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Final Fantasy dips back into the SNES golden era with Resonance

Resonance is built on the first season of a mobile game that ended in twenty twenty-five, and OpenCritic has ninety percent of critics recommending it.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFinal Fantasy Resonance is out, and it's an old-style role-playing game built on the first season of the Final Fantasy Brave Exvius mobile game, The Verge reports.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBrave Exvius ran four chapters from two thousand sixteen to twenty twenty-five, according to Game Informer.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo somebody dug up a switched-off phone game and gave it a body.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSquare Enix has been doing that. Octopath Traveler Zero was one example, Game Informer says.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorDoes it look any good, though?

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's the first Final Fantasy with the HD-2D look, RPGamer says. And the battle screen shows who attacks next, like Final Fantasy Ten.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCritics love it. OpenCritic has fifty-two reviews averaging eighty-five, and Game Informer gave it nine out of ten.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPush Square gave the PlayStation Five version eight and listed a very predictable plot and cliche characters.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRPGFan says it isn't even interested in doing anything new, and that's why it works. I've never felt so understood.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's a dead mobile game, Dale. It's allowed one comeback.

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