Interesting. I hope it gets ported to consoles.
Fantasian
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 On 04/21/2021 at 08:27 PM by Matt Snee See More From This User » |
Fantasian is the latest game from Hironobu Sakaguchi, reknowned Final Fantasy creator, who left the fertile lands of Square Enix many years ago for uncertain futures. After the Xbox 360's Lost Odyssey, Sakaguchi's company Mistwalker followed it up with a couple lame Wii games and some hesitant mobile games.
But Fantasian is an Apple Arcade game for Apple devices, and it's a return to form for Sakaguchi, whose new Sugar Daddy has a lot more cash than Square Enix.
So far, I like that game. Unlike Sakaguchi's other later gamers, this one features a return to the turn-based battle system. The story features some JRPG tropes (hero has amnesia), but Sakakuchi seems to be using cliches to his advantange in new twists. I mean... the guy pretty much invented the Japanese RPG.
The music, by legendary Nobuo Uematsu, is of course, gorgeous.
I'm enjoying it. I'd say it has PS3 graphical quality on my 2018 iPad Pro, and the handcrafted diorama backgrounds remind me of PS1 era prerendered backgrounds. But there some news twists through this mechanic too.
I had a free three month trial for Apple Arcade, so I decided to try it out when Fantasian came out. So far, I'm not disappointed.
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