Cris Tales
Dreams Uncorporated · 2021 · RPG, Adventure, JRPG, Female Protagonist, Turn-Based Combat
PC
Mixed66% · 38974Metacritic
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About Cris Tales
Experience Past, Present, and Future simultaneously in this gorgeous, indie love letter to classic JRPGs.
Cris Tales is a gorgeous, indie love letter to classic JRPGs with a new perspective. Peer into the past, act in the present, and watch as your choices dynamically change the future -- all on one screen as you play! Join the newly awakened Time Mage Crisbell and her fantastical companions on their journey across a dark, fairytale world facing a grim future.
Crisbell must embark across Crystallis and the four Kingdoms in a bid to stop the powerful Time Empress and rewrite the future of the world and all those living in it. Along the way, she’ll meet and recruit powerful allies with their own unique stories and skills like Matias the Frog and Willhelm the Child Mage.
As she explores the world and meets her unique companions, Crisbell will have to make choices with far-reaching consequences for the people she meets – consequences that will impact the world you’ll experience in real-time throughout your journey. Each companion will be invaluable as you face these choices and the myriad enemies who stand in your way. Will you buffet them with attacks, or discover creative ways to use Crisbell’s time powers to alter the reality of each fight?
Beautifully hand-drawn 2D art is animated frame by frame to bring the branching pasts and futures of each region, enemy, and NPC to life across more than 20 hours of gameplay. Experience a unique combination of branching stories, innovative combat, and classic RPG excitement in Cris Tales’ exciting and unforgettable exploration of how our actions echo through time.
- A Love Letter to Classic JRPGs – Inspired by timeless JRPGs like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Valkyrie Profile, and modern classics like Bravely Default and Persona 5, meet and recruit a unique cast of teammates, challenge myriad enemies, and make your way through an expansive world.
- Experience the Past, Present, and Future Simultaneously – Peer into and learn from the past, decide on actions in the present, and alter the course of the future in ways that will reshape the world dynamically depending on the choices you make.
- Master Strategic Turn-Based Combat – Warp your enemies into the past or future, synchronize attacks for enhanced group abilities, and master the timing of attack and defense to go beyond your party’s limits in combat.
- Uncover a Fascinating Story & Characters – The Empress’ plot to destroy the world is complex and layered. Use your wits and recruit powerful allies throughout the world to uncover and undo her multi-faceted web and make your way to the True Ending of this enchanting tale.
- Discover a Beautiful World – Climb aboard an airship or boat and traverse this handcrafted, dark fairytale world. From the shining kingdom of Crystallis to the slums of Saint Clarity, discover each unique location and shape its future.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
A pretty fun game when it became free on epic so i decided to buy it on steam instead. I can't say too much about the story but it was entertaining for me (others wont say otherwise) and i thought it was really cool when it came to the core mechanic of the game, i just wished they implemented it a bit more. Artstyle and Soundtracks go really hard, I love it a lot. I wish there was more content of this game but its better to leave it as it is. *****SPOILERS******* I still hate how they remove one of your party members from the game permanantly, it really sucks a lot TvT2 found this helpful
[b]Not Recommended[/b] I played this for an hour, and there were so many red flags that I don't feel the need to trudge my way through to see the rest. All reviews seem to agree on one thing: the art is great. In fact, the first 5-10 minutes leave rather good impressions. The cinematics are great, and the art and design are quite striking [i]mostly[/i]. It falters a bit in the first town, mostly in its environments. They just look quite generic and also rather unclear? A house was apparently destroyed, and I struggled to see how it was "destroyed" until the characters pointed it out and I REALLY looked at it. A small criticism of the art in general is that it feels very noisy. It is sometimes hard to tell what I should be paying attention to. Everything pops out with equal importance. With that, now the MASSIVE narrative red flags all over. Firstly, there's no "character" in any of these characters. No backstory is given, no personality is shown, barely any backstory is hinted at. There is NOTHING to make me interested in any ONE of the characters. The main character just goes through the motions, painfully being pulled along by the writer to "the story". Each NPC has nice art,…1 found this helpful
I like Cris Tales. It's just good JRPG--fun, simple, and sweet. Looks good, combat flows well, story's pretty good, and the game's fun. It's not the most amazing game ever, with some bugs here and there, but it is a good game and I recommend it. It's one of the few titles I found to be worth 100%ing even.
Fun game
x-- 6/10 --x Wasn't too fond of the time travelling mechanic, I feel like it wasn't utilised to it's full potential. The graphics and battles are enough to make me recommend this game though.
It’s really slow, the story isn’t very engaging, and I still can’t quite get to grips with the combat style… and it’s been an RPG since 1909
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