Okay so last week I got real curious about this new Final Fantasy spinoff mobile game everyone kept mentioning on my feed – Relic of Legends. Free-to-play RPG? Final Fantasy nostalgia? Sounds perfect for bus rides to work. Grabbed my phone, hit download, and dove straight in cold turkey.
First hour playing blind
Tapped through five tutorial battles feeling kinda bored. Swipe here to attack, tap there for special move – same as every other mobile RPG ever. Opened those shiny freebie chests they throw at beginners, got a Cloud Strife lookalike hero. Cool hair, but combat animations looked like pixelated flipbook nonsense. Energy system already popped up telling me I was done after twenty minutes. Annoying already.
Grinding through week one
Set phone alarms every six hours to burn energy like some addict. Auto-battled trash mobs while eating breakfast, skipped every single story cutscene because the translation read like Google Translate barfed on my screen. Found the gacha screen – oh boy. Did my daily free pull praying for Sephiroth. Got generic soldier #27 with a helmet. Threw three bucks at a “beginner pack” and pulled… another Cloud clone but with different sword. Felt like getting scammed at a carnival booth.
Main pain points I noticed:
• Auto-play does everything for you – literally fell asleep watching my team fight on autopilot
• Gear upgrade hell – farmed dragon scales for two days to level up one sword
• Paywall vibes – chapter five boss squashed my squad until I caved and bought stamina refills
Trying multiplayer stuff
Joined some guild claiming they help newbies. Asked for raid advice. Crickets for six hours until some dude named CloudFan69 messaged me pay-to-win strats requiring specific heroes I didn’t own. Played three co-op rounds – lagged every time someone’s connection hiccupped. Got disconnected mid-fight, came back to dead characters and zero rewards. Uninstalled Discord immediately after.
Final verdict after 14 days
Deleted it this morning while brushing teeth. Game basically plays itself while begging for money every loading screen. Nostalgia bait with pixel sprites can’t hide how shallow this clicker game really is. Play an actual FF remaster instead or go touch grass. Zero out of ten Bahamuts. Not worth your time unless you like being a hamster on a gacha wheel.