17. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics
Full disclosure: I am a huge Jim Henson fan. I adore The Dark Crystal, and I was over the moon when I heard the movie would receive a Netflix prequel, so imagine my surprise when a tie-in game was announced during Nintendo’s E3 Direct.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is exactly as it sounds: a tactics RPG similar to Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics.
Many gamers are no doubt chomping at the bit for a new tactics RPG that isn’t Fire Emblem (not that there’s anything wrong with Fire Emblem, mind you), and any video game that takes place in the imaginative world of the Dark Crystal should be fun, right?
As much as I want to be excited for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, I’m skeptical. The graphics and animations in the trailer look stiff and plasticky. Moreover, the studio behind the game is BonusXP, which mostly develops free mobile titles.
Studios known for mobile titles aren’t usually up to the task of producing larger, console games, but then again, BonusXP also made the excellent Stranger Things: The Game and is developing Stranger Things 3: The Game.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics could go either way, so here’s hoping it turns out to be a sleeper hit.
