Although the social RPG genre is massive in Asia, few games have managed to make much of a dent in the worldwide market.

Not long ago, we saw a wide release for Kingdom Hearts Unchained Chi (Free), and now we’ve got one for Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (Free), Square’s collaboration with Brave Frontier (Free) developers Alim.Īs team-ups go, it’s a wise one. Very few of their efforts have ever left the shores of Japan, but that might be starting to change.

If there’s one company that has been trying seemingly every permutation of features to try to score a hit, it’s Square Enix. That’s likely as good an explanation as any for why the social RPG genre has started to stretch its legs out a little. There’s a lot of competition, and players have got to be getting a little tired of the same old. The recipe is simple enough, though finding success with it is another matter. Take some kind of battle mechanic, staple the now-standard collect, fuse, evolve leveling system onto it, and make sure you have an ever-expanding line-up of desirable goodies for players to chase after. By now, the social RPG genre has found a pretty comfortable groove.

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