This game does what all good retro style games should do, it captures the spirit of those old classics while bringing in modern design to improve where those old classics failed. CrossCode hearkens back to many SNES classics like the Secret of Mana, Terranigma, and many others, except the game plays much better than those older games did. The puzzles in the game brought me back to playing Golden sun of the GameBoy Advanced. I really enjoyed my time with this one.

Pros:
- Game looks great, but I'm biased since I love pixel art.
- fast paced combat that avoids becoming nothing more than button spams (looking at you tales series).
- Challenging but smart puzzles that feel really rewarding when you finally solve them.
- Charming story and characters. Don't go in expecting great shakes, but it still is very enjoyable.
- There is lots of exploration and hidden rewards to find on in each area. The area design in general is really good.
- Lots of content for the price. I took me around 55 hours to beat them game.
- The Dev are still supporting the game with some post launch content.

Cons:
- Some of the Dungeons are just too long. Not major issue but they could get over whelming puzzle wise.
- A few of the puzzles felt unfair (though the new difficultly adjuster added in recently helps negate this)

This game does what all good retro style games should do, it captures the spirit of those old classics while bringing in modern design to improve where those old classics failed. CrossCode hearkens back to many SNES classics like the Secret of Mana, Terranigma, and many others, except the game plays much better than those older games did. The puzzles in the game brought me back to playing Golden sun of the GameBoy Advanced. I really enjoyed my time with this one. Pros: - Game looks great, but I'm biased since I love pixel art. - fast paced combat that avoids becoming nothing more than button spams (looking at you tales series). - Challenging but smart puzzles that feel really rewarding when you finally solve them. - Charming story and characters. Don't go in expecting great shakes, but it still is very enjoyable. - There is lots of exploration and hidden rewards to find on in each area. The area design in general is really good. - Lots of content for the price. I took me around 55 hours to beat them game. - The Dev are still supporting the game with some post launch content. Cons: - Some of the Dungeons are just too long. Not major issue but they could get over whelming puzzle wise. - A few of the puzzles felt unfair (though the new difficultly adjuster added in recently helps negate this)