A JRPG with dazzling watercolor art, built around a time-travel mechanic that affects enemies mid-battle. The idea is brilliant and the world is gorgeous. Uneven pacing and a few drawn-out stretches keep it from greatness, though.
Your verdict
Category
RPG1 player7+
Description
A young mage sees past, present and future at once on screen and acts across all three. Published by Modus, released worldwide in 2021. Turn-based battles bent by time travel, choices that reshape the future, stained-glass illustration and music from several composers.
Cris Tales review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
A hand-drawn fairy tale where the screen splits to show a single place's past, present and future at once. This bold visual idea, carried by vivid picture-book illustration, makes time itself a constantly renewed visual spectacle.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Massive"
A turn-based RPG built around time, Cris Tales shows past, present and future on a single screen and shifts the outcome of battles by the moment you pick. Watching a town flourish or crumble from your choices invites you to chase every consequence. Its triple-view system, temporal puzzles and the urge to see everything change keep you digging through this colourful tale.
Technical info
💾8 GB📅20/07/2021
Published by Modus
Cris Tales (Nintendo Switch) price, value & rarity
A turn-based RPG playing across three timelines, Cris Tales makes every boss a dynamic puzzle: you can age or rejuvenate an enemy to expose its weakness, or flood its past to rust it in the present. This time mechanic turns fights into visually sumptuous chains of trickery that stay constantly surprising.
