Granblue Fantasy: Relink Q&A with Game Director Yasuyuki Kaji
11.12.2023 - 07:31
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Just over six years after the original announcement, Cygames is finally about to release Granblue Fantasy: Relink. This action RPG was originally meant to be a collaboration with PlatinumGames, but Cygames decided to split off around early 2019 and finish the game on their own, which led to a long delay.
At long last, fans of the popular franchise will get the first RPG game on PC and consoles (after the fighting game Granblue Fantasy: Versus) in less than two months from now. Wccftech was recently invited to a press event featuring a near-final build of Granblue Fantasy: Relink; you can check out our impressions here. We also joined a roundtable interview with Game Director Yasuyuki Kaji. The full conversation can be found below, edited and tidied up.
Granblue Fantasy: Relink will be available from February 1, 2024 on PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.
WCCFTECH: In multiplayer, can multiple players take the same character at once?
Yes.
WCCFTECH: Okay. Similarly, if you're playing offline, can you have three AI-led Charlottas all working with you?
That's not possible.
WCCFTECH: In the demo we played, we had the weapon level cap at 10. Is there going to be a level cap that goes up based on the chapter you're on, or is it the difficulty tier of quests?
There are no caps on the character level. You can just go to 100. As for weapons, you have to collect certain materials and uncap the weapon. That's a special process to unlock the next tier of levels for that weapon.
There are also other upgrade systems for characters besides levels, like side episodes. Completing those will buff your characters a bit, either with stats or other things. There's also mastery points that allow you to increase your character stats or have them learn new skills.
Are there any skill differences between Gran and Djeeta (male and female protagonists)?
For one of the skills, Gran's range is shorter but it's more powerful, while Djeeta's version of that same skill is longer but less powerful.
Can you change them at any moment?
You can change them at almost any time. Anytime that you could change your characters around, that's when you can change Gran and Djeeta's appearance, but you wouldn't be able to change them during battle.
WCCFTECH: In addition to unlocking the perfect dodge ability, can you upgrade the dodge to, say, be able to do more than three in a row or shorten that cooldown after you do the third dodge?
You can equip sigils to enhance the dodge.
WCCFTECH: Okay. On that note, can you equip multiple of the same vigils, or are they unique?
You can. However, if you equip multiple of the same sigil, they all have traits associated with them. Traits do have maximum values, so if you're equipping multiple of the