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YIIK: A Postmodern RPG review – Party like it’s 1999

By Jason Faulkner

Since Earthbound released in 1994 dozens of RPGs have tried to capture the blend of humor and surrealism set in a modern setting that made the title so endearing. It’s a hard thing to do. Having a game grounded in such a familiar world can make it hard to pull off all those fantastical RPG tropes without breaking the suspension of disbelief. The latest game…

  • Love the throwback PlayStation-esque graphics.
  • Story is funny once you come at it from the right angle.
  • Battle system is more engaging than most RPG fare.
  • Font choice is dreadful.
  • Characters can be really unlikable at times.

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Jason Faulkner
Jason Faulkner

Jason Faulkner is Evolve Media's Evergreen SEO Manager. On a typical day, you can find him working desperately trying to get late-1990s/early-2000s PC games working at 4K and 16:9 ratio without crashing.

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