This is an excellent, well made pixel art game. The gameplay and controls are very good (I recommend using a controller for the best experience although a keyboard also works fine) The pace of the game, the difficulty and transition from area to area are spot on. Unlike the general trend today to make games punishingly difficult this game is refreshingly fun to play. Boss fights, puzzles and platforming always feel fair and never go into frustrating territory, when you lose you always come back stronger because you know what to do this time around. You will need to learn and improve your skills to tackle new challenges and its very rewarding when you do, it makes you feel smart ;) This is the first game I play in a long time in which I feel the balance is perfect from a gameplay perspective. The world is big enough to explore with a lot of variety from area to area without being a sprawling behemoth that takes hours to traverse. I really loved the story, ingame cutscenes and characters and became more attached to them as the game progressed. I wish more games were made this way. I didn't want the game to end. Iconoclasts does justice to the genre and its implementation is near perfect in my opinion. This is one of the most fun and balanced games i've played in a while and one of the very few that I would not mind starting again. I highly recommend this game, especially if you've been looking for a good pixel art game do not miss this one, you will be glad you picked it up.
Best game ever made. Ever! [nods] Disclaimer: heavily biased opinion based on 22 hours gameplay and after completing a really fun quest Critique responsibly they say... Give specific details as to why you like the game they say... WHATS NOT TO LIKE??? The game is an awesome tribute to the SNES era of JRPG gaming GOD-ness (like crono trigger) the music is excellent whether its a normal battle / boss battle or a new area or whatever it really makes you feeeel geuuud xD. The "parkour" aspect of the game I found particulary interesting where you run and jump from places of different heights and angles (there are timed quests as well) to get a reward or reach a new area, at first you feel like a big clutz but with time and experience you start getting quite good at it and you feel a nice flow exploring dungeons and fighting in different areas... the combat mechanics are pretty straightforward and its fun trying new skills and getting powered up and smashing enemies that were difficult to handle not too long ago... and of course there's your party members to help you out as well ;) But for me the most amazing thing about the game is its atmosphere, the story and the conversations with the different party member's, NPC's and what have you... I really enjoyed tackling most of the quests for the sheer fun of the story and outcome of each one... The speech limitation of the protagonist is very well written into the story and makes for some awesome as well as hilarious moments... I cannot describe how well done this is... really hats off to the developers that were able to write such a good script and make this single player MMO world so believable... Ultimately Cross Code is not only a fun and extremely well executed game made by people who clearly love what they are doing... it's a beautiful world that you really enjoy being in and that's not something that you can honestly say about many games out there. I promise you that this is the best single-player MMO ever made!
