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Cris Tales on PC/X1/PS4/Switch Being Billed as a JRPG Love Letter - Releases 2020, Game Pass day one, Demo Available Now
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The battle system is simple and solid enough but maybe a tad slow between turns. I really like the animation style and painterly environments, some of the scenes look very impressive. The seamless time-travel is a neat concept in how it's always represented on-screen and you're encouraged to look at everything at once. The way it's involved in both the field and battle ties the experience together well I think. On the bad side, most of the demo is dialogue and I want to say that about 80% of the voicework is amateur as hell. Almost every other line is retake-worthy. Music is pretty incomplete at this point and feels like it's not matching the moment in a couple places. I don't really feel much for the few pieces of music that are there.
Overall it's visually fantastic and the time stuff has potential but the pacing and presentation is not all there yet.
Overall it's visually fantastic and the time stuff has potential but the pacing and presentation is not all there yet.
I spoke too soon Fantastapotamus
Your hopes will be fulfilled. I'm playing the demo now and as the name suggests CrisTales, it seems like its a tale of dual protagonists named Crisbell(The girl) & Cristopher(The guy - just missing the initial "h")
:-P
Does this have any connection to MODUS from NeoGAF that would make the awesome PS4 dynamic themes?
The names are a bit silly:
CrisTales; also a pun for "Crystal" (I noticed that way too late tbh...)
Crisbelle
Cristopher
I'm suprised that all characters are voiced! I quite like the voice of Willhelm, others are hit or miss.
The art is really beautiful (both for characters and the enviroments) and I like the music so far. The UI looks also pretty nice! The combat is servicable, but it's just a demo, so hopefully it get's more deep in the full game.
The frog gives me Alice in Wonderland vibes.
I liked the demo overall and will be holding an eye open for the full game!
Screenshot that I took:
CrisTales; also a pun for "Crystal" (I noticed that way too late tbh...)
Crisbelle
Cristopher
I'm suprised that all characters are voiced! I quite like the voice of Willhelm, others are hit or miss.
The art is really beautiful (both for characters and the enviroments) and I like the music so far. The UI looks also pretty nice! The combat is servicable, but it's just a demo, so hopefully it get's more deep in the full game.
The frog gives me Alice in Wonderland vibes.
I liked the demo overall and will be holding an eye open for the full game!
Screenshot that I took:
Just gave the demo a go. I had fun! The style is really cool. I think if I have one concern it might be the game speed. I think a run function for Crisbell and maybe a faster option for battles might be ideal. Of course both might be implemented already and they just wanted us to experience the demo as is.
EDIT: And now I'm noticing how old this thread is. Welp.
EDIT: And now I'm noticing how old this thread is. Welp.
I've yet to play the demo, but purely going off of this gameplay video, is there any gameplay hook at all? Like is there anything that makes the battles go faster? All you do is select an enemy to attack. It's obviously taking cues from Persona, but Persona had the One More system. Games like Cold Steel had follow up attacks, positioning, etc.
I can see the battle system getting old really quickly
Yeah...that's a lot later than I was expecting. I'll still get it but that's right around Next gen launch.
Sick I enjoyed the demo, so I'll def be in at some point even if next Gen might take up some time.
Gonna try the demo, didn't even know about this until it popped up on Wario64's page (Preorders are 29.99 on Switch/PS4 atm)
There's a part of the demo that lets you try out just the battle system. I enjoyed it.
Just downloaded the demo, looks stunning, the artstyle is great no doubt.
The battle system is fine, it tries to go for a Mario RPG style of turn-based combat with timing attacks but is not that clear exactly when you have to trigger it unlike in those games. Hope they fix this in the eventual release.
The battle system is fine, it tries to go for a Mario RPG style of turn-based combat with timing attacks but is not that clear exactly when you have to trigger it unlike in those games. Hope they fix this in the eventual release.
I think I'm sold.
Getting the timing down for defending was a bit difficult at first, but I think I'm down.
Getting the timing down for defending was a bit difficult at first, but I think I'm down.