Cris Tales

 Switch
User Score
7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 36
  3. Negative: 6 out of 36
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  1. Nintendopost24
    Jul 22, 2021
    9
    Cris Tales is a really unusual rpg. Exceptional in many ways, it is a breath of fresh air in the rather conservative genre of jrpg. Benefiting from many inspirations among the most legendary games of the genre, Cris Tales is one of the nicest surprises of 2021 and deserves to be played and discovered by the greatest number of players ...

    Full review, in french, on my blog Nintendo    Cris Tales is a really unusual rpg. Exceptional in many ways, it is a breath of fresh air in the rather conservative genre of jrpg. Benefiting from many inspirations among the most legendary games of the genre, Cris Tales is one of the nicest surprises of 2021 and deserves to be played and discovered by the greatest number of players ...

    Full review, in french, on my blog Nintendo Legacy. You can follow me on Twitter @NintendoLegacy1    … Expand
  2. Sacapof
    Jul 22, 2021
    8
    + :
    DA et chara design sublimes !
    Bande son au top Le gameplay est vraiment plaisant, avec son système de temporalité, autant dans les villes et donjons qu'en combats Dialogues entièrement doublés (doublages en anglais uniquement mais de qualité) - : Quelques quêtes fedex qui rallongent artificiellement la durée de vie Petit défaut en portable, dans les équipements, très difficile    + :
    DA et chara design sublimes !
    Bande son au top
    Le gameplay est vraiment plaisant, avec son système de temporalité, autant dans les villes et donjons qu'en combats
    Dialogues entièrement doublés (doublages en anglais uniquement mais de qualité)

    - :
    Quelques quêtes fedex qui rallongent artificiellement la durée de vie
    Petit défaut en portable, dans les équipements, très difficile de lire les +/-
    Les temps de chargement abusivement longs sur Switch    … Expand
  3. Legrand
    Jul 23, 2021
    9
    Gran RPG con estilo de lucha clásico, y el arte personalmente me encanta, para mi imprescindible
  4. CardoSOSV
    Dec 2, 2021
    8
    It's a nice game, The art and the abilities for battle are amazing, it's definitely a work that shows the love for JRPG.
    The problem is the charge screens in some cases they are too long (more cases than I would want to tell)
  5. Skit22
    Aug 27, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a very uncomen RPG. But It's catch the whole time traveling details in a charmant and Lovely idea. I like the diffrent characters with there diffrent play stills.
    The only think was is not so good is that you lose over time some of your units. This in combination with the not passiv leveling of inaktiv units is not so nice.

    But in generell it is a very nice game, that i can recommend to RPG players.    … Expand

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72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Mar 7, 2022
    65
    After finishing Cris Tales, I kept asking myself, "Was this game about time worth 20+ hours of my time?" Honestly, I don't think it was. [Issue #57 – January/February 2022, p. 72]
  2. SECTOR.sk
    Jan 24, 2022
    65
    Cris Tales wanted to be a tribute to old school PlayStation JRPGs, but it fails to deliver interesting story and gameplay. It's not bad at all, but it's not very good either.
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  3. Starbit
    Dec 15, 2021
    70
    Its combat is less appealing, though, as there are too many random encounters and the combat mechanics end up becoming too repetitive, so there's a clear difference between the game's exploration and its combat. Overall this is a lovely game with a strong personality, and fans of JRPGs who don't mind a lot of random encounters will find plenty to enjoy.
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