Crystal Project on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
Crystal Project is a rpg, adventure and jrpg game
developed and published by Andrew Willman.
Released on March 31st 2022 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 2,193 reviews of which 2,032 were positive and 161 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 11.59€ on Steam.
The Steam community has classified Crystal Project into these genres:
System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit), fully updated
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2000 Series
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: Direct3D 11 support (feature level 10_0)
MacOS
- OS: 10.9 Mavericks and newer
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Linux
- OS: glibc 2.17+, 64-bit only
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2000 Series
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
User reviews & Ratings
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In as few words as possible, this is a Metroidvania disguised as a JRPG. You'll find a handful of negative reviews for the game - it mostly comes down to expectations. In some more words, Crystal Project is a beautifully hand-crafted collection of interconnected areas to explore first and foremost. It's a game where you will get lost and have eureka moments. It's a game where you will discover entirely new ways to traverse familiar areas and, in combination with its fucking unmatched gameplay customization and randomization options, will happily invite you to play through it all again just for the fun of it. Its combat is just as open to exploration as its world, allowing you to freely switch your class lineups and passives as need be to experiment whenever you would like, with Hard mode demanding such experimentation late in the game, and Chaos giving you such "combat puzzles" from the get-go. It is not a story-rich experience with multifaceted characters that grow as you play. Nor is it an easy-going linear experience with beautifully orchestrated cutscenes at the forefront. For myself, as a Metroidvania fan who RPGs are typically a hard sell for, this has quickly become one of my favorite games ever made. If we share values on what makes a game fun, I think you will feel the same way.
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One of the best JRPGs on the market. The map movement and encounter system in these games is usually a boring slog, but here it is anything but that. You get an open three dimensional map to manoeuvre in with more than 200 unique enemies that you can selectively fight most of the time. The job system lets you pick any class and subclass at any time with no penalty in progress. No FOMO or regretted choices, most difficult content can be treated as a puzzle that you adjust your party for and try as much as needed. Of course, there are specific pain points and annoyances but the overall experience will be a positive one.
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Crystal project is a game that you have to know what you're getting yourself into. In some sense it's a JRPG to it's core with surprising depth in it's class system and combinations. Almost as a result of this it also includes a fair amount of grinding. The game heavily encourages and rewards exploration of the entire map backed by surprisingly robust movement methods and tight platforming. On the other hand the things that are great can also be negatives. At times you may hit a spike and be grinding more than you might want, it is very likely you will get lost exploring and trying to find the next step, and the platforming can easily over stay it's welcome(especially when you miss a punishing jump). Overall I would still recommend if you enjoy JRPGs like the classic Final Fantasy games but be aware that this is by no means the perfect game and its flaws can at times be glaring.
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I bought the game on sale forever ago, not expecting all that much. It's actually pretty close to the classic Final Fantasy 3 experience. There's not much for story, but the world has tons of areas to explore and the battle mechanics go pretty deep. The soundtrack is fantastic IMO, perfectly straddling the line between classic design and modern quality. The world is pretty straight forward, not relying on much to keep you contained in early areas. The one thing you will do most in this game is platforming. Every area is filled with platforming sections that don't really punish you for failure, but they do slow you down in lieu of random encounters. You'll figure out fast if you're finishing the game with the first few platforming sections, because they only get harder. It's a lot like climbing a mountain in Minecraft, but you have no blocks and can break none. The dungeons just ask you to do it during night when the mobs are out and there's lava everywhere. It uses a Legend of Zelda style map system, where you don't get one for the area until you find it. Once you do, it's filled out with everywhere you've been. There are movement tools later that'll expand where you can go. The battle mechanics are designed so that most enemies have exploitable weaknesses. This is not a game where you can just mash the attack button and heal when necessary. You will need strategy to make it through. The bosses are especially difficult. I haven't encountered any that don't allow you to save and set your respawn right next to them, and you don't drop money when losing to bosses. You're allowed to use trial and error when finding boss weaknesses. There are no random encounters, all fights are little flames that run at you. They're color coded so you can anticipate how tough it'll be. Normal fights are blue, easy ones are green, and you're boned if it's red. The boss flames are larger and don't usually run at you, so you know to heal up and be ready. You will frequently stumble across red fights if you're exploring hard enough. Sometimes you can win these fights if you have the right strategy and tools, and the rest of the time leaves your party wiped without getting to take a turn. It doesn't string you along; you'll know what you can and can't do. You can also avoid most encounters using a movement technique the game shows you. I'm almost halfway to the level cap without having to grind, and the bosses are tough but fair. I'm not pretending like it's a game for everybody. It scratches an itch for me in a genre that has largely been forgotten by developers today. There's no harm in trying the demo or giving it just shy of 2 hours. You'll know for sure if you like it or not by the end. Edit: I've reached the endgame and am definitely not finishing it all. There's a tedious breeding minigame that I can't be bothered to do, on top of many of the areas having entrances that are way too hidden. I also hate the final boss, mostly because it doesn't make any sense for that to be the boss. My final score for the game is 9.5 out of 10. I'd guess half the content or more is optional, but pretty much anything that isn't the breeding minigame is worth it. My sole complaint is that the breeding minigame is mandatory for 100%, because it honestly sucks.
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This is the best game ever. Period. I'm in my mid-30's and I have been gaming since I was like 5 on the NES. Platformers, MMOs, RPGs, FPSes, RTSes, literally anything. High-end hardcore gaming, GMing of massive MMO guilds, casual BSing, game developing, even reversing games and selling trainers. I've done it all. I've played a LOT of games. Tens if not hundreds of thousands of hours worth. Yet here's something I've never done before: written a review for a game on Steam. I could rant for hours and give you far more text than you'd ever care to read, but I'll keep it simple: this game is incredible. It. Just. Keeps. Going. If you don't spoil yourself, you will think you are "probably like 80% of the way done" when you are like 5% of the way done. I almost couldn't believe when it ended, actually - I was honestly expecting the Dev to suddenly whip out another 50% of a game by that point. I'm a rather serious completionist in games in general, and I "completed" (100% everything, not just all achievements but also all monsters/items in the journals) around the 120-130 hour mark. I undoubtedly could have gone faster if I were rushing, but I actually think that is a very impressive pace if you are taking your time and actually exploring actively. I am an excellent platformer and rarely had an issue downing any boss (in Hard) in more than just a few attempts. I was never blocked. I never was confused. In fact, I was constantly overwhelmed. I always had a mental list (sometimes a PHYSICAL list) of places I could go next that I was putting off to explore other areas. Seriously. This is the best game ever. It needs more marketing or something. Mark my words, when this game catches on to everybody, it will kick off an entire genre of games that attempt to capture its spirit. Nothing compares to this. After having played this game, I was 50/50 on whether I should quit my job to full-time game develop now or whether I should forever give up bothering to game dev, since the perfect game has now been made. I have recommended it to everyone who will listen and I could not speak more highly of this game.
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Online players
34
Developer
Andrew Willman
Publisher
Andrew Willman
Release
31 Mar 2022
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