![]() ![]() It seems that the aliens (known as the Archelite) arrived on Halyon some years ago, and everything was sunshine and rainbows for a while. Edge of Eternity also has one of the best openings I’ve seen in a game for quite a while, introducing what players might believe to be the primary cast only to…well…you’ve got to play the game and find out.Įdge of Eternity follows our primary protagonist Daryon, a young soldier conscripted into service in his planet Halyon’s fight with an alien race. This is a world that I simply enjoy existing in I slip into this game like a warm pair of old slippers. The game feels right, giving me that cozy comfort that I used to get from games like Chrono Trigger or Suikoden. It doesn’t matter in the end if Edge of Eternity sometimes doesn’t look quite right – with stilted animations or weird facial expressions. But for every one of those moments, there is a glorious vista, an incredible monster design, a fantastically challenging battle. Some of the faces on NPCs are downright haunting when you get up close to them. ![]() There are moments when the lack of resources available to Midgar Studio creep through to the surface – a weird line reading here, an underdeveloped mechanic there. To be clear, this game was made on a budget by a small team, so it’s important to keep that in mind while playing. The people at Midgar Studio understand me, they know what I’m hungry for, and they are feeding it to me in gluttonously huge bites with Edge of Eternity. I don’t say this lightly – I enjoyed Edge of Eternity more than I’ve enjoyed any Final Fantasy game in the last ten years. And I’ll be damned if they didn’t pull it off. But while other small studios (with only 10 developers) might opt to produce a pixel-art 16-bit throwback JRPG, Midgar Studio elected to produce a modern 3D JRPG epic, complete with voice acting, a giant world to explore, tons of fun mechanics, and a cool, epic story. The tone and feel of the game confirm what the studio name implies these folks are huge fans of Final Fantasy games. That warm and fuzzy feeling of pride in a group of strangers has been my constant companion during my travels in Edge of Eternity’s beautifully rendered world, along with a the resounding, repeating thought “Oh my God, I can’t believe they pulled this off.”Įdge of Eternity started life as a 2015 Kickstarter by tiny French developer Midgar Studio. ![]() It’s always a lot of fun in video games when you see a smaller studio take a really big swing and somehow, against all odds, hit a home run. ![]()
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