Thankfully, the rewards for side quests tend to be pretty great, giving useful gear or chunks of experience. There’s actually a large number of side quests in CrossCode, though a lot of them are somewhat repetitive- one guy, in particular, will ask you to find every location, item, etc., in each non-town map, so expect to see that same quest pretty frequently. Normally, you regenerate health after battle, but while the battle chain timer is active, you can only heal through passive abilities or healing items, which means you’ll need to play carefully, as healing requires an animation to complete in CrossCode and you can’t just open your menu and eat 40 wheels of cheese like it’s Skyrim. Chaining is as simple as defeating enemies and attacking another before a timer runs out. Enemies you find in the wilderness have their own drop rates, as expected, but many of the best drops will require you chain battles back to back in order to acquire the best items from them. Getting a new circuit point can be cause for celebration because it might be something that will make upcoming encounters easier, and there’s enough build and skill variety that you can approach battles in completely different ways, depending on what gear and skills you unlock.ĭue to the high mobility in and out of combat, CrossCode is a joy to explore and battle enemies. You can make Lea’s melee attacks gain extra range and do additional hits, you can power up the ricochets on her ranged attacks, acquire new special moves, or just increase your base attributes like raising attack by 10%. There’s not only a leveling system in CrossCode, but also a skill points system that let you further modify Lea in ways you find most appealing for combat. If you have difficulty beating a boss, rethinking your strategy or loadout can be the key to victory, because while you can try to out level the enemies giving you trouble, your gear and skill choices make a significant impact on your effectiveness in different areas.
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.
CROSSCODE A NEW HOME ENDING CODE
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. Heavily inspired by Japanese game music of the late 1990s and early 2000s, Cross Code beautifully combines electronic beats, melodic tunes and epic JRPG scores to a unique and timeless blend.Welcome to Save State, where we cross our codes. Also includes an art print by Nemuri.ĬrossCode, one of the best 2D Action-RPG for years to come, finally dropped after seven years of development - And along with it a substantial 64 track-score by composer Deniz Akbulut. Printed inner sleeves act as interchangeable "screens" with the inside laptop design.Īlbum artwork by Drew Wise. 2xLP vinyl with pink and blue color-in-color discs, glow-in-the-dark gatefold jacket, and custom die cut.
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