An unfinished game: SE and Gumi, do not abuse your player base. – FINAL FANTASY BE:WOTV Review

Your work on this game, Square Enix, is lackluster and shameful. The UI is poorly designed, lacks polish, and is clunky to navigate. The story needs serious edits, with characters acting without any sensibility. You chose to write a story of warring kingdoms. Now give it life. It is my hope that the English translations of this story will grow to be more mature and complex. Your audience are not children—present to us a meaningful, complex, worthwhile story that we have come to associate with Final Fantasy titles. The art and unit designs are charming, which are usually the main appeal of these types of games. The gameplay itself can be enjoyable and, at present, the community is expecting harder game modes that will evoke the tactician in us. Unfortunately, it is difficult to fend off the feeling that WoTV is yet another low-effort money-grab by Gumi. It is unfortunate that Square Enix, being such respected game-makers have fallen so low with these gacha-game tactics to leech money from players without guarantees that your money or time will reward you for your effort or contribution. This title needs a stronger reward system. It also appears that the Japanese version of this title is more generous with gifts for players. Do not abuse your new global player base. This version also has video ads, reducing the overall perceived quality of the game. It’s as if SE has no faith that this game can do well on its own, when it very much has the potential to be great. I’d like to see the game last for years as the game’s global director envisions, but the developers must put in the work to create a what could be a memorable work of art.
Review by Azaariel on FINAL FANTASY BE:WOTV.