Upon launch, Opera Omnia was met with a mixed critical reception; critics praised its gameplay, but were unhappy with its lack of content.
The game concluded service on February 29, 2024 on all platforms.
Gameplay
Battles in the game are turn-based, with all characters being free. Characters can be enhanced with currency known as crystals, and there are daily login bonuses in the form of gems and summon tickets.[3]
Playable characters
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia initially featured a total of 25 playable characters upon launch, consisting of both new and returning heroes in the Dissidia Final Fantasy series. More characters were added upon constant patch updates.
Each character is assigned to one of eleven weapon classes, and is also assigned to one of six crystal colors. At the end of service, Opera Omnia had 179 and 175 characters on the Japanese and Global versions respectively.
According to review aggregator Metacritic, Opera Omnia received "mixed to average" reviews.[4]
Nick Tylwalk of TouchArcade praised the game for not being a "gacha grab" and "generous" with its currency, lauding it as a good example of appropriate fan service.[6]
Christian Colli of Multiplayer.it rated it 8/10 points, praising the combat system as fun and original, but criticizing the game's repetitiveness and lack of an Italian localization.[7]
Harry Slater of Pocket Gamer called Opera Omnia "fairly standard" and said it would be more appealing to dedicated fans of the series.[5]
In June 2022, Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia announced it had surpassed 10 million downloads.[8]
Preservation attempts
A user named "Hatok", in an act of preservation, recorded all the cutscenes and battle sequences from the game's story line. The upload included the canon weapons of each character, and made sure that the battle sequences included the canon characters. The project was run, maintained and supported by Hatok himself, and was finished 7 hours before the shutdown of the system. The project is about 100 hours long, and took up more than 2 terabytes of video storage.[9]