Final Fantasy All the Bravest

Final Fantasy All the Bravest is a role-playing game released for iOS and Android. The game was developed by BitGroove and published by Square Enix.

Why It's the Cowardliest

 * 1) The game is literally just one big excuse to empty your wallet.
 * 2) *One of the various reasons is that each character costs $1, and it is completely random regarding who you will get. This is basically a loot box disguised since the game has a collection menu for all the characters, and to fulfill this catalog, the player must summon at least once all those 35 characters.
 * 3) Whenever a character dies, it takes three real world minutes to revive them, and you can only revive one at a time. This means that if your entire team is defeated it would take almost two hours for your entire team to revive. Because of the long wait time, you can either wait, or pay money for a golden hourglass.
 * 4) Ignoring the pay-to-win stuff, there is just a non-linear story and all you do is fight enemies leading to a boss fight. The gameplay is so empty that just tapping on one enemy will cause all your characters to attack the target and it cannot be canceled.
 * 5) *Trying to remedy this, the enemies will only began their actions after you attack them first. Thus, you can see the job classes you got randomly and try to plan a strategy. However, even the job classes are meaningless as all have only one attack.
 * 6) Just like Double Dragon IV, another bad retro game, this game lazily uses sprites from the previous entries, which shows how absolutely lazy the development is.
 * 7) It has no story at all, that's right, this is the first ever Final Fantasy game to have no story at all, which means that the game was indeed rushed for a 2013 release.
 * 8) You cannot customize your own character, even though other games, including Final Fantasy XI, XIV & XV: Comrades, were able to do so, so the removal of character customization is absolutely inexcusable.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The Android version for the game is free and you get some hourglasses in the beginning. Thus, it is possible to reach the end of the game without any microtransactions if one has enough patience for the pay-to-win garbage and non-existing gameplay.
 * 2) * Speaking of which, the iOS version thankfully later became free.
 * 3) Non-linear plotline and funny character descriptions, considering that the Final Fantasy franchise is generally serious about this.

Reception
Final Fantasy All the Bravest was critically panned with a weighted average of 25/100 on Metacritic. Criticism was thrown at the micro-transactions and gameplay.