A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
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I never heard about this game before it got highly recommended to me. Out of curiosity I decided to give it a shot and... wow I can't believe I was missing out.
It's kinda jarring how overlooked this gem is, an amazing indie game that does so many things and offers an experience like no others.
It has a premise that glue you on the screen from the moment you start, as you begin explore this MMORPG inspired world to discover the secrets of the main character and the people around her.
The writing is really charming, and gives a lot of personlity to most of the roster and the setting they are part of.
The gameplay has a top-down perspective that combines different things from various geners: you have the energy and range of games like Enter the Gungeon but also really great puzzles from titles like A Link to the Past. It all merges together to create an incredible experience. It is even abe to feature an incredible combat, that leads to really fun and ismart gimmicks for enemies and especially bosses, that makes every encounter interesting and fascinating to discover.
I do have some nitpicks, like I feel that sometimes the maps can feel a bit too large and dispersive, and some of the puzzles and dungeons can feel a bit too long for my taste... but that can also be my lack of general orientation (and possible lack of brain cells) that stops me from praising it more,
I feel I am not really that far into the story (the game is surprisingly long), but for now I can safely say that Crosscode is a masterpiece. An absolute recommendation for every fan of videogames.
It's kinda jarring how overlooked this gem is, an amazing indie game that does so many things and offers an experience like no others.
It has a premise that glue you on the screen from the moment you start, as you begin explore this MMORPG inspired world to discover the secrets of the main character and the people around her.
The writing is really charming, and gives a lot of personlity to most of the roster and the setting they are part of.
The gameplay has a top-down perspective that combines different things from various geners: you have the energy and range of games like Enter the Gungeon but also really great puzzles from titles like A Link to the Past. It all merges together to create an incredible experience. It is even abe to feature an incredible combat, that leads to really fun and ismart gimmicks for enemies and especially bosses, that makes every encounter interesting and fascinating to discover.
I do have some nitpicks, like I feel that sometimes the maps can feel a bit too large and dispersive, and some of the puzzles and dungeons can feel a bit too long for my taste... but that can also be my lack of general orientation (and possible lack of brain cells) that stops me from praising it more,
I feel I am not really that far into the story (the game is surprisingly long), but for now I can safely say that Crosscode is a masterpiece. An absolute recommendation for every fan of videogames.
This should be labeled as a puzzle game since that's mostly what you will be doing the entire time. Puzzles are not that fun and are a chore to solve. The story is not that interesting it has neat concepts near the end that it finally explores but by then it is too late
Holy fuck this game is good. It's rare I find a game that oozes charm and passion in every ounce of its world. The story is fantastic, the combat is addicting, the quests are fun distractions, and the characters are all well-written and silly. I have yet to do the DLC but I can't see myself not loving it too.
The most underrated indie RPG from the 21st Century.
One of the best games I have ever played.
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crosscode is pretty fire, gameplay is absolute god tier, combat is cool as hell, lotsa great quests, optional dungeons and bosses, very fun, but the story felt a bit lacking towards the end, maybe i'm just conditioned by jrpgs where at the end shit scales up dramatically and all of the mysteries have the most batshit insane answers.
all things considered, crosscode's story is actually very grounded, none of the stuff that happens in it is legitimately absurd, and i appreciate it for that. after the suspension of disbelief towards what is essentially a digital form of matter, everything is extremely sane and makes a lot of sense, hell, even the "sci-fi" part of it is extremely believable, it genuinely feels like a story that imagines a futuristic place that is not nearly as outlandish as we usually get when it comes to imagining how we'll be in 100 years. i think that aspect of crosscode is actually really cool. but i still can't shake the feeling that the "mysteries" lacked a bit of sauce, like none of the twists are genuinely as jaw dropping as they seem like they'd be.
idk, maybe i'm expecting something the story never seeked to achieve, you know. that's why i can't say it's bad, it's actually really well tied together and really compelling. the characters are really really good, and i especially really really enjoy how lea is technically a protagonist with a disability, which is not only cool representation but also a fun twist on the classic mute protagonist. crosscode opens up my imagination to all kinds of disability representation in fantasies and sci-fi stories.
i'm very curious what the DLC's gonna be all about since, frankly, i would be perfectly satisfied without one. save for c'tron being suspiciously absent from the raid at the end and then being mysterious after the credits, i don't think there would even be any loose ends.
this is one of those cases where a game is REALLY GOOD but it doesn't hit me where it counts. it's hard to put into words but it's the same way i know and agree that chrono trigger is AMAZING but i'd pick soooo many games before it if i went down a list of my favs. i think that's good tho, i mean fuck imagine being compared to chrono trigger, if i ever made a game that some people said "yeah that shit makes me feel the same way chrono trigger does" that in itself would be an achievement. crosscode isn't a bad game, i just don't particularly vibe with it super hard. i vibe with it big time, but like, if my brain was a wine glass, and xenoblade 3 has the ability to quickly shatter it by immediately hitting the right frequency, crosscode makes the wine glass vibrate intensely but doesn't quite reach the point of making it explode.
crosscode goes in my category of games i would instantly recommend to someone, and say "this game is AMAZING", but it's far from one of my favorites.
all things considered, crosscode's story is actually very grounded, none of the stuff that happens in it is legitimately absurd, and i appreciate it for that. after the suspension of disbelief towards what is essentially a digital form of matter, everything is extremely sane and makes a lot of sense, hell, even the "sci-fi" part of it is extremely believable, it genuinely feels like a story that imagines a futuristic place that is not nearly as outlandish as we usually get when it comes to imagining how we'll be in 100 years. i think that aspect of crosscode is actually really cool. but i still can't shake the feeling that the "mysteries" lacked a bit of sauce, like none of the twists are genuinely as jaw dropping as they seem like they'd be.
idk, maybe i'm expecting something the story never seeked to achieve, you know. that's why i can't say it's bad, it's actually really well tied together and really compelling. the characters are really really good, and i especially really really enjoy how lea is technically a protagonist with a disability, which is not only cool representation but also a fun twist on the classic mute protagonist. crosscode opens up my imagination to all kinds of disability representation in fantasies and sci-fi stories.
i'm very curious what the DLC's gonna be all about since, frankly, i would be perfectly satisfied without one. save for c'tron being suspiciously absent from the raid at the end and then being mysterious after the credits, i don't think there would even be any loose ends.
this is one of those cases where a game is REALLY GOOD but it doesn't hit me where it counts. it's hard to put into words but it's the same way i know and agree that chrono trigger is AMAZING but i'd pick soooo many games before it if i went down a list of my favs. i think that's good tho, i mean fuck imagine being compared to chrono trigger, if i ever made a game that some people said "yeah that shit makes me feel the same way chrono trigger does" that in itself would be an achievement. crosscode isn't a bad game, i just don't particularly vibe with it super hard. i vibe with it big time, but like, if my brain was a wine glass, and xenoblade 3 has the ability to quickly shatter it by immediately hitting the right frequency, crosscode makes the wine glass vibrate intensely but doesn't quite reach the point of making it explode.
crosscode goes in my category of games i would instantly recommend to someone, and say "this game is AMAZING", but it's far from one of my favorites.