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Tales Across Time

94% positive of 34 Steam reviews

Released: 2016
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Critical Games.

About the game

Tales Across Time is a story-driven RPG experience from the creator of 8-Bit Adventures: The Forgotten Journey. It uses the classic short-story format to tell the tale of three different characters...

Tagged by players

RPG
Adventure
JRPG
Turn-Based
Linear
Turn-Based Combat
Pixel Graphics
Female Protagonist
Fantasy
Story Rich

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Tales Across Time

94% positive of 34 Steam reviews

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Released: 2016
Steam Deck: Not tested
Platforms: Steam, itch.io

Made by Critical Games.

About the game

Tagged by players

RPG
Adventure
JRPG
Turn-Based
Linear
Turn-Based Combat
Pixel Graphics
Female Protagonist
Fantasy
Story Rich

What players say

Recommended
Tales Across Time follows, unsurprisingly given the title, the stories of three characters across different timelines: you'll eventually discover that these stories are somewhat all connected. The game provides a very enjoyable narrative spanning across different eras and interesting, if cliched, protagonists for each story: the actual gameplay is very simple but works well enough to never get dull. PROS: -a good…
5 h played when written. 39 found it helpful.
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Recommended
A short and enjoyable game if you are looking for a game more on the story-driven side. It is not big on gameplay/strategy so do not expect too much in this matter. Other than that I think the story itself and the concept of the story are quite interesting and the overall vibe of this game is pretty nice. I recommend the game to everyone who likes pixel graphics with a really good soundtrack.
8.8 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Let me start of with the good: The combat system is great! And now for everything else: It feels more like a proof of concept for the combat system rather than a proper game. The reason I say that is that it tells three half-finished stories that are very, very loosely tied together by the antagonist. The stories feel half-finished because as soon as they start going somewhere, they're done and we move on to the…
2.3 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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