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DISSIDIA DUELLUM FINAL FANTASY
SQUARE ENIX · 1,617 ratings · ★ 4.3
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Top complaints - extracted from 27 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"game"
20 negative reviews mention this · 74% of all complaints
★★★★★ "New update broke the game.. Bosses have so little HP now matches can end in a minute. Considering half the game is PVP, this is a problem. Until they fix it, I will no longer support this game with purchases or do any matches beyond what is necessary for daily coins. …" - Chaos Weapon
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"money"
9 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very weak DISSIDIA release. I find a way to love every single DISSIDIA game and this one was a major flop. I’ll start with what doesn’t make it a 1 star though. The skins and urban setting of this final fantasy world is very exciting and immersive. It’s endearing to…" - Momomazing
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"games"
8 negative reviews mention this · 30% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Trash battle UI. Whatever idiot decided to put the chat bubble right next to the attack bubble needs to learn UI design. Losing games because of the stupid chat bubble? Trash idea." - Telerasdf
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"characters"
7 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Used to be good. With all the updates that messes up the game and resetting the ranking. The game is losing its mmmmph. Being paired now with newbies makes it difficult to even level up. Bosses are weaker. They still haven’t fixed the broken characters. One…" - Goobey_tgc
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"character"
7 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Used to be good. With all the updates that messes up the game and resetting the ranking. The game is losing its mmmmph. Being paired now with newbies makes it difficult to even level up. Bosses are weaker. They still haven’t fixed the broken characters. One…" - Goobey_tgc
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"spend"
7 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "P2W. If you don’t have thousands to spend on this game, don’t even bother playing ranked. This game is P2W, period. Also, certain characters are OP, and they’ve made no updates/adjustments to those characters to fix balance. I’ve lost games with…" - Arthur Fleck ^.^
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"abilities"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Used to be good. With all the updates that messes up the game and resetting the ranking. The game is losing its mmmmph. Being paired now with newbies makes it difficult to even level up. Bosses are weaker. They still haven’t fixed the broken characters. One…" - Goobey_tgc
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"dissidia"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "NOT F2P friendly at all. Game is booty, they need to discontinue this game, it’s a DISGRACE to Dissidia and it’s not because it’s a gacha because I play countless gacha games, the game keeps putting bots on your team that do nothing instead of real people and once …" - ShaVE-BAbiES
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"people"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Used to be good. With all the updates that messes up the game and resetting the ranking. The game is losing its mmmmph. Being paired now with newbies makes it difficult to even level up. Bosses are weaker. They still haven’t fixed the broken characters. One…" - Goobey_tgc
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"real"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "NOT F2P friendly at all. Game is booty, they need to discontinue this game, it’s a DISGRACE to Dissidia and it’s not because it’s a gacha because I play countless gacha games, the game keeps putting bots on your team that do nothing instead of real people and once …" - ShaVE-BAbiES
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"those"
5 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Very weak DISSIDIA release. I find a way to love every single DISSIDIA game and this one was a major flop. I’ll start with what doesn’t make it a 1 star though. The skins and urban setting of this final fantasy world is very exciting and immersive. It’s endearing to…" - Momomazing
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"certain"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "New update broke the game.. Bosses have so little HP now matches can end in a minute. Considering half the game is PVP, this is a problem. Until they fix it, I will no longer support this game with purchases or do any matches beyond what is necessary for daily coins. …" - Chaos Weapon
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New update broke the game.
Bosses have so little HP now matches can end in a minute. Considering half the game is PVP, this is a problem. Until they fix it, I will no longer support this game with purchases or do any matches beyond what is necessary for daily coins.
Also, fairly certain they are paying for good reviews cause how can someone rate it 5 stars while saying it’s “very P2W”. That alone is worth docking at least one star.
Also, fairly certain they are paying for good reviews cause how can someone rate it 5 stars while saying it’s “very P2W”. That alone is worth docking at least one star.
Used to be good
With all the updates that messes up the game and resetting the ranking. The game is losing its mmmmph. Being paired now with newbies makes it difficult to even level up. Bosses are weaker. They still haven’t fixed the broken characters. One does a meteor type and K.O you even if you have a high defense. It gets frustrating with the draws because you want certain abilities but can never get it. They should have a point system where you can buy the abilities. I’ve been getting abilities to characters I don’t care for and I’m getting close to stop playing this game. Only if it continues with the path that it is on. The game glitches at times where you can use BURST nor your UNIQUE ABILITIES. In the beginning the game never had that issue but now it’s having more issues than anything. I see now why people are giving a 1 star.
Game got even worse after update.
Game breaking bugs still there. Balance out the window. One character still defines the meta. 4 characters are useless.
Devs Listen to Players :)
Hello devs Thank you for updating your game and fixing some of the bugs!.
Please add more time to Ranked Diamond and Omega battles also unable auto play in Ranked matches.
Also why remove Rewards for Ranking up!! its a new Season!! Your going to loose a lot of players if you dont make this game more appealing for Free to play Players!!!
Please add more time to Ranked Diamond and Omega battles also unable auto play in Ranked matches.
Also why remove Rewards for Ranking up!! its a new Season!! Your going to loose a lot of players if you dont make this game more appealing for Free to play Players!!!
Trash battle UI
Whatever idiot decided to put the chat bubble right next to the attack bubble needs to learn UI design. Losing games because of the stupid chat bubble? Trash idea.
NOT F2P friendly at all
Game is booty, they need to discontinue this game, it’s a DISGRACE to Dissidia and it’s not because it’s a gacha because I play countless gacha games, the game keeps putting bots on your team that do nothing instead of real people and once you pass a certain rank, you start facing nothing but whales, super pay to win, NOT free-to-play friendly, I’d give it zero stars if I could
Wish they’d stop giving us these weird battlers
Believe it or not there is a market out there for people who don’t want to be fully concentrated and glued to their phones to play stupid gacha games. You guys got rid of Brave and Dissidia for what? This?
Not anywhere as fun as dffoo or ffrk
Terrible pay to win practices, super weird ways to get “premium” currency such as playing other scummy games, and poor solo content. An unfortunate game in the dissidia series that, until this game, had been quite enjoyable. 1/5 would go lower if I could.
Hate PvP
This is just a p2w game with forced PvP
0 pred crystals out of 5
P2W incarnate. They couldnt even bother to make ranked how they do in most indie passion projects. ANY pvp (skullgirls mobile thats not even ranked) where you equip flat moves you cant just OUTDO A 5V1. Poetically, i straight up after losing dia 1 to 3 so many tryhard times ran BASE LOADOUT ZIDANE FEED to a COMFORTABLE WIN. Sounds about right….have fun with my gateway purchase money squee. See you in the next nostalgia bait and be sure to put those funds into that STONKED store rewards site.
Compared to the old one
Not as fun as the old ones. This is more about battling with other people. Not as adventurous or storyline
P2W
If you don’t have thousands to spend on this game, don’t even bother playing ranked. This game is P2W, period. Also, certain characters are OP, and they’ve made no updates/adjustments to those characters to fix balance. I’ve lost games within 30 seconds of boss spawning because of P2W players one shorting the boss. This game had potential, but the companies greed ruined it
Another pay to win
Spend real money = win
Not the worst game but why’re people who give negative reviews giving it 5-stars?
The game can be fun but as expected, completely pay-to-win, with horrible matchmaking and the touch functions aren’t completely reliable unfortunately. If the abilities were more balanced, but you have abilities that stun you so long, I’m not even sure why the stun is there since you’re basically guaranteed death unless you have a anti-status ailment ability (and there’s like…2 of those out of 50?). One of the most annoying things is when the boss spawns in, it does so cinematically which absolutely interrupts what you’re doing whether being chased by or you’re mid-fight against another player, and that alone can basically get you killed even when you’re winning because suddenly you’re completely disoriented. I’d give the game a 3-star rating but I’m seeing negative reviews with a 5-star rating? Are you people getting free stuff or something?
Gacha make you broke game
The only relevant thing to do is to PvP which is alright but it’s gets to a point where you can’t really move forward unless you spend real money, once you spend a little you need to spend more to be remotely near the strength to keep up.
Nothing to do with Dissidia
Game should be titled something completely different. Has nothing in common with Dissidia games. Those were a celebration of all Final Fantasy characters. This is PvP with a focus on 1 character. Not building a squad. Not learning how types work together. Just pick the “meta”, try to pull for upgrades for that 1 character, and spend all the money you can to move up in ranks. Not fun for anyone that likes turn based or even action oriented systems like Final Fantasy.
Insulting release for the brand
Even given their reputation with gacha games past, this game represents a new low with the abrasive money grab pay to win mechanics, extreme number of repeat abilities needed to compete at high levels, awful attempt at a storyline and awful controls. Pass this one up for your wallet and your sanity.
Unintuitive controls. Chaotic to look at with portrait mode
The controls and camera are fighting against you at all times as you juggle objectives of getting crystals, hitting opponents and hitting boss monsters. The devs did not think gameplay through.
Grossly predatory
Duellum is very fun, nostalgic, addictive, and gorgeous-which is why it’s so sad that it is doomed to flop. Greed is already killing this game less than a month after launch.
Duellum requires you to gamble for everything-characters, skins, abilities, and stats (which are tied to abilities). You could spend thousands and still not max a single character.
The greed is so egregious that each chapter of the story is locked behind a separate paywall. It’s ridiculous.
This is the worst examples of predatory pay-to-win games this year. Unless this is fixed asap, then you’re better off investing your time and money into any other game.
Duellum requires you to gamble for everything-characters, skins, abilities, and stats (which are tied to abilities). You could spend thousands and still not max a single character.
The greed is so egregious that each chapter of the story is locked behind a separate paywall. It’s ridiculous.
This is the worst examples of predatory pay-to-win games this year. Unless this is fixed asap, then you’re better off investing your time and money into any other game.
Predatory and Corrupt
This game should be pulled from the App Store. It’s confusing to me why the developer was given license to use property owned by SquareEnix for the purpose of manipulating them into purchasing things.
You can’t advance in this game without spending a fortune. Period. You have to spend and if you want to fully max out just ONE character you’re going to be spending either your entire life to do it or several thousand dollars.
Step back, think, this game has monotonous gameplay - your first match is the same match you’re going to experience over and over again. This game is not worth spending thousands of dollars on.
And you have cheaters, and a lot of them, on top of the predatory MTX methods.
They are charging so much money just for the chance to draw a character, and if you want to draw a specific character it’ll cost you 5 tickets. These tickets are not cheap. Around 4 dollars a piece in total (I have the receipts, the average to gain a ticket is approx. 40 dollars)
This is ludicrous.
Avoid this title.
You can’t advance in this game without spending a fortune. Period. You have to spend and if you want to fully max out just ONE character you’re going to be spending either your entire life to do it or several thousand dollars.
Step back, think, this game has monotonous gameplay - your first match is the same match you’re going to experience over and over again. This game is not worth spending thousands of dollars on.
And you have cheaters, and a lot of them, on top of the predatory MTX methods.
They are charging so much money just for the chance to draw a character, and if you want to draw a specific character it’ll cost you 5 tickets. These tickets are not cheap. Around 4 dollars a piece in total (I have the receipts, the average to gain a ticket is approx. 40 dollars)
This is ludicrous.
Avoid this title.
Needs work
There is a lot to be excited for with this game. I think the core gameplay experience is one that can be a lot of fun, and very rewarding to master. The real-time strategy of managing position, bravery, boss damage, and the rival team all lend themselves to a fast-paced PvEvP experience that feels very enjoyable to participate in.
Currently the game has some pretty intense balancing issues around a number of skills and characters, unfortunately, leading to an incredibly stale meta that kills a lot of the potential dynamics and induces homogeneity. Of particular note, is the skill Ace Fire RF, which is a generic UR skill that typically kills any rival in a single use. Since this is a generic skill, you see it everywhere. On supports, on melees, on agiles, and then obviously on the ranged characters. As one advances in the ranked mode, the likelihood that one or ALL of your opponents have this skill, becomes very high, making for an experience that I feel robs the different characters of their uniqueness. Add to this the fact that users can simply let a poorly optimized AI play their character, and matches can feel very lopsided, despite the metrics presented stating that it will be an even match.
Finally, there is the monetization itself. The monetization element of this game is so wildly predatory that I cannot even think of another game to compare it to. Nothing I have ever seen comes close to what this game attempts to do to part users with their money. It would take a great deal to explain it properly in detail here in this feedback text, but let me assure you, user, there is no space in this game to be competitive at higher levels unless you intend to spend the equivalent to a down payment on a home.
Currently the game has some pretty intense balancing issues around a number of skills and characters, unfortunately, leading to an incredibly stale meta that kills a lot of the potential dynamics and induces homogeneity. Of particular note, is the skill Ace Fire RF, which is a generic UR skill that typically kills any rival in a single use. Since this is a generic skill, you see it everywhere. On supports, on melees, on agiles, and then obviously on the ranged characters. As one advances in the ranked mode, the likelihood that one or ALL of your opponents have this skill, becomes very high, making for an experience that I feel robs the different characters of their uniqueness. Add to this the fact that users can simply let a poorly optimized AI play their character, and matches can feel very lopsided, despite the metrics presented stating that it will be an even match.
Finally, there is the monetization itself. The monetization element of this game is so wildly predatory that I cannot even think of another game to compare it to. Nothing I have ever seen comes close to what this game attempts to do to part users with their money. It would take a great deal to explain it properly in detail here in this feedback text, but let me assure you, user, there is no space in this game to be competitive at higher levels unless you intend to spend the equivalent to a down payment on a home.
Great game, awful design
Please just turn the screen landscape 😞
Such a waste of time
Dear Square Enix, we urgently need the Dissidia game as RPG fighting for consoles, without in-game purchases, loot boxes, thousands of interface elements and strange dialogs. Would you be so kind to make it real?
Very weak DISSIDIA release
I find a way to love every single DISSIDIA game and this one was a major flop. I’ll start with what doesn’t make it a 1 star though.
The skins and urban setting of this final fantasy world is very exciting and immersive. It’s endearing to see these characters in a more relatable and modern lens.
This could have been a powerful premise for something amazing but there is practically no campaign or story! The best they could do is show a literal group chat between the final fantasy characters about investigating crystals. Did Square Enix think that these chat emotes are more immersive than an actual experience?
Another positive is the PVEVP format. It is actually very fun gameplay! But it is spoiled quickly by how there is a gatcha for characters, their abilities, their skins, their medals, etc. it’s all so randomized and it’s insane how they think that this is sustainable for the players.
For example, I could really want a newly released character. I could use 5 VERY RARE tickets to get a guarantee at a skin I wouldn’t even like. Then I would have to go into a gatcha to try and make them usable by getting their skills. There is no selector for skill gatcha, you could theoretically never get these skills. That said, with those awful odds, you would still need to gather multiple dupes for these skills in hopes of staying remotely competitive or relevant.
I waited sooo long for this game and I cannot explain how disappointed I am. There is so much wasted potential here and it feels like a money grab. SQUARE, please be more generous to your loyal fans. Give a solid story, make resources easier to get, and if there is a pay wall, at least guarantee that someone can get what they want instead of leaving it to chance. It’s still early enough to make some healthy changes to this slow-motion car crash.
The skins and urban setting of this final fantasy world is very exciting and immersive. It’s endearing to see these characters in a more relatable and modern lens.
This could have been a powerful premise for something amazing but there is practically no campaign or story! The best they could do is show a literal group chat between the final fantasy characters about investigating crystals. Did Square Enix think that these chat emotes are more immersive than an actual experience?
Another positive is the PVEVP format. It is actually very fun gameplay! But it is spoiled quickly by how there is a gatcha for characters, their abilities, their skins, their medals, etc. it’s all so randomized and it’s insane how they think that this is sustainable for the players.
For example, I could really want a newly released character. I could use 5 VERY RARE tickets to get a guarantee at a skin I wouldn’t even like. Then I would have to go into a gatcha to try and make them usable by getting their skills. There is no selector for skill gatcha, you could theoretically never get these skills. That said, with those awful odds, you would still need to gather multiple dupes for these skills in hopes of staying remotely competitive or relevant.
I waited sooo long for this game and I cannot explain how disappointed I am. There is so much wasted potential here and it feels like a money grab. SQUARE, please be more generous to your loyal fans. Give a solid story, make resources easier to get, and if there is a pay wall, at least guarantee that someone can get what they want instead of leaving it to chance. It’s still early enough to make some healthy changes to this slow-motion car crash.
Fun but
This game is highly predatory having to redraw abilities to lv them up is crazy it’s a quick cash grab and it will be gone that said it is fun. not ftp friendly at all though
Fun game. But unbalanced
It’s very very PAY TO WIN. It’s not fun as a free player after the first few days. Bad rewards, bad odds, bad systems over all and a horrible resource system
Almost good
There’s a good concept here. But the clunky controls and the absolutely abhorrent monetization holds it back a lot. The fact that you have to pay around 200 dollars to get one character is so absurd it should be illegal
Sentiment summary
82%
Positive (4-5★)
4%
Neutral (3★)
14%
Negative (1-2★)