CrossCode

Es un juego que me ha sorprendido para bien: a pesar de ser un juego muy largo y un poco lento en el desarrollo de mecánicas, logró manternme enganchado de principio a fin. La historia es excelente, y el estilo de narración es brillante. Los puzzles son muy divertidos, y las mecánicas muy ingeniosas Los bosses son muy complejos.. sobre todo a partir de la mitad del juego. Pero eso no le quita la diversión, y los dungeons están muy bien pensados para aprender a dominar las mecánicas. Se siente un juego muy balanceado y justo Tiene un muy buen post-game, y un excelente DLC. La única contra que le veo es que las primeras 2 horas de juego los enemigos y puzzles son demasiado simples. Pienso que mucha gente puede abandonar el juego por este motivo. Espero que no lo hagan, y puedan disfrutar de esta joya

Very little that could be described as "fault". has the substance & style. ~60 hours for a full playthrough. characters, story, world all in due form. deserves all the praise it gets, even if it did take 10 years for the full release

Game started off great and really enjoyed it until I got to the first dungeon. It's not hard figuring out how to solve the puzzles but actually doing so can require very fast reflexes, perfect shooting and tricky jumping moves all within an extremely short time limit. And there are a LOT of puzzles. The dungeons are linear and mandatory for game progression so if you get to a part you just can't do you're stuck and the game is over for you. There are difficulty sliders but they only work in certain situations so they might help, they might not. Diehard puzzle fans will enjoy it I'm sure but I would not recommend the game for kids or for players that get easily frustrated. The rest of the game is great and lots of fun. In fact if it weren't for the puzzles I would consider it one of the best games I ever played. But that's just me and your mileage may vary. Have fun!

I bought this game in early development because I really liked the concept, but it ultimately wouldn't work on my admittedly very outdated 2008 Macbook Pro. Even though the hardware is within spec, the game didn't like my setup. First it ran but randomly occurring abysmal FPS made it unplayable. Soon after it would load with a black screen. I tried some hacky stuff to get it to work but never could, so I shelved it and forgot about it. Fast forward to buying a new computer and I just dusted off the game, put ~65 hours into it and can finally say that it was worth every penny I paid for it. This game checked all the right boxes for me. There's a nicely polished combat system with a ton of options for character buildouts. The music in the game is really good. The storyline is quirky and creative. The puzzles are diverse and, although they seem to be the most polarizing part of the game for most people, I enjoyed them. That said, I like being a little frustrated and some of the challenges in CrossCode harken back to games where you really might be required try something many times before completing it. At this point though, every part of this game has a walkthrough on YouTube as well, so it's hard to actually get stuck. Aside from playability issues early on, I really enjoyed this game and will look forward to upcoming DLC releases.

I like to compare it to the Legend of Zelda games, because Crosscode also shines in many aspects: The puzzles are quite varied and challenging, there are incredibly large areas to explore and traverse and the plot, once it takes up speed, is really charming and a refreshing change from the usual 'save the world'. However, where Crosscode really shines is the combat-system. It's relatively easy to learn, but still holds a very high skill-ceiling, especially in the endgame-content. But most importantly, it's just so very quick and fun, learning the very varied enemies and their behaviors, mastering them, and ultimately mowing through them, keeping up the combo counter. This is by far the most excellent combat system in an Action-RPG I've seen. What binds all of it together is the brilliant idea to use an VR-MMO as the setting. All the ridiculous, player optimized level design and enemy-placement, as well as the numerous references is just solved by this. A few things to consider however; The demo is great, but it does not show you the RPG-Elements which are introduced just a little bit after the demo ends. It's nothing too complicated, but you have to understand a few things: Your level does not matter nearly as much as your equipment and focussing on just offense will make you a total glass cannon, which can only get hit a few times. It's usually better to put at least some points into DEF or HP. Overall a very, very rare 10/10. Give this a try, it really is a gem.