Crystal Crisis
- July 8, 2021
- Nicalis, Inc.
- 2h median play time
Nicalis’ marriage of puzzle and fighting game elements in the fan service-heavy Crystal Crisis coalesces in a largely satisfying experience. While the roster can feel unbalanced, loading times can be long and the story mode feels trite, the overarching, nuanced gameplay will keep players strategizing and returning to Crystal Crisis time and time again.
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Get on Epic Games Store"Crystal Crisis" is a head-to-head puzzle battle game featuring local and online multiplayer modes. It has 20 unique characters, including recognizable faces from Cave Story, The Binding of Isaac, and Astro Boy. Fill up your "Burst" gauge with combos to unleash powerful special attacks and choose from 40 unique Bursts to save yourself or mess with your opponent's board. Multiple single-player game modes are available for players to hone their skills.
Nintendo Switch
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Playstation 4
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Reviews
- gameplay22 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 68 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
- story17 mentions
- 12 % positive mentions
- 65 % neutral mentions
- 24 % negative mentions
- music9 mentions
- 56 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 11 % negative mentions
- graphics3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Crossover Chaos -- Crystal Crisis review
Nicalis’ marriage of puzzle and fighting game elements in the fan service-heavy Crystal Crisis coalesces in a largely satisfying experience. While the roster can feel unbalanced, loading times can be long and the story mode feels trite, the overarching, nuanced gameplay will keep players strategizing and returning to Crystal Crisis time and time again.
80%Crystal Crisis Review
Crystal Crisis isn’t going to dethrone the kings of the falling block genre anytime soon. It’s a solid puzzler with a heart of gold, but it doesn’t have the decades of improvements that its peers have. With a solid amount of content, an amazing cast of characters and fantastic presentation, though, we recommend this as a fun alternative if you tire of Tetris 99.
70%Crystal Crisis Review
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