With plenty of bargains to grab in the Steam Winter Sale, a seriously overlooked contender among the best RPGs of 2024 is currently the cheapest it’s ever been. Granblue Fantasy Relink launched in February, seven years after the action-driven spin on the beloved mobile game was first announced. With a wide range of playable characters pulling from the series’ extensive lore, rewarding combat reminiscent of modern Final Fantasy, a fun story that’s made approachable to Granblue newcomers, and a long-form endgame akin to Monster Hunter, Relink is a perfect pickup for the holidays.
Granblue Fantasy Relink can almost be considered as two games in one. Its initial story will maybe set you back a dozen hours or so – it does a good job of introducing you to the wonderful cast and the world of Granblue Fantasy, meaning you won’t need to be familiar with the long-running gacha game it’s based on to enjoy this standalone adventure. Combat is fast and frenetic, with a huge range of skills at your disposal as you cycle through its various characters, each of which has a unique play style and can be considered as distinct as swapping between weapon types in Monster Hunter Wilds.
Make it to the end of that initial arc, however, and what lies before you is a comprehensive endgame that you can potentially pour hundreds of hours into. This is where the game truly feels like Monster Hunter, meaning that if you’ve got the itch ahead of the Monster Hunter Wilds release date this is one of the best RPGs to scratch it. You’ll take on all manner of challenging fights, side missions, and special quests to unlock your progression at key stages. There are even more story beats to look forward to along the way, too.
You can enjoy Granblue Fantasy Relink completely by yourself, but if you bring some friends along for the endgame grind it becomes one of the best co-op games of the year to sink into. Whether you just focus on mastering a single character or want to spend the time earning all the resources to upgrade and equip the entire cast, Relink’s comprehensive tutorials and useful systems such as its wishlist tracker makes doing so feel incredibly smooth and manageable. You can really feel the benefit of those upgrades, too, with your time invested reflected in a tangible difference to your power level.
Don’t just take my word for it, however. Steam user reviews – more than 33,000 of them – rate Granblue Fantasy Relink at a ‘very positive’ 89%. Those submitted over the past 30 days are even higher, reaching the vaunted ‘overwhelmingly positive’ with a 95% recommendation rate, proving that Cygames has only continued to build on what it created with updates and DLC since launch. If you’re curious, this Steam sale is the best opportunity to grab Relink at its lowest price yet.
Granblue Fantasy Relink is 50% off as part of the Steam Winter Sale, which is scheduled to end on Thursday January 2, 2025. That means you’ll pay just $29.99 / £24.99 for the base edition, or $39.99 / £32.49 if you want to upgrade to the special edition. Head here to take a look for yourself – you won’t regret it.
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