Vortex Gaming

The game introduced in Wallet Defenders is 'Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time with a Spinning Dragon'. It's like a game that combines the strengths of Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda, and Dragon Quest Builders. The protagonist, along with archaeologist Edward and parrot Trick, begins a voyage following the light emanating from an ancient dragon fossil. They discover an unknown island but are attacked by an unidentified dragon, and the ship sinks as the fossil revives into a dragon and fights. With the dragon's help, the protagonist time-slips to the past, saves a princess being chased by monsters, and learns that it's the island's appearance from a thousand years ago. To return to the present, they receive help and the game progresses by going back and forth between the present and the past, uncovering hidden truths and the dragon's identity.

Character customization is cute and well-done, offering various presets and detailed setting options. The game's first stage is an ancient kingdom, and it's convenient with well-done tutorials and guidance. The graphics and sound are decent, especially the cozy feeling and sunlight of the daytime background. There's also fun in finding hidden treasure chests throughout the map.

You can choose a total of 14 jobs as the story progresses. They are divided into combat, gathering, and crafting-related jobs, and each job has various skill trees. The function that automatically changes to the appropriate job for a specific activity is convenient. You can earn stars and increase your rank through job-specific quests, and you can learn new skills depending on your rank.

The gathering method adds fun by finding and striking weaknesses. You can obtain additional resources through Excellent gathering. You can check various goals and requests in the quest menu, and you can obtain furniture recipes through bulletin board quests. When crafting, you can easily check the NPC quest list at the workbench, and crafting is possible at any workbench. You can obtain high-grade materials by hunting boss monsters, which respawn after a 5-minute cooldown. Companions are specialized in combat, gathering, and crafting, and there is a proficiency increase effect when working together. You can decorate your character with an overlapping outfit system in addition to equipment.

You can travel between the past, present, and Muzukuji Continent through the dimensional gate opened by the dragon. The Muzukuji Continent is very vast, and defeating bosses has the effect of weakening the story's final boss. You can adjust the map level by hunting monsters and acquiring area points. You can acquire recipes or find Korok-like Leafs through exploration. The shrine system consists of defeating monsters or acquiring collectibles within a time limit. You can obtain mounts to move through specific terrains without taking damage.

You can settle companions in the current timeline to build a village. You can build and decorate your My House, or tidy up the village with your companions. You can build houses for your companions and cultivate fields to farm. You can obtain high-grade items when harvesting giant crops. You can obtain companions through shrine completion, dungeon quest rewards, mimic hunting, etc. You can collect Goddess Grass to return companions to human form. You can increase your affinity by talking to companions or giving them gifts, and they provide various skills depending on the affinity.

Random dungeons are roguelike dungeons with randomly configured gathering and combat. You can proceed by planting saplings, and the deeper you go, the higher the difficulty, but the rewards also get better. You can obtain rewards such as equipment enhancement, companion power-ups, and Goddess Fruit exchange. Equipment is divided into class, superior, and masterpiece, and you can increase the grade through crafting or completing mini-games. The mini-games change icons and backgrounds depending on the job, but the basics are the same. The difficulty varies depending on crafting proficiency, and you can lower the difficulty by using skill points.

You can play multiplayer after progressing through the main story. Up to 4 players can form a party, and you can set a password and whether to allow cross-platform play. Experience compensation based on level differences is not available, so you should be careful when getting a ride. When playing with a 2-person core, one person can control the character, and the other can control the parrot Trick. You can enter gift codes through the Delivery Mole.

It's disappointing that you can only raise one character. There is inconvenience in having to set up the optimal armor set for each job individually. There is a bug where damage is not applied if the monster moves beyond a certain distance.

Fantasy Life I's Wallet Score is 4.9 out of 5. I am satisfied with the various job combinations, graphics, and sound effects. It's good that they made gathering more fun by using the Excellent system. The price is expensive, but it's a game that's well worth the money.