CrossCode

This game is an absolute masterpiece in emotional storytelling, absolutely one of my favourite games. I've never seen and felt pixelated characters in such a way before. The overall story is great, the fighting is generally balanced and the puzzles and mechanics are done in a way that don't make you feel as if it's repetitive. There is definitely some grinding involved at times, but it's never more than I felt was necessary. I only wish there was MORE crosscode to play, I want to know if the other Evotars ever made a nice life for themselves!

This is the Final Fantasy that I actually enjoy playing. Exploration and movement is fun, good balance of puzzles and combat, the latter of which is fast and fun! Gorgeous art style and music and I'm really enjoying the story so far

I don't usually actually write reviews, but I just have to for CrossCode. This is by far the best game I've ever played, and probably the best game I'll ever play, as everything is perfect for me. There is not a single personality I found annoying or boring throughout the entire game, and I love the ways they interact with eachother. Emilie and Lea together were definitely the best but that's to be expected from the 2 more prominent characters. The story was extremely captivating and made me genuinely emotional a couple of times. The puzzles were a nice breath of fresh air, as they didn't shy away from making them complex!! They required both timing and a bit of thinking which I found really nice. I didn't like the gimmicks at the start of the first dungeon but later I really appreciated them. (especially in the DLC, [spoiler]where they all get used simultaneously!![/spoiler]) Combat was pretty cool too, unlocking [spoiler]wave[/spoiler] was awesome as I'd never really used consumables and [spoiler]having a way to heal by attacking[/spoiler] was really helpful to me, and definitely necessary in some of the later bosses. Speaking of, the bosses actually got even better as they got harder. Nice. I don't really look at it much but I also really liked the art in this game, especially the little cutscenes with higher detail. [spoiler]The last DLC cutscene after letting C'tron stay in Homestedt is especially awesome ^^[/spoiler] Enough praise. I could name every single thing there is but just play it man c'mon you're missing out

Obra maestra, quiero sus DLC's y no puedo esperar a jugar Alabaster Dawn 1.0

Unfathomably smooth and stylish game. I stuggle with the combat, but it might just be me not getting some of the mechanics. In spite of that, I still really enjoy the combat because of great sounds and visuals. Exploration and puzzle solving will probably take up most of your playtime, and the game is really good in those aspects too.

Ys combat meets Zelda puzzles. It's REALLY GOOD The combat takes a while to get comfortable with, especially anticipating enemy attacks because it's very difficult to tell individual mobs apart when there's a lot of things on screen, but it will get easier when you get used to the controls. The game teaches you to attack with both melee and ranged on RB, and perform dodges and guards with LB. But this scheme is way too unreliable for me personally, so thank goodness there are alternative inputs as well. On controller I recommend using X to melee and B to guard instead. It is much more reliable and performing Perfect Guards feels more satisfying. Movement in general is very fast reminiscent of Ys Origins/ Ys VI but without a jump button (you jump off ledges automatically like in Zelda), which I am glad that it feels kinda nice and not too slippery since there's some pretty heavy platforming involved. Aiming for story completion but I've been very impressed with the gameplay so far.

good game.