{"id":26701,"date":"2020-08-03T20:52:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T03:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=26701"},"modified":"2021-06-15T14:09:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:09:33","slug":"review-crosscode-brings-16-bit-nostalgia-to-the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=26701","title":{"rendered":"[Review] “CrossCode” Brings 16-bit Nostalgia to the Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CrossCode<\/em> <\/strong>is a throwback to a time when 16-bit graphics reigned supreme and let the player fill in the blanks with their imagination. Brought to you by Radical Fish Games<\/strong>, CrossCode<\/em> is an action-RPG that builds off your nostalgia and gives you more than expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Welcome to the world of CrossCode<\/em>, an action RPG in a MMO setting. The brief cutscene in the beginning gives you just enough information to understand a threat is ahead but makes you beg for more. You take control of an avatar, Lea<\/strong>, who can neither speak nor remember who she is. With the help of Sergey<\/strong> and others, you play through the in-game “Cross Worlds,” battle endless enemies, solve intricate puzzles, and complete dungeons to recover memories along the way in hopes of understanding who she is and what she is there to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You meet other characters (NPCs) in this MMO setting throughout the game that help you progress the story. Each character is from a different part of the world, the real world, as depicted by their text when they speak. This mimics how online gaming is in the real world and connects the gamer to the game on a more emotional level. Emilie, Tronny, Joren, and Apollo are just a few that will join your party and assist you throughout the story. Each NPC adds more emotion to the overall arc of Lea gaining her memories and creating new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This review was done on the Nintendo Switch<\/strong>; the original launch of CrossCode<\/em> was on Steam in 2018. As far as how CrossCode<\/em> measures up with other new-age 16-bit games, it is on par if not above the curve. Moving from screen to screen there is no lag that is noticeable. In CrossCode<\/em>, there are numerous areas on the map (forest, desert, ponds, etc.) that embrace a new look with different enemies in each new area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each area and dungeon very rarely reuses the same enemies or visualization. There are well over 40 enemies and even more color variations on most of the enemies, showing a difference in recurring enemies that get stronger the further you get,and that keeps the game fresh and exciting to explore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were some noticeable bugs on the Nintendo Switch that were corrected by Deck13<\/a> on July 26th. If you played CrossCode<\/em> before that, you may have noticed the corrections after the patch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n