Anything particularly better than the 1st?

[Nazda]

I played the first one on my PS4 and have come to the conclusion that it really needs work done, the combat felt good to me but the actual gameplay got so repetitive and I felt after about 40 hours of gameplay I had done everything worthwhile and 100%'ing the game just wasn't worth my time, so is the sequel incredibly improved upon, or just one of those sequels that copies everything with a different campaign story?

Are the movement mechanics any different/smoother?
I get that since it's an anime game you can't really improve the graphics tooooo much, but I've seen it has a FPS cap of 60, so does it look a lot smoother?, better graphics?, etc.
As for the side-quests and free-play abilities, the first one was very fun at first but got super repetitive going to different maps, just to fight the same fight almost every time, with only boss-fights really being the only difference in between the quests.

I've tried to find these answers on other forums and reviews, but those didn't really help, so anything is appreciated

[Eut]

From what i experienced the main selling point of this game for me is the custom character because eren is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mc. 60fps lock is true but it is hardly noticeable anyway. Game looks average at max settings and gameplay is more refined than the first but still repetitive. The custom character is the one that sells the game imo

[Nazda]

Originally posted by Eut:

From what i experienced the main selling point of this game for me is the custom character because eren is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mc. 60fps lock is true but it is hardly noticeable anyway. Game looks average at max settings and gameplay is more refined than the first but still repetitive. The custom character is the one that sells the game imo

whats the customization like? is it just visual or does it get into mechanics as well like speed, damage, a story, etc.

[Shun]

Cuztomization is purely cosmetic though you do earn skills that boost your dexterity,agility and other abilities as you speak to the characters of the series in side events.

By forming deeper bonds with the characters you get better and better abilities. After talking to a bunch of them you have plenty of +5 agility,other abilitiiy bonuses to become the best, most badass soldier there is.

[Nazda]

Originally posted by Just Some Weeb:

Cuztomization is purely cosmetic though you do earn skills that boost your dexterity,agility and other abilities as you speak to the characters of the series in side events.

By forming deeper bonds with the characters you get better and better abilities. After talking to a bunch of them you have plenty of +5 agility,other abilitiiy bonuses to become the best, most badass soldier there is.

okay, see thats something i can get behind, not the best, but surely better than nothing!
thanks for the info!

[Eut]

Nope, your cc will never be the best and the most badass. Stat-wise all the cast chars are better. All the skills you learn can also be learned by the cast. Story-wise you are just a side character. So keep your expectations low for the cc part of the game but even though it is kind of bad it still beats using eren anyday

[Shun]

Originally posted by Eut:

Nope, your cc will never be the best and the most badass. Stat-wise all the cast chars are better. All the skills you learn can also be learned by the cast. Story-wise you are just a side character. So keep your expectations low for the cc part of the game but even though it is kind of bad it still beats using eren anyday

Then explain to me how in the hell does Levi not kill any titan and keep praising me every mission?

[Eut]

Originally posted by Just Some Weeb:

Originally posted by Eut:

Nope, your cc will never be the best and the most badass. Stat-wise all the cast chars are better. All the skills you learn can also be learned by the cast. Story-wise you are just a side character. So keep your expectations low for the cc part of the game but even though it is kind of bad it still beats using eren anyday

Then explain to me how in the hell does Levi not kill any titan and keep praising me every mission?

You can use any character to wipe out titans. You will get praised regardless of who you use. And all npcs are useless because thats how the game is designed

[WhiteAngel7]

Originally posted by Eut:

Nope, your cc will never be the best and the most badass. Stat-wise all the cast chars are better. All the skills you learn can also be learned by the cast. Story-wise you are just a side character. So keep your expectations low for the cc part of the game but even though it is kind of bad it still beats using eren anyday

Practically, once all skills are unlocked, any character can be equally strong, even such "weak" characters like Historia, Mina or Daz and of course your cac, you only need to balance your skills well, so to sum it up, your cac can also be the best character in the game.

[WhiteAngel7]

Originally posted by Eut:

Originally posted by Just Some Weeb:

Then explain to me how in the hell does Levi not kill any titan and keep praising me every mission?

You can use any character to wipe out titans. You will get praised regardless of who you use. And all npcs are useless because thats how the game is designed

The game is created in such a way, that npc "praise" a player, when he kills every 10 titan.
Also for some players npcs are quite useful in the "nightmare" mode, cause if you get caught by a titan there, you probably won't free yourself that easly.
Apart from that, npc can do fatal damage, but you need to adjust your skills as I wrote above.

[Shun]

Originally posted by WhiteAngel7:

Originally posted by Eut:

You can use any character to wipe out titans. You will get praised regardless of who you use. And all npcs are useless because thats how the game is designed

The game is created in such a way, that npc "praise" a player, when he kills every 10 titan.
Also for some players npcs are quite useful in the "nightmare" mode, cause if you get caught by a titan there, you probably won't free yourself that easly.
Apart from that, npc can do fatal damage, but you need to adjust your skills as I wrote above.

I know how it works in game, being praised every 10 kills for 30 hours+ is kinda really obvious, it's just that in context my custom character is apparently unimportant to Eut, meanwhile on my end i kill 95% of titans anywhere i go whilst Levi keeps praising me in defeat. That's just what i was referring to, how can i be bad if the best soldiers are all licking my boots all the time?

I never play any one else in the game so in my perspective i am better than Levi and that's a fact.

I just find it funny that this game let's you be the best soldier humanity has ever seen, yet, the custom character isn't in the dlc, people who know why will understand how stupid that is.

If a player is really good their character can simply be the best and that's not something for others to decide at that point. It's not like the online works anyway lol.

Of course if my charater would be in the anime or if i started playing other characters they would be better than me, but they can't because i just won't play them. I had my dose of them on the PS3 version of the first game.

[Eut]

My point basically is whoever you control will be the one killing all the titans and hence the strongest. Stat-wise cc caps at 120 while cast characters easily cap 3 stats at 140 without the need for extra skills. So yeah cc is weak compared to other chars that is just a fact. Story-wise you get praised only until chap 2 then you slowly become a side character. This is also evidenced by you not being present in the dlc (which is a stupid move tbh). My gripe about this game is how they butchered the cc story wise and stat wise. But yeah that doesnt stop you from massacring titans anyway since the game is still easy. Also npcs are useless apart from your teammates and maybe if all of them are focusing one titan. If they are spread out they have no chance of killing titans on their own.

Also i never said cc as unimportant. I said they are just weak. In fact they are the most important part of this game for me because i will never play this game without a cc (so sequel better have a cc that feels like an actual main character). Still doesnt change the fact that the game does a very good job at making you feel like a side character.

[Shun]

Originally posted by Eut:

My point basically is whoever you control will be the one killing all the titans and hence the strongest. Stat-wise cc caps at 120 while cast characters easily cap 3 stats at 140 without the need for extra skills. So yeah cc is weak compared to other chars that is just a fact. Story-wise you get praised only until chap 2 then you slowly become a side character. This is also evidenced by you not being present in the dlc (which is a stupid move tbh). My gripe about this game is how they butchered the cc story wise and stat wise. But yeah that doesnt stop you from massacring titans anyway since the game is still easy. Also npcs are useless apart from your teammates and maybe if all of them are focusing one titan. If they are spread out they have no chance of killing titans on their own.

Also i never said cc as unimportant. I said they are just weak. In fact they are the most important part of this game for me because i will never play this game without a cc (so sequel better have a cc that feels like an actual main character). Still doesnt change the fact that the game does a very good job at making you feel like a side character.

I know that anyone you play is better than you, that npc's on your squad are the only capable npcs and that all the other npcs in this game are just there to let themselves be killed.

All i wanted to tell op is that Character customization doesn't only let you look the way you want but you can also enhance your abilities.

I wasn't that serious about custom characters being the best in the cast but hey, on my end i'll always be the best(side character) and there ain't a thing no one can do about it.

At least we get to be the greatest most unrecognized character in the game rather than being forced to play the main cast. But yep, gotta agree with you that the game really butchers the custom character storywise.

If you don't mind about that like me and just love killing titans with your custom character than this game is an absolute blast no matter how butcheredd the story may be.

[Eut]

Yeah i wished they made a whole new story (like sao fatal bullet) with the cc as the focus instead of following the original one which you can just watch. There you can be a titan shifter or anything. But yeah i agree not being forced to play the main cast is the biggest appeal to this game (except for character episode mode)

[Shun]

Originally posted by Eut:

Yeah i wished they made a whole new story (like sao fatal bullet) with the cc as the focus instead of following the original one which you can just watch. There you can be a titan shifter or anything. But yeah i agree not being forced to play the main cast is the biggest appeal to this game (except for character episode mode)

They showed a first person titan shift that looks just like the custom characer's pov in every cutscene of the game, but they don't give you said titan shifting ability, that is really weird to me.

I loved Fatal Bullet, but there aren't any maps, not enough enemy variation and the guns never ever sound loud enough.

A lot of games made with character creation in mind have to compromise somewhere because of it, like cutting in either story writing or gameplay. I wish we could get more games with great cc as well as a decent level of content to play or better implementation of the character in the story.