There’s a splash ofUndertale’s crackpot experimentalism to the writing and certain battles, as well.

Those are big comparisons to invoke, and I don’t expect Crystal Story to measure up to them.

It looks like there are Mode-7 style airship sequences in there, too.

Your mother in retro-modern RPG Crystal Story, asking you if you want to talk or shop for something

The mechanics are a mixture of action-RPGpuzzling and turn-based skirmishes on a smaller screen-within-the-screen.

It’s also surprisingly creepy.

Seems very promising - I just wish it had a sparkier name.

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It’s not even the only RPG on Steam called Crystal Story.