![]() You never need to use the attack to progress, but I’d hope this gets an alternative input option. ![]() One character has an attack that requires you to rapidly button mash, and it's pretty strenuous. Also, PC options are effectively non-existent, though that said I only ran into one thing that needed fixing. There are no autosaves here, so listen to the frog and do not forget to save manually - or else or lose two hours of progress like I did. You won’t always need to be clever with it, but you’ll be more powerful if you are. As you unlock more abilities, the combat blossoms into this wider, complimentary puzzle. Please do this at least once the animation is life-changing. Character abilities often play off one another, so magician Wilhelm can plant a sentient fire shrub called a Yuca that Crisbell can then grow by speeding up time, at which point the Yuca sprouts and explodes. There are six party members in total, each with a set combat role and ability path, though you can customise them with equipment. Ferocious giant wolf nibbling at your heels? Revert him back to a tiny baby wolf, barely noticing his adorable whine as you pound his diminished HP pool into dust! Just poisoned the goblin in front of you, but don’t want to wait for his slow demise? Send him into the future, where the poison has already taken effect, and watch him crumble like a crap blueberry. Crisbell’s crystals can send enemies on the right side of the screen into the future, and those on the left into the past. Turn ticker at the top, timed button presses for bonus attack and defence, and some seriously groovy chrono-twists. You’ll battle a teleporting crow-witch, only to decide whether the family inheritance she planned to steal should go to restoring a university or a museum.Ĭombat is your three-character old reliable. Your party will cast fantastical spells, but then they’ll sip fruit juice boxes to restore MP. There’s still plenty of whimsy, goblins, and time travel shenanigans, but magical and social realism holds it all together. The world takes more or less the entire course of the story to fully reveal itself, initially relying on sumptuous pop-up book art, warm characters, and your own familiarity with JRPGs to draw you in.Īs it progresses, Cris Tales reveals itself as a story far more concerned with the plights of favela families and exploited diamond miners than with knightly orders or royal bloodlines. One magic sword and one revelation that she’s a time mage later, and it’s adventure time. She’s pruning roses one day when a talking frog in a top hat appears. Consider this a standing ovation for an enchanting show, then, albeit one that’s sometimes a little light on meaningful audience participation.Ĭris Tales’ heroine is Crisbell, a young girl living a happy, ordinary life at an orphanage. Orchestral swells of emotion! Spotlighted line deliveries! Choreographed, dance routine-like combat! Cris Tales isn’t technically a JRPG - it's from Colombia, so I’ve invented the completely new term CRPG, a genius acronym I’m sure will cause absolutely zero confusion - but this modern tribute hits the genre’s high notes with gusto. I've long loved the fact that Final Fantasy VI's opera scene has remained so iconic, because I reckon that great JRPGs are basically musical theatre anyway. From: Steam, GOG, Humble, Epic Games Store.Cris Tales is an idealistic and earnest RPG with loads of heart, beautiful art, and a seriously groovy time travel twist to combat.
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