Game Review: Last Dream

I've had an urge to play a JRPG for a few months. I thought about playing Final Fantasy XII--I have the "undub" version with Japanese voices, which should make dealing with Vaan and Penelo less annoying--but a game called "Last Dream" came across my discovery queue on Steam, touting its inspiration from Final Fantasy, its cute 16-bit graphics, and its profusion of minigames. Since I already had tried FFXII once and bounced off it, and since I had been thinking of replaying the original Final Fantasy but have already beaten it twice, I figured a new game in the old style would be a good way to thread the needle.

Sadly, this is never brought up again.

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