill me for this.

At least we got Smash Bros Ultimate on the way, Mavvy :)

So the message i got is, GIVE ME DISSIDIA AND DISSIDIA 012 ON PS4. I want them outside a Vita. Also do you need a pichu plushie to cuddle, Maverick?

The opponent could also actually defend themselves against an EX Burst by tapping the O button a certain level. This causes that opponent to take heavily reduced damage and make the EX Burst pretty much not worth it. That's the reason why whenever I was in EX Mode, I would just go ham on them using the special abilities being in EX Mode gives (Warrior of Lights "Light Swords" and Golbez's Black Fang being my favorite choices) which is also not in this game. A shame really.

Ironic how I got a Wish ad before the gameplay section.

What we really need is a remake of Dissidia 012, on Modern platforms with enhanced graphics and sound, but keep the gameplay and customization exactly the same as it was, just fit for a PlayStation controller instead of a PSP. Normally when it comes to fighting games, I would be upset if there was no split screen, but since the original PSP games didn't have split screen, I'd be fine with online only PVP.

Takeo Kujiraoka, Director: “There are some characters that have an extremely low amount of scenes in the story. This couldn’t be helped as they share relationships with characters that will be added through DLC later. Among them are some characters that will play key roles in the story''

Poor Noctis can't catch a break. First his game goes through development hell times 4, releasing only halfway done, he doesn't get a happy ending, everyone is dead by the time he ends things, and now he gets stuck with this. The kid can't catch a break!

You wanna hug? I do too...maybe Tifa wants a hug? Kitties? Idk I feel the same way about this game and just returned it yesterday. Also NT? Maybe it means Never Try? Not Tolerable? No Talent? Idk that’s the best I got

Rest in peace BlackMage Maverick's Hopes and Dreams for Dissidia

Totally agree with your gripes with the story, but the online gameplay is fine (so long as you don't get paired with bots). It looks like you could use some practice at defending and how to bait and switch opponents. Most of the things they stripped from the earlier Dissidia games were kinda necessary when they moved to 3v3. With that said, I do understand why a lot of people are bummed that there isn't any 1v1 online, but at the same time, it's difficult to balance a roster to work as a 3v3 AND 1v1 fighter (it'd be pretty much impossible).

Luckily for me, Dissidia NT was my first Dissidia game, thus I had literally no standards. So I was able to enjoy the game while Dissidia veterans panned it. I hope this game can somehow win back Dissidia fans, but I highly doubt it. Dissidia Arcade is still popular in Japan, and if NT had the content Dissidia fans wanted, it would be considered a superior version to its arcade counterpart. So in order to keep the arcade game prosperous, they have to make sure NT doesn’t offer more than the arcade version.

Damn. I'm sorry man. I genuinely am. I had a similar experience with Sonic Forces...or more accurately, with Infinite, since I never played Sonic Forces. The guy had literally _everything_ going for him. He had a cool design. His theme song was awesome(and it actually related to his character, which is something we haven't seen sense Sonic 06, you know, _11_ years ago?). He was properly hyped up. HE WAS VOICED BY LIAM O'F***ING BRIEN! And they did ABSOLUTELY _NOTHING_ WITH HIM. *sigh* So yeah. It may be slightly different experience, but I totally understand how you feel. ...dammit, now I need a hug.

I have to agree with you. While I like Dissidia NT for its gameplay and the fact that it brought Locke from Final Fantasy 6 into the game as DLC. I dont like how it went away from what I loved about the first two games... I hope that if Square Enix ever makes another Dissidia game, that they go back to the original style but with NT's graphics.

I give the Shiva BS slight credit since there have been iterations of her to split into two and also the nice touch that her song becomes a duet once it happens but otherwise that’s abour it.

Sorry this game didn't turn out well Maverick...I really am. This game looked like it was going to be great, and i even played the beta myself. but sadly, there was too many bad, and even mind boggling decisions to make this game worth getting.... Honestly, i think if they made 1v1 the main thing and kept 3v3 as an optional way to play, this game would have been much better in my opinion. Maybe you can make a video that describes how you would fix NT if you could

What really broke me on this game was the way the DLC was handled. I actually enjoyed NT from a gameplay perspective, despite some of the missteps. But after getting the season pass and waiting for Vayne only to find his alternate costume wasn't included and that a weapons pack came out that was for to expensive for something that should've been included for free in a patch update like they are doing with some new stages. It was after Vayne was released that I gave up on the game, the slimy business practice really disheartened me.

19:00 why couldn’t this have been a last man standing system. Like have the three life still their as a grace period but once those are used up the next time you die you stay down until all of one side falls.

I was kinda pumped for this game cause it'd be my first Dissidia game. I'm interested in playing the Dissidia games but I don't have a PSP or Vita (and I'm not going to buy one just for that). When I heard they're making something for the PS4, I was excited cause I liked fighting games like Persona 4 Arena and this reminded me of it. I never bought this one after seeing reviews, and I'm really disappointed that it's worse than I imagined. Ah well, it seems like everyone's wanting online multiplayer nowadays instead of good stories... but that's my opinion. NT = New Testament? That's all I can think of... XD

Hi Maverick, I'd like to know which song plays in the transitions of your video "Top Ten Worst Final Fantasy Boss Battles (OUTDATED)" ... Pleaaaaaaaaaase, I really want to know, I'm getting crazy aaa ;-; Help me please? Someone? It plays after Massive Explosion, early on ... and transitions. Help Help ;x

I played the first two games and loved them so was expecting NT to be a similar experience. And I was left disappointed. My main problems are the fact you had to do 3 on 3 battles and if your AI partners (who be very useless at times) die too often. (and trust me they do a LOT) that's it, you've failed! And what's worse is the difficulty of the story fights, some of which are the highest difficulty in the game (don't even get me started on summon battles) it would have been better if the battles were one on one like in the older games and the difficulty wasn't so harsh in the story. Another problem I have is the way you progress through the story in which you have to collect Memoria (I think that's what its called) which you can only get in the online/offline modes. I also don't like the fact you only have one HP attack (apart from Vann who has two for some reason), no more EX mode (I loved using the EX burst). The graphics are impressive, music is nice and I did enjoy some of the combat. I just feel NT would have been better an online multiplayer game.

While i wasn't hyped about the game i had hopes that NT would be a great game as the PSP versions of Dissidia and 012 did and oh boy it disapoints

For you. Everything is your opinion. I am a fan of this game and you can watch my gameplay of NT to see how to actually play the game because the way I saw it you didn't play this game correctly. The thing i will give you credit for is that this game is definitely not for casuals which is bad but other then that just learn the game, do some research. You don't have to like the game its ok but dont say its a bad game overall. Please watch TrueBlade Seekers video and have a better perspective than just playing it, not learning it and judging it.

Actually, and correct me if I’m wrong here, the summons seem to become vulnerable when their bravery is completely depleted. At least from the footage you showed.

what's the song at 25:48

Personally, I don't understand at all why most people hate this game. Sure it's a bit rough around the edges, but overall I quite like it. Not something I would play repeatedly, but I find it to be a nice guilty pleasure. I'm pretty sure most people will backlash this comment, but it's your opinion, and you do have right to your own opinion. And yes I do have faith that they will make another dissidia.

Here's what I found out: Kain actually appears in the story, and discusses the battle with Shinryu with Cloud, Squall, and Noctis. Golbez actually makes another appearance in the story, talking with another one of the DLC characters, Kam'lanaut from FFXI.

Too all those in the comments If you don’t like this game then go play the old ones it’s that simple. The only reason NT came out was because it’s a popular arcade game in Japan. You know... A game that’s like by the Japanese coincidentally

OK, is it just me, or does materia have microphone pop in her recordings? ...spiritus doesn't have it, so what's going on here?

I’ve actually fought all the summons & I’ve gotta say: if you thought Odin & Shiva were tough Alexander is on a whole ‘nother level.

Well, there's nothing really wrong with random lootboxes as long as it's all in-game. A random element can be exciting in this scenario, it's just that when charging for them, it becomes easily manipulative.

As a fan of Dissidia, someone who bought the collectors edition, and someone who learning of it and that it was 3v3 late, I wasn't comparing it to the others... even if it was set on the same world with most of the same characters... with how different it is I was judging it on its own... My complaints? Day one the Circle Button was the Jump Button and the vise-versa and the Summon Boss Battles is a Gauntlet Mode.... Small jokes I made playing it... Spiritus looks like a buff version of Ansem's Heartless (Kingdom Hearts) with makeup, the new 'Cosmos' looks like she's getting a bit into steampunk, Kuja has a rival for the "Man with the most Girly Hips" thanks to Ramza, and my first thoughts when seeing Shinryu's second phase: Oh Goodie! He's ALL the summons in ONE PACKAGE! Because ONE wasn't enough! Still like playing it, though.

*Reads description* Oh well this is gonna be an absolutely *positive* review here isn't it?

Despite receiving overall decent to positive critical reception, the game sold poorly according to the developers. They hoped that the updates from 2018-2019 would produce good sales, but when that failed, the game was essentially abandoned. Materia shares her name with the Lifestream-made stones from VII. It's a wonder Cloud doesn't even react.

Out of curiosity, did you play that Opera Omnia app that ties in to NT? Only Dissidia game I’ve ever played, but man does the bravery system work so well in a turn-based setting.

Quarter Guy brought me here. My condolences that the game ended up so Not Tolerable. *hugs*

Almost a year after this was posted, Tifa's in, but it's too late. What's done is done.

I am sorry. But Odin is actually one of the easier bosses... at least in my opinion. If you stay your distance, and stay in the air and keep dashing, you will survive. But good video overall.

yep im glad i got Dragon ball Fighter Z during the Steam Sale easily one of my most favorite CASUAL fighting games i have played i say casual cause how simple it is compared to something like Street fighter V or Blazeblue and yikes so much for NT i seen this and i was like holy crap this is going to be good thanks for shining some light on this game Maverick looks like im sticking to Dissida 012 on the PPSSPP a lot longer then so many things wrong with going after the latest trends .....at least they did not do a 1 vs 99 battle royal i can just see how well THAT WOULD HAVE GONE ON LINE *shudders*

I had a similar experience when I came back to League of Legends after a long hiatus eager to pick things back up (after sitting through hours of update, but I digress) I picked my old main Sion went into a VS. AI match to buff out the rust and then I find out that absolutely nothing of the Original character remained his voice was different his dialogue was different none of his abilities where intact and the character was altogether murdered and this mutilated carcass piloted by some kind of parasite had taken his place in the roster, I have never been more depressed by a game than I was that day and I have played through Nier for crying out loud!!!!!!

There is still one thing that I don't understand about the Dissidia franchise as a whole- Is it canon in relation to all the FF franchises that are involved in it? Because...According to FFXiii-2, The possibility of alternate universe dosen't exist, because the goddess Etro is only able to create a certain amount of people, and that's why one person in the FFXiii won't have a parallel double of himself or herself in an alternate universe. So, according to this logic, Lightning COULDN'T have had appeard in Dissidia 012, if she this version of Lightning comes from an alternate universe. Plus, considering the fact that Lightning DIES in Dissidia 012, and retained her memories of 012's plot when she came back in Dissidia NT, it calls into question of the Dissidia franchise' canonicity in general in regard to all the other Final Fantasy games...

Well I can safely say that I am one of your subscribers that KZfaq actually notified when this video came up, and I'm happy that was the case. I've had an interest in Dissidia for sometime but was a little on the fence after the talk from you and some other people that this one didn't do so hot. Nice to see some detail as to how it dropped the ball without the review letting it's negative nature lead to overly high rage (seriously. not a fan of that kind of video style).

Dissidia NT probably stands for "Not Telling"

Hey Mav I'm curious as to what you think of Dissidia Opera Omnia (assuming you've played it).

My guess? Null Tactics. I also recommend giving one of the Mage Generals* a hug. Just. . . be ready to book it if they brutally decline. *See Kirby: Star Allies for further reference.

can I have a link to the theme at 12:50

This game made me physically ill. I've sunk THOUSANDS of hours into Duodecim. It is one of my favorite games of all time. I agree with every word spoken in this review. This game, made me, actually sick. Within two battles, JUST TWO, I felt my stomach turn. Warrior of Light is my main, so I decided to take him into a fight with a hard ranged fighter. 5 minutes later of the CPU running the fuck away, throwing potshots the instant my dash ran out, and my never landing a SINGLE hit on that fucking CPU, I realized how garbage the game was. I never even bothered with the story. This game broke me in record time. I've never been made physically ill by a game. I usually don't give up on games in general, but this...this was like swallowing a garbage fire. I posted my reaction on social media and the reply I got was "Seek psychiatric help if a video game upsets you enough to make you vomit." Honestly, I'd probably say that to someone else if I saw a reaction like that, but...this game. This fucking game. Especially coming off the heated bliss of Duodecim. And I sunk the money in to own the collector's edition, too. Big box and everything. Just...FUCK this game.

Guess Cup Noodle isn't going to rake a lot in since there's codes to unlock character skins for everyone you buy.

NT = New Tale A.I. gets smarter when you level grind them as well, but in harder fights it is almost impossible to pass if you and your A.I. are 3 or more lower ranks of difficulty. Summon bosses are frustrating at first but you can exploit some weaknesses or patterns at the beginning, but once you go halfway their life bar you have to be extra careful. Although none are as frustrating as Shinryu final battle, gaining almost every annoying ability of all the summons, just to be easily exploited when it enters Neo Shinryu mode. Story mode disappointing to the max, lackluster. Gameplay can be fun, but the servers can still suck at times with the time to wait for another battle. I miss the customization as much as you do, but I can understand its reasons. DLC can be incorporated in the story mode which is nice, but again, it is just character interactions and like you said nothing is at risk. At most you get like 2 new cutscenes and maybe the chance to battle with or against the new character. Disappointingly not even the main roster was used to its fullest in story mode, no Kain, no Ramza, no Ace, up until recently with a new update. But the only thing in story mode that they got was to appear in a montage. THE FUCK IS THAT! And I was so looking forward for another interaction with Golbez, he could have easily been with Garland at that cutscene along with Cloud of Darkness to imprison one of the plane scorchers after battling Bahamut. This is a game that is better enjoyed in a group rather than in solo. Because solo players like me have nothing to do and it doesn’t seem that rewarding as in the last two games. And whatever you earn in loot, you can buy it as well in the shop with the amount of Gil you get. Not to mention that things like the maze or the endless battles you had in arena mode are changed into the standard battle modes and core battles you get. IT LACKS SOLO CONTENT. However the community in this game is really loyal and are pushing for this game to be present in fighting game events, and they are fun to watch. The community have been playing on tournaments and against themselves to make the best out of this. In short it is a fun but disappointing game that had the potential to be great, but was to focused on their ambition for a fighting event. And if they do make another one we just hope that this could be another case similar to that of FF XIV. PS. You might want to try the mobile app of Dissidia. Far better story mode with equipment unique to characters and the gameplay is fun and strategic, I say give it a shot.

Actually Maverick, the loot boxes mechanism might probably be the way it is in this game because of Japan's regulation laws towards the mechanic.

Hey Maverick. Somewhat of an old fan here and know you better for the Dissidia you did back then. I was thinking of them and see that none of your old Dissidia videos are in your channel nor in the search engine. As an old fan who hasn't been up to date, what happened to those videos?

Wait a second... I actually found out there is a "Bravery Point" meter for the bosses ... Its on the top right! ... WHY ISN'T IT UNDER THE BOSS' HEALTH BAR?

I never really played the original so i only really expensive Dissidia from this game which while i understand the criticisms i have to disagree with them especially 3v3 which is really fun plus once i figure out how certain things in 3V3 worked I'd ended up really enjoying it plus i ended up finding my mains

Do the original games have local multiplayer. Im thinking of getting them for the ps3

*Kupo*

NT is stated to be a reboot sense Nomura felt that he perfected everything in duodecim and belived the next game should be something different. Given how arena fighters work in Japan I can see this game having expensions down the line so Il probably wait for that.

I just heard you need to level grind to progress the story and could not believe a breathing living person thought of that idea and OTHERS AGREED

Personally I think that NT means Not Tested, because they clearly didn't test to make sure the Summon bosses were fair in any regard (Aside from the whole you get your own individual three lives, so when a Teammate defeat happens, they only lose a life whilst you keep yours... that sounds a bit funny out of context now that I think about it).

6:08 best line in the game.

Now I know why I didn't pick this game up. I loved Dissidia 012 when I played it on an emulator and got hyped when NT was announced. Now I don't want to buy it anymore, which is a shame because Locke from FFVI was announced as DLC about a couple months ago :(

They say the worst thing a game can ever make you feel is nothing

He’s lucky he never had to fight Leviathan

Did you try the mobile version of Dissidia?

As someone who has played Dissidia since the original i have a surprisingly different view of the game than you do. I will agree that the story is lacking/incomplete as they have said they will be adding more story pieces as they release DLC (all story pieces are free). But that aside, I feel like we both went into this game with different expectations. Straight from the get go Square said that this won't be like the other Dissidia games, the 3v3 combat being a clear indication of this. With that change I expected less customization on attacks. Imagine not only having to know every potential HP and bravery attack of not 1 but 3 opponents and keeping track of which ones you've seen in a given battle. it allows for balance and strategy. along with that some characters still have more than 1 HP attack in battle (Vaan, Kain, Cloud of Darkness, Bartz), or their HP's can have more than one form (Golbez, Cloud, Bartz). AI isn't that smart but do get better at higher tiers. I feel like they didn't want crystal bots helping the new players right at the get go hence why the starter bots are so weak but i agree they could have done more there. I would love to discuss more with you if you feel like it.

This game ain't that bad in my opinion.

So you have to level grind to complete story? who's ever actually liked level grinding?

Pretty great review. I was thinking about maybe picking it up since it's going F2P now, but was cautious since I never liked how they limited the attack options. This finalized me not wanted to even bother with the game. A shame since I loved the first two so much.

what is going to be your NexT review?

I'm guessing Network; especially if it's focusing a Esports PvP gameplay.

I'm sorry that Dissidia NT didn't live up to your expectations. Tons of games nowadays are trying to push themselves as bit national Esport that some of them lose sight of what made them special or even just fun to play. And while it's fine and dandy that we have some games that be good games as well as be good esports, like Overwatch, I don't think the Esport area and its tropes should be the future of games, especially multiplayer games. And it's sad to see Dissidia NT reduced to a more generic game than its predecessors. Great video man! As for what NT stands for, I'm willing to bet it stands for Not Terrific.

Call me ignorant, but I originally thought Dissidia NT was a remake. I didnt realize Dissidia was a spin-off franchise, since I didn't realize duodecim was a thing, I hadn't heard of it, and NT just sounds like a suffix square would use in a remake, reminds me of final mix for whatever reason. So yeah, I'm ignorant and am going to go emulate the original games, since I don't have a PSP.

Nice to see one of your videos again, could u do a video on your thoughts on Octopath Traveler, a game that is a call back to previous Square games like the old Final Fantasy games, Dragon Quest etc