Moving to the gameplay, you have two options: play using the touch screen or connect a controller. Whenever I’m in this area, I’m brought back to my childhood days of playing old Sonic games and Minesweeper on the computer at my Nana’s house. Another area has a backing track that I swear someone took a recording of the old internet connection noises and added music on top of it. At one point, I could taste the salt water, it’s that realistic.
The track is most definitely a real recording of seagulls on the beach. In the harbor of the city of water Vence (which is clearly such a hard nod to Venice – I always read Vencian as Venician), there is a track of seagulls calling. There are a few areas where the background noises made me especially nostalgic. To see this kind of immersion in a miniature set and pair it with video game exploration, it is truly unlike anything I’ve ever seen.įantasian’s score is catchy and immersive, with different tracks playing in different areas of the map. The developer studio brought onboard veterans who had worked on miniature set projects such as Godzilla films and Attack on Titan. The details of the areas are exquisite, from the different biomes to the large sprawling cities to intricate bed chambers. Anyway, back to Fantasian.)Ī quick Google search confirmed by suspicion, the backgrounds to all of the areas of Fantasian are hand-crafted dioramas, and there are almost 160 of them. George Lucas is revolutionary, and the most passionate film maker I’ve ever seen. It’s honestly a small miracle that Star Wars even exists at all. It’s called the Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy, and it’s amazing. (Side note, I highly recommend the documentary for any Star Wars/movie buffs. I had also just watched the making of Star Wars documentary on Disney+, so I knew talented people could do amazing things with dioramas. When I reached the first forest, I knew I recognized the look of the trees from one of my middle school diorama projects. By contrast, the main character and townsfolk had a familiar JRPG look. The town was beautifully created, but it was unlike anything I’ve ever seen in a video game. Right away, I thought something seemed strange about the background graphics.
I’m going to start with the graphics because that is what immediately caught my attention. While the story may be a little cliché, Fantasian is well executed and continues to keep me intrigued. From the graphics and music to the character design and gameplay, it hits all the right spots. The title I’ve been obsessed with for over a week now is Fantasian.įantasian does so many things right.
For those who haven’t played the game yet, or struggle with context clues, I won’t hold you in suspense any longer. I’ve played quite a few mobile games throughout the years, so I was shocked to find a Final Fantasy like RPG exclusive to Apple Arcade. After spending some time on Apple Arcade for the last column, I decided to finally open a game I had downloaded months ago, and boy it was a doozy.
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