The DioField Chronicle

 Xbox Series X
User Score
3.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 11 out of 18
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  1. Rincemac
    Sep 29, 2022
    6
    Pausable RTS-style gameplay that plays great with a controller but suffers from Generic Fantasy Story A syndrome. Avoid at normal price, go for it on sale if you’re into RTS & Fantasy.

    Strengths In-battle visuals are A+ with finely-tuned depth of field effects for additional eye candy. Challenge curve is going upwards steadily, as are the skill sets of your units, additional    Pausable RTS-style gameplay that plays great with a controller but suffers from Generic Fantasy Story A syndrome. Avoid at normal price, go for it on sale if you’re into RTS & Fantasy.

    Strengths
    In-battle visuals are A+ with finely-tuned depth of field effects for additional eye candy.
    Challenge curve is going upwards steadily, as are the skill sets of your units, additional challenges in optional mission goals to improve your EXP/Rewards if met Level-up system based on RPG Skilltree development - develop your units in a certain direction that matches your playstyle Fast-paced battles and in later stages some alternative decisions to be made.

    Weaknesses
    The controls are not totally perfect. Direction-facing attacks are only adjustable when you move your archer for example. Ie no pointing your archer to a place since they might end up facing the wrong direction. Can only be mitigated by setting waypoints to turn them around.

    The real time Strategy Battle system, an adaptation likely from RTB coined by Final Fantasy, does not allow you to simply hit pause. An oversight for this title were in the heat of battle you actually just might want to do that. You can pause quickly by issue a command to all units for which there is an actual shortcut button. There is a similar function, however this zooms out on your current view to give you a view of the battlefied instead... one were you cannot issue commands, too. This is a messy point. A simple pause the action button would make it very much better.

    Enemies try to challenge you mostly by overwhelming you in numbers or by overusing their skills. Skills which you need to take care to stop in time, countering them with skill use of your own.

    Maps and scenarios are pretty generic, as is the story - the typical JRPG kind of lacklustre with overdone characters and lazy voiceovers.

    I'd probably give it a wide berth at normal pricing but a very interesting and fun title for satisfying that strategy itch in a different scenario and on console with a controller, which is rare enough.    … Expand

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#94 Most Discussed Xbox Series X Game of 2022

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. SomosXbox
    Oct 27, 2022
    65
    The DioField Chronicle has a lot of potential to be a great game, but thanks to the strange movements of Square Enix, this has not managed to be the title that many expected and that would make strategy games renew their formula that has been going on for many years. without changing. Probably with the addition of more translations, especially Spanish, it would have been reason enough to take into account the purchase of this game, but it has not been the case, so it remains off the radar of most players, thus remaining in oblivion as a game that Square Enix did not know how to take advantage of, remaining in non-existence in the mouths of the company's fans.
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  2. XboxEra
    Oct 21, 2022
    78
    The DioField Chronicle is a great real-time strategy game for consoles. It controls well, the stages aren’t too long, and there’s enough mechanical depth to make stage replays interesting. Although I couldn’t be bothered with the game’s story, the scenes themselves don’t last long and all of it can be skipped at any point. I would have liked some more quality-of-life features such as always-on enemy range marking, but what’s missing hardly impacts the gameplay. This is a game I can recommend to tactics and JRPG fans alike.
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  3. TheXboxHub
    Oct 19, 2022
    80
    The DioField Chronicle is a great looking game, with some good storytelling and some average RPG mechanics. But it all adds up to a fine first entry that leaves us eager for more.
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