Tri-Crescendo and Namco Bandai post-apocalyptic adventure RPG. Solo exploration of an abandoned Tokyo, melancholic storytelling, melee combat. A poetic and moving Wii exclusive, recommended for fans of atmospheric games.
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Category
RPG1 player12+
Description
International version of the Fragile action RPG developed by tri-Crescendo and published by Rising Star Games in the USA in March 2010. Seto wanders a silent post-apocalyptic world haunted by ghosts searching for other humans. Contemplative ruin exploration, real-time combat, memory collection and a twilight atmosphere of rare melancholy. North American version with an orchestral soundtrack, careful subtitles and bonus content.
Fragile Dreams - Farewell Ruins of the Moon review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
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Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
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Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
To wander alone in a silent post-apocalyptic world is to cross ruins overrun with vegetation, haunted by ghosts and bathed in a fragile gloom. The melancholy springs from the light as much as from the surrounding emptiness. This bittersweet aesthetic, delicate and inhabited, leaves a lasting imprint.
Melancholy and delicate, Riei Saito's music wraps the lunar ruins in hushed piano and ambient pads of a poignant solitude. Each track breathes the nostalgia and the silence of an abandoned world. This intimate, desolate sonic beauty, of rare emotion, remains the soul of this twilight adventure.
The last boy in a depopulated world, a lonely child wanders the moonlit ruins of civilisation in search of another presence. A poetic meditation on loneliness and memory, the tale turns every object found into a fragment of lost humanity. This melancholy elegy, gentle and devastating, is like no other.
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾3,7 GB📅16/03/2010
Published by XSEED Games
Fragile Dreams - Farewell Ruins of the Moon (Wii) price, value & rarity
American version of tri-Crescendo's post-apocalyptic action-RPG, published by XSEED, a melancholy tale of a boy wandering a depopulated Japan. The game, with acclaimed atmosphere and soundtrack, stayed niche at release but gained cult status among fans of singular narrative experiences. Desirability rests on that hidden-gem aura of an XSEED release, whose limited runs have grown prized by collectors of atypical games.
