![]() ![]() ![]() As you progress through the game, you’ll unlock elemental abilities you can use to counter certain enemies, or even solve various puzzles. Controlling Lea is phenomenal because you have a satisfying melee and ranged attacks, a great dodge and block (with the ability to perform a perfect dodge/block), and the enemies are varied and well designed, with many of them having their own quirks that you need to take into account.Ĭombat in CrossCode is quick, satisfying, and will require a lot of your attention once you get to the multi-phase boss battles against more difficult foes. Your movement is tight and quick, and every time you get hit, it’s not because the enemies are cheap, but because you didn’t hit the right button at the correct time. ![]() This, of course, isn’t to say that the story of CrossCode is bad or uninteresting, it’s just that the main reason why you’ll play this game will be for the excellent action RPG combat, and sweet digital biscuits is the combat of CrossCode good. That being said, while CrossCode does spend a fair amount of time on its story, a lot of it is relatively upbeat character moments, and some of the heavier events in the game fall short of the gravity that the developer probably intended, at least until the DLC chapter. The whole of CrossCode takes place in this virtual world, and you meet a variety of characters with upbeat and bombastic personalities, because to them, this whole world is just a game. The story of CrossCode begins with a kind of flashback event where you control a very powerful character, and then quickly shifts to your control of the mute Lea, an avatar in a futuristic VR MMORPG. CrossCode was a game that I had an eye on for quite a long time- a pixel graphics indie RPG? That’s not just my jam, but the entire grocery store shelf of assorted jams. Who needs the Konami Code when you found CrossCode in your library? CrossCode has absolutely nothing to do with Konami, but I figured it’d be a great way to start moving away from the rampant Metroidvanias that have been plaguing this column for the last few months. Welcome to Save State, where we cross our codes. ![]()
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