5 Takeaways From the Dissidia Final Fantasy NT Beta

Complex, but promising.

Characters Are Nicely Varied

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Dissidia NT separates its cast of characters into four different classes: Vanguard, Marksman, Assassin and Specialist. The movesets of these three classes differ greatly, and although each character within a class fills the same role, they work in very different ways. This is a testament to the variety bestowed upon each character in the game. No one feels like a reskin or a reuse of a different character, and they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, Sephiroth has incredibly powerful and long-reaching Bravery attacks, however his HP attacks are very tricky to land. Meanwhile, Tidus’ Bravery attacks aren’t incredibly powerful, but he comes with a skill that does a ton of damage and makes it easy to combo into his wide-reaching HP attack. Each character is full of these kinds of little differences, meaning you need to take time to learn how each one works.

Vanguards make up the majority of Dissidia NT’s roster, with lots of characters that are good at getting right up close and personal. Marksman are the best way to mix things up, as these characters are focused on moves at a long distance that keep enemies away, and they oftentimes come with skills that can support the tea as well. Specialists meanwhile feel like a good mix of the two, with a selection of long-range and close-up attacks, and they each have a specific strength too.

These differences in how characters play aren’t the only reason the cast is varied, as just the general roster provides a nice selection of the best from Final Fantasy. Each game, I-X, has its main hero and villain playable, and beyond that there’s some nice additions to round things out. Shantotto, Lightning, Y’Shtola, and Noctis represent the later games. It’s also fantastic to see Ramza from Tactics and Ace from Type-0 imagined in the Dissidia universe, rendered with the power of modern systems. Part of what makes Dissidia so fun is seeing all these disparate characters come together reimagined from their original forms in their respective games. With six more characters planned as DLC too, we’re bound to get even more variety.


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