Well, sate, sate, sate! Meliodas, and the Seven Deadly Sins gang are all together in this brand new gacha game that was released back at the beginning of March globally thanks to its HUGE success in Japan and Korea since it was rank number one game on Google Play in 2019. So what are my thoughts on this shounen anime based gacha game after playing it for over a month? Well, let’s get into it! FULL COUNTER!

Wait you sure this game isn’t for console?

Woah, hold up, a shounen anime gacha mobile game that actually looks like it could be on a console! When I first laid eyes on the screenshots and videos, it was hard to believe that it was for mobile. This game has fantastically animated, well-made, 3-D models of characters in the game. Heck just watching the 3-D models when they are just standing still you see that they are giving off a feeling that these characters are alive. Oh, and let’s not forget the attack animations! So satisfying to watch that health bar go down as my team gives a show, slashing on the enemy. I will admit, I was never really a big fan of Slader, but watching him go at my enemies with his huge sword doing moves like Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7 never felt so pleasing to the eye. Now those are just little animations of models, let’s move on to full-on animations like the ultimate attacks and cutscenes. These scenes are beautifully animated to look as epic as possible. Fully voiced with the voice cast from the Seven Deadly Sins anime, with background music that encourages me to want to listen to while being at the gym trying to break my record for weight lifting. Music comes from both the anime and originals made for the game. Camera angles and animated movements show the grand composition of an enjoyable ultimate move. Again I ask myself, how is this a mobile game?! Honestly, this was the Seven Deadly Sins video game I have wanted based on all the hard work put into the animations, visuals, and sound. (Check out some the Ultimates in the playlist below)

Now there is a lot of graphics for this game and sometimes that does come with a price. There were times my game did glitch some visuals and some of the sounds. But it would only happen for a second before the game fixed itself. So really it wasn’t that big of a deal to worry about.

Another thing is that this game really heated up my systems and ate the battery of whatever device that I play the game on. Just so you get a picture on devices, I have played it on my Samsung Galaxy 9, Ipad Pro, and my new Mac Pro 2020. Even at the lowest graphic setting and highest battery saving setting, so be prepared.

Still, though even with these two minor problems, I still was able to see beautiful work that was put into this game to make it look visually amazing in a 3-D setting of Seven Deadly Sins.

NOW HOLD UP! What about the user-interface?!

I am going to stop myself from fantasying for minute cause video games aren’t all about the visuals. There is a user-interface! Your home base is the Boar Tavern that Meliodas owns in the show. It’s a full-on 3-D rendered setting where you control Meliodas and can walk around the bar and interact with characters and things in the bar. Other deadly sins members like Ban, Diane, and King contribute to the party by giving the functions of cooking, material exchange, and salvaging equipment. Finally, with the help of Sir Hawk, you can take care of the Boar Tavern by serving drinks to the customer, cleaning, and serving food. Got to earn that gold as though it’s an actual job. All types of mechanics you would see in an RPG-type game

For a mobile game user-interface, honestly, it’s a little much. There were a lot of times where I had to move Meliodas a couple of times just to get him in the right position just so then I can get to Ban and click on his cooking icon. Luckily the game knows this and has shortcut icons to each of the functions the tavern offers. But then why does the game have the big fully render setting to roam in if it’s a difficult function to use in the game I wonder?

The only reason I could think of is for visuals. Ah but wait! There is a function that the tavern plays for ya other than being a hub. The more you upgrade your tavern the better percentage in benefits in-game you will receive. Now these upgrades as of now, cost Diamonds, gacha roll currency. Some might think they would prefer to not use their diamonds on other things except for gacha rolls. I personally will admit, this game loves to give diamonds to players daily. From personal experience after one banner I rolled for, I was able to save up over 100 diamonds (One ten roll is 30 diamonds) from free to play while at the same time spend some to upgrade my tavern and pay for more storage cause this game has VERY LIMITED storage. DEAD SERIOUS! This was also before I got the PVP mode which rewards gacha currency weekly.

Other interfaces you will be using is Britannia’s Map where you will journey throughout the story of Seven Deadly Sins Manga/Anime. In-game, there are all the towns you visit in the country. They are where you will receive side-quests and shop for materials. Depending on your relationship with the town, it will give you a higher rarity of items in-store as well as more difficult missions. Honestly, just like the home page, having a 3-D rendered setting is really not necessary but it’s there to look pretty. Overall the interface looks pretty but function wise can be kind of pointless to use since they already give you shortcuts and movement in the 3-D plain can be difficult to maneuver.

Another to consider is the gameplay mechanics!

As for the gameplay of the game, the battle system gameplay is overall pretty average really. You have a turn-based system where you are given randomly a hand of cards that each represent an action each character on your team can do. If two of the same card with the same star level are next to each other they fuse to upgrade to the higher ranking of star card. From your hand, you would play three action cards. Depending on the cards you play for that turn, those cards will cause the character to charge their ultimate gauge. Once charge you will be given an ultimate card in your hand to play. Simple strategy but adding the passives and abilities that each of the characters in the game has makes the game more complicated.

After starting the game at launch, I got to say that I spent a whole week trying to defeat the final form Hendrickson, the final boss of the available story in the game. Between grinding, upgrading characters, and trial and error, I have never spent so long on a gacha game to try and defeat a story boss. Especially one that you have to battle over 5 times in a row! Honestly, sometimes the gameplay doesn’t feel like its strategy but a game of luck ’cause the chances of getting the one card you need in your hand to stop Hendrickson from using his ultimate can be very slim and then if you don’t get that card, it’s game over. This is unfair for someone who has grinded hard for the fight and doesn’t finish the story until they have a combat level of 90,000 while others are only at 84,000 just cause they got the right cards at the right time. So honestly this gameplay is a bit unbalanced since we don’t know what the next cards we are getting are, but at the same time, I can not remember feeling so dedicated to grinding and upgrading just so I can defeat the one boss in any video game. The last time I remember doing something like that was when I played Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories back when I was a kid. It is some tediousness but the results, in the end, are satisfying ’cause you will then get to join guilds and of course, get diamonds for finishing the story. Got to get those diamonds for the gacha rolls! So yea the gameplay needs some work, but still feels like a fun system to play.

The fun thing is you will be using this battle system for a LOT of things you can do in the game. So honestly, you should never get bored and have to wait the next day for dailies. You got story, missions, upgrading, pvp, events, etc. Luckily there is even an auto system to help out in situations where you can’t be near your device.

Got to say a luster looking game

So overall, after playing the game now for over a month, I must say the game looks beautiful visually with some kinks. Sure, this game has its hiccups, but I am still giving this game a try cause unlike many others based on shounen anime, I have seen this one as one of the best ones yet. For sure I am not putting this one down any time soon.

Seven Deadly Sins Grand Cross is on Google Play and Apple Store. You can also visit their website here for more info and news for what is to come. So now you heard my thoughts, what about yours? Leave a comment! What characters did you get and who are your favorites?