The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics Reviews
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics (official site) is a turn-based tactics game in the same vein as series like Disgaea, with a dash of Final Fantasy Tactics and other similar series. This is also the third game based on a Netflix series that I'll have played in a little over half a year, with Stranger Things 3: The Game and Narcos: Rise of the Cartels being the other two. Having been developed by BonusXP, developers of Stranger Things 3: The Game, I came in with certain expectations. The question then is, did they meet them and is this a good game for fans of the show and of turn-based tactics games?
I enjoyed my time with Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics. It provided lots of variety, both in map design as well as gameplay options, while providing a, mostly, fair challenge. It keeps mostly to the plot of the series, though there are embellishments along the way.
Another world. Another time. Another age. So begins The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Netflix’s prequel series to Jim Henson’s magnum opus. Using advanced puppetry, deep world-building, and the benefits of modern tech, the series threw open the doors to the world of Thra in a way Jim Henson could have only dreamed of. As a fan of the franchise ever since I first saw the movie as a kid, it was a dream come true to see it being revisited with such love and care.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics brings back a beloved favorite in a reimagined way while also introducing a classic to a new audience. It celebrates the creative creatures we were introduced to in the Netflix series without feeling like a product-placement. If you’re looking for an introduction into tactics-style games and already love the world of The Dark Crystal this game is definitely worth checking out.
Video games based on TV shows and movies are generally expected to be subpar so let's see how The Dark Crystal SRPG fares.
A surprisingly fun tactics game that predictably can't quite capture the show's best qualities.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is a mid-tier game with a top-tier Netflix tie-in. Where it delivers on tactical combat, it falls down in being overly grindy for resources, and a direct-from-mobile interface. If you like tactics, and you think Hup is the cutest thing ever to wield a soup spoon, then you’ll like Age of Resistance Tactics.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance - Tactics is a fairly entertaining game, and if you’re a fan of the turn-based RPG genre or The Dark Crystal I think you would do well to give it a try. Players who have seen the Netflix series might be able to connect more to the game than I was. As a standalone game, I can only imagine the confusion that could go through a new player’s head if they hadn’t experienced any of The Dark Crystal franchise. At that point, I think it struggles as a standal...
An enjoyable addendum to The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Tactics offers hours of strategic fun, though those familiar with the source material will get the most out of it.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is a solid game, especially if you like the source material. If you aren’t interested in the show or strategy games, then this won’t convince you to like them in any meaningful way. While it was nice to replay the first season of Netflix’s show, this was a missed opportunity to capitalize on the success of this new era of puppet mastery.
Strong combat dragged down by grind-heavy design, messy menus, and missing quality of life features.
We see fewer licensed tie-in video games on home platforms these days, and that’s understandable. Capturing the tone of a popular fiction in a different medium is tricky, and developers are rarely given the time and means to capitalize. The new The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance series from Netflix is a stellar presentation of craft and storytelling, but I’m sorry to say that the game simply doesn’t maintain the same high bar. A pale imitation of its source material, Age of Resistance Tactics draws on inspirations like Final Fantasy Tactics for its gameplay model, but misses the mark in the ways that matter.
The Dark Crystal fans will certainly be happy to leap back into the world originally created by Jim Henson once again with The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, but those just looking for a new tactical RPG to play would be better suited looking elsewhere.
All in all Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance Tactics is better as a television series than a video game. However, if you're looking to spend more time in this universe you'll find enough to be satisfied.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is quite a sizeable game for its price – you can expect to get at least ten hours of play out of it. It has decent music and visuals, too. It’s just a shame that its story isn’t engaging at all. If it wasn’t for the enjoyable nature of its battles – which admittedly don’t try to raise the bar – it’d be a total disaster. So, if you’re a fan of The Dark Crystal or just love strategy RPGs, you’ll get some enjoyment out of it. Just don’t expect it to blow you away. If you have little interest in either of those things, however, there’s nothing for you here.
An okay strategy game that doesn’t take advantage of the fantastic world of The Dark Crystal. Dull missions and strange gameplay quirks make this game difficult to recommend.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics falls into the trap of mimicking the greats of its genre without understanding what made them so great. While a passable strategy game at best, the only saving grace of Age of Resistance Tactics is the world it’s based on. And even that’s not as great as it could be.
Tactics is for those who’ve watched The Dark Crystal, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the depth and richness of the show. You should give that a go, though. I know it’s got Muppets in it. It’s still good.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics has landed on many platforms, giving RPGamers a chance to get directly involved in the struggle against the Skeksis. Anna Marie Privitere finds out if it was worth her taking up the cause of the Gelflings against their shadowy foes.
A competent enough clone of Final Fantasy Tactics but unlike the TV show it lacks any real sense of imagination or invention.
Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is cynical. It has taken a safe, familiar genre, done absolutely nothing but the most straightforward, safe application of it, and thrown the Dark Crystal license over the top, but it has in no way tried to do anything interesting with Dark Crystal. Just as we used to ask with just about every licensed title: “what would be left if you took the license out?” we need to ask the same with Age of Resistance. The answer is this: a confused, incomplete narrative, an uninspired fantasy world, and some of the most shallow tactics RPG action that we’ve eve…
Despite being far less common nowadays, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics keeps the long tradition of the mediocre licensed game alive. It does a decent job of aping ideas from some of the great strategy RPGs that came before it, but doesn’t execute any of them as well. Couple those missteps with its aggravating menus, and The Dark Crystal Tactics quickly becomes more tedious than fun to play.
Someone looking for a playable, reliable turn-based tactics game will find one with The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics. It gets the job done, but does so in the most generic, unexciting way imaginable. It completely fails to take advantage of the Dark Crystal IP, and is simply not very fun to play. Instead of playing this latest Netflix game adaptation, fans of the Dark Crystal franchise would be better off re-watching the TV series and keeping their fingers crossed for an Age of Resistance season 2.
The game is a simple yet quality strategy experience. It tones down a lot of the more unforgiving mechanics the genre is known for yet maintains a satisfying level of challenge. The game is available now on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch for $19.99.