Dragons, mechs, and pixel art replaying the SNES without ever apologizing for existing.

The criterion by criterion profile is unusually consistent. Rediscovery puts it ahead of 98% of games: the community would love to boot it up again knowing nothing, and that is probably the finest compliment you can pay an RPG. The desert island follows, ahead of 94% of titles. Fun ahead of 90%. Attachment and soundtrack stay above average, and so does the feel with a controller in hand. Only art direction slips a little, below the median line, as if the 16 bit approach, careful as it is, leaves a lighter mark than the rest of the game. The music sits on few votes, so treat it as a hint.

The retro JRPG is a field crowded with homages. What sets this one apart is that it does not just quote: the combat system, the overheat management, the mechs, all of it makes a game that stands on its own rather than on someone else's memory.

So, who is it for? For you if you want a dense turn based RPG, with a real world and a story you follow to the end. Much less so if SNES pixel art blocks the door for you from the first minute.