I Am Setsuna was released in 2016, as a massive homage to classic RPGs of the ?90s. Developer Tokyo RPG Factory saw enough success that parent company Square Enix greenlit a spiritual successor, Lost Sphear. While the first game was enjoyable, it wasn?t without its faults. Have things truly improved with their latest effort, or is this just more of the same"
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Lost Sphear begins with Kanata and friends as they live generally carefree lives in a quaint forest-surrounded village. Things quickly go from bad to worse when monsters attack, and then their entire village is suddenly ?lost? ? the term used for any object when it becomes a glowing, white silhouette, seemingly frozen in time and disconnected from reality. This reveals a deeper problem with the reality of nature, and an epic adventure begins from humble beginnings, as has been seen in this genre before. The story is fairly predictable, and things tend to happen a little too perfectly for much of the storyline. There?s a lot of RPG tropes to be found in Lost Sphear, but that is also part of the reason for this game?s existence. Lost Sphear is not a graphical powerhouse like another Square Enix-published series, Final Fantasy. Indeed, the Unity engine powers things for Tokyo RPG Factory. This doesn’t always mean that graphical fidelity takes a hit, and in the case of going for a classic look, more isn’t necessarily better. Since less development time is spent on res...