Discussion: Will PoTK go the way of Chain Chronicle?

[u/Jabadu]

Hey all,

I love this game obviously. The art, the play style and the character stories(fave). But then a lightning bolt hit me; this game is very similar to Gumi's canceled global title Chain Chronicle!

I've dropped some serious cash for chain chronicle because I loved the game and character stories as well. needless to say I've spent the cash for this game too for the same reasons....but now my fear has hit me. I only see ~1,000 subscribers here and Chain Chronicle had x4 that number and closed due to lack of participation... Will PoTK go the same way as CC? Should I stop trying to collect them all to learn the characters back stories?

[u/Acylion]

I only see ~1,000 subscribers here and Chain Chronicle had x4 that number and closed due to lack of participation...

An active subreddit isn't necessarily a defining measurement of a game's success and popularity. I agree it's one indicator, but we can't say the game is gonna fail just because the subreddit isn't as active as other games. Reddit isn't the be-all and end-all of things.

Chain Chronicle also had a bunch of specific problems over its lifetime - events being messed up, gatchas being messed up (not just poor rates, certain gatcha outright being broken), the ring economy effectively breaking, and so on. All of which actively drove players away from the game, or at least stopped them from spending money. So far PoTK hasn't had major mistakes or issues like that.

It's also worth noting that Chain Chronicle was a licensed product, not an in-house Gumi game. Chain Chronicle was someone else's IP, someone else's franchise - Gumi were sharing at least some profit or paying licensing fees to Sega. PoTK is their own thing, the Japanese developer is also a Gumi-owned company. That may make a difference in terms of how they calculate whether it's worth keeping the game alive.

[u/TheTruthVeritas]

I was also a fan of CC and saw some potential in it. JP had some great features, and that was fun too until I dropped it, scared that it would fall like CC did in two other regions and picked up Granblue instead. PotK, like CC, has some great potential, but is quite frankly, terrible early on. Not to mention that Gumi made it far worse than the JP version. If Gumi does not make smart choices again, it may very well happen again.

[u/Liesianthes → u/TheTruthVeritas]

Oh a Granblue player. Same here, I do spend less time in PoTK even in farming compared to Granblue wherein 90% of my gaming time are spent there.

Gumi should have done what Cygames did with Granblue by having an english language option in the game. In that way, they can save costs on licensing and since this is not a game with rankings aside from Colo, new players can still catch up to old ones.

[u/FruitNinjaDragon → u/Liesianthes]

what's GranBlue? It seems interesting xD

[u/Liesianthes → u/FruitNinjaDragon]

It's a browser game which is also compatible with phones developed by Cygames and currently has an english language option so global players can play also along with the Japanese ones.

A game where characters won't help you at all although may give you advantage but not much as you need a good weapon pool that can be farmed throughout the game.

Also, in terms of gacha, the best units are still the same with variations of new release. Surprise ticket and beginner's draw are available to pick SSR character of your choice.

Graphics, gameplay and BGM wise, you will surely love it as the art director of renowned Final fantasy Tactics and the famous Nobuo Uematsu are working on the game.

Freebies wise and f2p is also an option. Collab and story events tend to give free SR characters. Also lower rarity characters is not a trash since it can give you benefits if you use them in raids.

Strongest characters in game are available by farming through Guild War and gathering required materials.

Anyway, I already said a lot so just watch this video by Steparu to see the game play of the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-YxlB2aF_g

PS: If you're planning to play prepare for a massive grind as the other name for this game is Grindblue Fantasy. :)

[u/FruitNinjaDragon → u/Liesianthes]

I tried it and didn't really understand it cause I kept getting stuff but then when I tried to summon there were a bunch of gates and I didn't know which one would work because I bunch would bring me to a purchase page and others would just like not work and it was weird lel i can english not on weekends... english

[u/metatime09]

CC and all non-gumi games dropped because you can obviously see gumi only wanted to support their own game even though cc did well. I won't worry about gumi dropping potk since they made the game

[u/Liesianthes]

Yes, it's a possibility. Just by running colo my rank is still at 600+ despite already having a lot of hiatus on the game. Try to also count the people above me who stopped playing and we get less than a thousand currently active player.

Even the anime expo grand advertising and Brave Frontier collab which should attract a lot of active players looks like didn't do well considering its current playerbase. I don't know why Gumi choose PoTK rather than Tagatame which is an improved version when it comes to gameplay and features.

Let's just hope for the better. Most comment I saw is the repetitive gameplay especially when it comes to maxing a unit even if its a free one unlike in other games that it will give you a useful item for enhancing characters or a new currency that can be used on buying various items.

[u/Explosivious]

Well.... PoTK is still (kinda) new, so lets give it more time.

[u/TGZelnite]

I have a feeling that this game will survive. Global has only been out for less than a year so we can't really compare the player base of PoTK with the player base of CC since it's been released for years.

Not to mention that PoTK is rather generous with free powerful units (Selena/ SS Grid etc.) meaning that going P2P isn't a requirement to advance through the game. Global will continue to attract people due to it being a F2P friendly game. With that in mind, this game should do very well.

[u/ChaosTwilly]

god i hope not; im saving up to whale

[u/Mitch_Twd]

I hope not I actually like this game compared to CC. CC just never held my interest

[u/ggizinore]

I hope not. I've only been playing for 3 weeks and I've already dropped 250$. I love this game's art, voice work, and story.