Crystal Project

Wonderful game. Don't let the platforming scare you away.

A very nice and incredibly refreshing class based jrpg. I won't lie, at my old age, when I go to play a game I wanna play a game at my own pace. JRPGs tend to be hit and miss that aspect, either too slow or too fast. This ones just a big nice open world that you can go around in as you desire. You wanna go get your ass beat by a harder challenge by traveling, or just be a straight shot in a specific direction? Go for it, the world is your clamshell! There's not a ton of overly slow cutscenes, a ton of lore drop, just you, and a bunch of other adventurers roaming the place.

Crystal Project is a wonderful mix of class-based RPG and world exploration. Access to mounts generally guide you along the way, but there are multiple options you can take in any order and there are sequence breaks you can find to really explore beyond what look like the normal bounds of your current path options. Highly recommend this to RPG or exploration enthusiasts.

I absolutely love Crystal Project. It has my favourite turn-based combat of all the games I've played, there are lots of team combinations and build styles. I love how you can adventure, and the messages here and there to question life and happiness. The soundtrack is made of royalty-free songs, but the music is genuinely amazing by great artists and I listen to it frequently outside the game. Feel free to try the demo, it has a ton of content and your save carries over if you buy the full game. This game lets you join the boomer society. This is not a joke!

This game was developped by a single person and some of the decision in this game reflect it. [b]The Pro[/b] * Huge open world map to explore, I highly recommend to activate the assist option, 3 home house, you will thank me later! * Lots of secret, every corner have something and it really reward exploration. * An interesting class system. * You won't see the time pass as the game is really addictive * You can break the game sequence in any way you like, which gives some replay value. [b]The meh[/b] A really annoying breeding system, see a guide about that or do like me, use a mod that unlock the final reward [spoiler]golden quintar[/spoiler]. [b]The bad[/b] * Some platforming puzzle that are just annoying. The platforming sequence can be quite long and if you fall you must start everything over and do a nearly 3-5 min walk to return to the sequence start. * Few warping abilities [spoiler]not true toward the end of the game, but for a JRPG, the warp capacities are lamentable[/spoiler] specially given the map size. * Some questionnable choice about the battle structure : ** No item in battle [spoiler]you can't use item in battle, unless you have a chemist class, which is quite late in the game[/spoiler] ** Run out of MP quite rapidly [spoiler]the Warlock is the only class with a MP refresh ability and it only refill 6MP, while spell cast cost approx 30MP average[/spoiler]

A great idea marred by poor world design and trial and error combat.