Square Enix’s just-revealed HD-2D RPG already shows promise

Square Enix’s just-revealed HD-2D RPG already shows promise

Since the first Octopath Traveler game, I’ve leapt at any new HD-2D game in the Square Enix oeuvre. So when the publisher revealed The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales during the July 31 Nintendo Direct, and announced that a demo was available the same day, I knew what I had to do. Sure, one hour of demo can’t warrant a full assessment. But my time with it showed that The Adventures of Elliot is heading in an interesting direction.

Hands On: Forget The Name, Square Enix's New Action RPG Is A Lovely HD-2D Take On SNES-Era Zelda

A Link to the Millennium.Two of my favourite games growing up were The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Secret of Mana. Lush green worlds, curious — and sometimes cute — enemies, and fluid action combat for the time; as someone who had largely only played turn-based RPGs for the first eight years of their life, the SNES era of action RPGs showed me a glimpse of what video games were capable of. These games in particular made me feel bold …