Cross Tails

Honestly. The most well-made tactical rpg that I've played. I keep playing other games of the same genre (Fire Emblem, etc) and saying "Man. I wish that this had the quality of life features and settings that cross tails does."

It's a good game. Definitely an improvement on the "Mercenaries" series in just about all respects. I followed it for a while, and recommend it based on the overall gameplay- the combat is deep, allowing for rich builds and tactics, thanks to a 3-way class system and an equipment modification system. The campaign has a branch, and to get the best ending you need to replay it. I haven't done so (yet, at least), but might, some day. There's set story battles which tend to add another "skirmish" style battle, each of which can be played for rewards or grinding purposes. Where the game is most lacking is the story, particularly the dialogue. "Wanna" and "gonna" sound weird coming from the mouths of clan chiefs. Some of the dialogue is just incorrect, although it's usually clear what they wanted the meaning to be, based on the context. I also think the whole "furry" thing was a miss. It didn't add anything to the story to have the characters be animalistic- some of them could pass as human. The issue is that it certainly doesn't have enough fan-service to offer the furry crowd, and those that are more hesitant of furry adjacent content probably gave it a pass after a surface glance. Finally- the price. The launch price was too high, and I don't think it gained the exposure it might've deserved. Certainly better sales might have motivated the devs to put more effort into the translation, because the core combat itself really is solid.

個人的にこれこれ！こういうの感があってめっちゃ好き ・めっちゃ多いジョブ(初期ジョブも下位互換と言うわけでは無かったりパッシブが優秀だったり) ・メインジョブ/サブジョブのシステム、パッシブの付け替え在り ・複数の装備箇所(武器、頭胴腕靴アクセ) ・装備のスロットにルーンを埋め込み色々な能力付与 ↑こういうのが好きな人には手放しでお勧めできる 大手のようにボイスや丁寧なグラがあったら絶対評価されてた、これからも頑張ってほしい応援しています

I wanted to really try this game but the controls are terrible. no mouse support. no arrow key usage. movement on my controller is really terrible and i use a 360. So if i can't move around much or have to work really hard just to play a game made for pc. Yeah i'm going to lose interest.

テキストの分量も少なめで、SRPGとしてなかなかの出来です。 キャラの動きだけで、物語は語ってくれるんですよね。 動画やセリフに頼らなくてもゲームをするだけで物語を読めるのは、良い傾向です。 ストーリーは、戦争物なので、もう少しファンタジー寄りにしてほしいところですが、好みの分かれるところでしょう。 スキルが多すぎる為、自動戦闘に頼らざるを得ないところは、どのRPGでも同じなので、もっとシンプルにしたら、育成の楽しみが増えると思います。 というか、セガのシャイニングフォースには敵わない。 やはり、空中ユニットや高低差の駆け引き、獣人だけでなく、様々な人種が現れるシャイニングフォースを目指してほしいですね。UIもまだまだ、分かりにくいです。 シャイニングフォースだしてくれないかな~。セガさん。

I just finished 100%ing the game on both male and female routes as of writing this review. Gameplay-wise and feel-wise, this is the closest it's ever come to the general feel of Final Fantasy Tactics, for me. This is the kind of feeling I've been hunting for in the past 25 years or more. As I said before, there are two routes with completely different stories taking place in the two rivalling countries: Ranverfurt (doggos) and Hidiq (cattos). The two stories were very well implemented and feels genuinely different; in fact, don't go in thinking they tie into eachother because they are pretty separate. It basically paints whatever side you pick as the Hero, the Knight in Shining Armor, and the other side as passively benefiting. The character customization is exceptionally deep, with a dozen or more classes that build off of eachother, and you can equip two at any given time along with 6 passives. Many of the classes feel like they fit perfectly together, and they feel very intentionally designed for you to express yourself in whatever way you want. Just like Final Fantasy Tactics. Additionally, a deep enough understanding of the system also allows you to completely DEMOLISH the game balance, also like Final Fantasy Tactics. Anyways, I'll end off with the two cons: The story is mid, they did a decent job, but the translation is terrible and sometimes borderline Engrish/unintelligible. As someone who plays a lot of machine translated stuff, as is the way of a modern-day JRPG fan, I could understand it pretty well. I don't expect the same of others, though. The second thing I really didn't like was the implementation of heroes. Many of them are, frankly, objectively worse than generic units, and that was very unfortunate. I like to use generics more anyways, but on my first run, I like the feel of heroes completely blazing through obstacles. A sort of trainer wheels, if you will. I ended up unintentionally gimping myself by using most heroes instead. Especially in NG+, where you can select a new side for each route (making a total of four routes, and this isn't spoilers, they tell you this directly), the generics are EXCEPTIONALLY powerful and feel more like heroes than even the main characters.

Great Game! Would love more content.