THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS: GRAND CROSS is a Fun Mobile Game for Fans
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross is a new mobile game from Netmarble based on the hit anime and manga series. Throughout the game, you’ll more or less play through the story of the anime, but there’s plenty of fun for fans to have.
It uses the mechanic of pulling characters from a random number generator with varying difficulties. This is a very common and frustrating tool used by similar mobile games, but Grand Cross does include a very nice feature. Every time you do an 11x pull, if you do not draw an SS character (a very high rarity), then a gauge fills up by 10% and once it is full, you’re guaranteed an SS character.
This is a nice way to help give players a little bit of hope. Also, whenever you pull duplicate characters, it automatically turns them into coins used to upgrade them later.
As for the actual gameplay, something that many games don’t have is you controlling a character and moving around the world at all. That’s right, you’ll be able to move around the limited world as Meliodas and interact with people and even help get information from people at the Boar Hat Tavern by getting them food and drink as well as cleaning up after them to get more customers. This is a nice little touch that does help separate it from similar games.
Now, let’s talk about combat, the main aspect of the game. You’ll be able to select up to three characters you have to be your team and then a fourth character can be assigned as a sub if needed. There is a rock-paper-scissors mechanic, so you’ll want to pay attention to the colors of your enemies and match them accordingly. You can also use any characters you have unlocked, even if it makes zero sense for the story. I ran some of the first few missions using Meliodas, Ban, and Gilthunder.
Another mechanic that I actually greatly enjoy in this game is that you can take an action (you only get a certain number per turn) to move cards in your hand. This lets you put duplicate cards together so that they level up. Cards start as bronze, but can level up to silver and then to gold. You just need two identical cards of the same level next to each other and then they’ll level up and become stronger. This means you have to strategize when to move a card to level up, hold onto a card and wait to level up, or simply go on the attack.
You can download Grand Cross now on Android and iOS and if you enjoy The Seven Deadly Sins, I think it’s worth a try. I don’t think the game is groundbreaking by any means, but it does offer some features that help it feel fresh in a world where all games are becoming more and more homogenous.
