This review contains spoilers
I was absolutely shocked by this. About as much as I was shocked by Bug Fables being better than Paper Mario, I yet again reach another JRPG that took what they were trying to be, and absolutely went for the stars.
The lead dev on r/jrpg said that his favorite JRPG was xenogears. this is very, VERY abundantly clear with the writing, and the story. Obviously I'm not gonna drop xenogears spoilers in a review for another game entirely, but that game has an incredible story.
And although this game has its own two legs to stand on, it does feel like the xenogears plot with some massive refirbishing, some different plot twist, and condensed to 30 hours instead of 60. Along with the game actually being finished, though it did seem like they are very clearly hinting towards a sequel.
The main thing I'll say about this game specifically is that Kylian is a very great realized character and somehow feels earned after all of the shit that he did throughout the game.
And Lenne is a very refreshing female lead. They literally say it themselves in game. She isn't a damsel in distress. She is a very well-rounded badass stern female lead.
The writing of the cast is also a lot better than xenogears, they were actually given screentime to do shit.
The sky armor combat is the only bone I have to pick in this game. It's nothing terrible but it feels incredibly limited compared to the on foot combat, along with some of the balancing of the fights being a little too annoying or bullcrap.
The on foot fighting is almost perfect turn-based. Fluent. Fast. A ton of room for optimizing and customization. Everything I'd personally want from an rpg is here.
An incredible experience, and an incredible homage to all of the SNES rpgs and others that this game was inspired by. I could go on for hours but just go play the game yourself. Deal? Deal.
The lead dev on r/jrpg said that his favorite JRPG was xenogears. this is very, VERY abundantly clear with the writing, and the story. Obviously I'm not gonna drop xenogears spoilers in a review for another game entirely, but that game has an incredible story.
And although this game has its own two legs to stand on, it does feel like the xenogears plot with some massive refirbishing, some different plot twist, and condensed to 30 hours instead of 60. Along with the game actually being finished, though it did seem like they are very clearly hinting towards a sequel.
The main thing I'll say about this game specifically is that Kylian is a very great realized character and somehow feels earned after all of the shit that he did throughout the game.
And Lenne is a very refreshing female lead. They literally say it themselves in game. She isn't a damsel in distress. She is a very well-rounded badass stern female lead.
The writing of the cast is also a lot better than xenogears, they were actually given screentime to do shit.
The sky armor combat is the only bone I have to pick in this game. It's nothing terrible but it feels incredibly limited compared to the on foot combat, along with some of the balancing of the fights being a little too annoying or bullcrap.
The on foot fighting is almost perfect turn-based. Fluent. Fast. A ton of room for optimizing and customization. Everything I'd personally want from an rpg is here.
An incredible experience, and an incredible homage to all of the SNES rpgs and others that this game was inspired by. I could go on for hours but just go play the game yourself. Deal? Deal.