Dragons and mechs in a 16-bit world that resurrects the golden age of the SNES RPG, and the illusion works.

No preference ranking here, so let us read the per-criterion profile, and it leans clearly the right way. The star is rediscovery, ahead of 94% of games and built on the largest vote count of the bunch, so the sturdiest of all, like a collective admission that people would love to discover it fresh a second time. The feel of the controller and the soundtrack also climb very high, ahead of eight games out of ten, even if it is on very few votes, to confirm. The desert island pick, attachment and fun all stay solid, above the middle. Only the art direction plays it safe, just above the midpoint. Everything pulls in the same direction, and that is rare.

This is exactly what you hope for from an open tribute to the J-RPGs of old, but done right, with a combat system that hooks you. Next to the genre's hollow nostalgia, this one keeps its promises.

So who is it for? You, if you love brisk turn-based RPGs, fantasy stories and careful pixel art. Much less if retro on principle leaves you cold.