Wizardry Variants Daphne

 
 Over past 1 month I have been playing this new Gacha game called Wizardry Variants Daphne. As expected from a Game that bears the same name with one of the Progenitor of JRPG, Wizardry Variants Daphne is a Solid classic Dungeon Crawling JRPG that comes with Brutal Difficulty yet fun Old School RPG experience. For a Gacha Game made by Japanese Dev in a time where Chinese Gaming Industry reigns supreme, Wizardry Variants Daphne is promising JRPG game that is quite well made and could have sold well even as a console game. But for some reason the Devs decide to make this new iteration of Wizardry as Gacha game that overall have solid production value and potential. Interestingly the Illustrator of this game is the same one with Fire Emblem Awakening series.

As of the time when this Article being written, I have cleared the first Abyss Dungeon and closing on the first run for 2nd Abyss dungeon. In Wizardry Variants Daphne, you play as masked Adventurer who had been reduced as a Ghoul yet somehow had the immense power to reverse time and even bends the rules of life. Bestowed with this overpowered skill, the main character explores Abyss Dungeon along with a Cute ghost girl called Lulunarde to uncover their mysterious past and find a way to restore themselves.

So far the overall gameplay content of Wizardry Daphne is Top Tier for a F2P game as you can access good stuffs without paying real money as long as you do proper prep and do your grind. But keep in mind Wizardry Variants Daphne is a very time consuming game for a Gacha and the Difficulty is very brutal for a Modern Game. The gatekeeping is definitely as bad as Warhammer Tacticus since average gamers are unlikely have the attention span to finish the first Abyss Dungeon which is a very lengthy for a Tutorial Dungeon which is the bare minimum to access the actual good stuffs offered by the game. The particular part in Wizardry Variants Daphne that most players will definitely have nightmare for sure is the Rank Up Dungeon which is very brutal even if you resort to cheat the maps.

 Compared to other Gacha Games, Gacha in Wizardry Variants Daphne are not particularly crucial as the game gives you solid choice for starting party. As long as you get Lanaville and Yekaterina, you will have easier time to navigate brutal challenges offered by Wizardry Daphne. But Wizardry Daphne easily falls on the more expensive side if you wish to spend as the paid options are absolutely ridiculously overpriced for its value. I got into the game during the mid of Abenius banner and If you want a particular Hero's Ex weapon be prepared to spend at least 100 Pulls which probably cost over 100 USD, though the latter is not that necessary for average player to progress through the game content so far.

The business model for Wizardry Variants Daphne may work for Japanese player base but if the Devs really want to consider revenue from Global market they really should come up with a 5-10 USD paid package that have decent value. Because Wizardry Daphne definitely deserve the money to keep it thriving. Personally I think the game could serve as a good gateway for its older Wizardry 1-VIII series though collab with Old School RPGs like Dungeon Meshi or Lodoss could work out too considering the game will start to get one on March with bastard,