Fate: Last Encore

Fate: Last Encore, is one of the most recent incarnations of the formidable Fate franchise. It was received with mixed reviews, and viewers either loved it or hated it. Here’s my spin on what did and did not work in Fate: Last Encore.

Fate: Last Encore follows the male protagonist from the video-game Fate: Extella, and the saber class servant, Nero. The basic synopsis is that Hakuno (the protagonist) and Nero must battle their way through a multi-layered dungeon to reach the top of the “Moon Cell” and avert the total destruction of humanity. Unlike most Grail Wars, there are new rules and each time you defeat the reigning master of a floor you are immediately transported to the next level. Essentially, Fate: Last Encore retained the video-game feel from Extella and rolled with it.

Servamp

Servamp is a 12 episode anime about seven vampires that personify the seven deadly sins and their humans. It first aired in 2016, and despite being a relatively small series, it has received a lot of good reception in the anime community.

Servamp centers primarily around Mahiru Shirota and his servant vampire, Kuro (also known as Sleepy Ash) the Servamp of Sloth.

Fate: Grand Order

Fate Grand Order (FGO) is a free to play game based on the characters of the massive Fate franchise. It’s available for download from Google Play and is actively growing.

I began playing this game on the Chinese servers, (by accident) and had good luck with the gacha there. Infamously difficult characters such as Gilgamesh and Arjuna appeared with no effort on my part. Now, since that account crashed, I’m on the North America server and things are looking bleak. (I think NA gacha is cursed)

Bad luck aside, FGO is straightforward and requires little explanation. I could play it with the entire thing in Chinese, and I don’t speak Chinese, if that gives you an idea about how easy this game’s mechanics are.

In FGO you play as a “Master”, either male or female, and summon/upgrade/employ various servants to clear singularities to save humanity and restore history.