Grand Kingdom
SCORE: 60
NIS America is known for releasing video games with unique game play
elements. Grand Kingdom on the Playstation 4 and Playstation Vita is no
exception. It is a turn based strategy game where characters are on
three lines. They move forward and backward to attack enemy characters
on the same three lines. There is only so much movement and attacking
that can be done in each of the turns based on an action bar.
Grand Kingdom is one of those video games where online victories are
bought with real world money. If you are willing to purchase additional
classes and characters then you will do well online. Grand Kingdom also
really shoves the online game play mode down the throats of gamers.
Which made me rebel against it even more than I normally would have.
Grand Kingdom is a five gig download. Families on economy Internet plans
should avoid downloads, and online play at all costs. Thankfully there
is the much sought after physical copy of Grand Kingdom available online
and at retail.
For decades gaming companies have provided physical copies of video
games to media outlets. For some scary reason Family Friendly Gaming was
provided a digital download code of Grand Kingdom on the PS4 instead of
the traditionally accept physical copy. I am going to consider
purchasing a physical copy in the future since it does less damage, and
is better for everyone.
The bad content found within Grand Kingdom is blood, violence,
enticement to lust, magic, witches, demons, bad language, false gods,
false goddesses, alcohol, nasty online comments, and more. You must love
the battling and leveling up system in Grand Kingdom. Expect to
mindlessly grind for numerous hours. Grand Kingdom is an insanely
difficult game with few heals, few items, and tons of grinding. I did
not find a way to make Grand Kingdom easier. Which will limit its
audience to hardcore gamers only.
Friendly fire is one of the issues with Grand Kingdom. Players can hurt
their own characters trying to hit the enemy characters. I enjoyed
sending additional parties of characters out there to level up and
improve. The music in Grand Kingdom is nice, and the intro is pretty
cool. There are also numerous classes and characters to hire. I also
liked being the captain of a mercenary squad. The grinding got in the
way of the story to the point I barely remembered what was going on.
I like the board game like levels in Grand Kingdom. Our team and the
enemies move around freely. It is neat to see the enemies and avoid
them. Or to go after a treasure chest. Just make sure you have enough
technique points (TP). TP points are earned from battle or from
purchasing them. Stat boosts for your characters can be purchase with
real world money (in app purchase).
The controls in the battle system were confusing to me at first. I
eventually adapted to them. When anyone else here at Family Friendly
Gaming tried to play Grand Kingdom they had to go through a learning
curve to learn how to play Grand Kingdom. Some of the enemies in Grand
Kingdom have no faces. The leveling up system of getting a few stars to
add to certain stats is too slow.
- Teen Gamer
Graphics: 50%
Sound: 50%
Replay/Extras: 90%
Gameplay: 60%
Family Friendly Factor: 50%
System: PS Vita/PS4(tested)
Publisher: NIS America
Developer: Spike Chunsoft, Monochrome Corp
Rating: 'T' - THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY
{Fantasy
Violence, Mild Blood, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol}
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