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CrossCode promises a nostalgic return to 16-bit RPGs but fails to deliver. The storyline is convoluted and the gameplay mechanics quickly become a repetitive slog. The puzzles are tedious, designed more to inflate playtime than to challenge players. The graphics and soundtrack, while initially charming, become uninspired and forgettable. In a market full of innovative indie RPGs, CrossCode misses the mark, offering an unsatisfying experience that doesn't respect players' time.

Extremely buggy, which is incredibly annoying given that the entire game is on a time loop, so you have to do the same things again and again and again, which just feels like a complete waste of time. This is made even worse as the controls are incredibly finicky, the character dies very easily, you have to wait for several minutes on future loops just to do the same thing over and over again. You don't have much jet pack fuel. The game deliberately wastes your time in order to pad out total playtime. Mix in same time loop bugs and it becomes an effort in frustration.