Kami membutuhkan lebih banyak game seperti The Adventures of Elliot

During a week that saw new trailers for Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, Kingdom Hearts 4, and Persona 6, I was surprised to see that one of the most talked-about reveals of Summer Game Fest was Final Fantasy Resonance.

Just a few years ago, the prospect of Square Enix upcycling a lowly mobile game into HD-2D would have prompted howls of scandalized disapproval from many of the same weebs currently hopping on the hype train.

But the buzz around Resonance does speak to a growing appetite for mid-sized experiences that feel plucked directly from the 16- and 32-bit eras — and The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales exemplifies that trend in the best possible way.

Co-developed by Team Asano (a team within Square Enix) and Claytechworks, The Adventures of Elliot feels like playing a lost SNES or PS1-era classic for the first time.

I can’t say that it does anything particularly revolutionary by the standards of 2026.

But the pacing is tight, the boss fights are wonderfully varied, the puzzles are just crunchy enough, and the music and visuals bring to mind a fairy-tale storybook.

While the game spans four distinct time periods, the compact map and 25-hour runtime invite exploration without ever feeling daunting.

There’s a Ghibli-esque earnestness to the storytelling in Adventures of Elliot, which comes off a little hokey at first but won me over eventually.

The story opens in the Kingdom of Huther, and Elliot has volunteered to retrieve a “valuable item” for an older gentleman.

(Turns out, it’s just a lost comb from his deceased wife.) Elliot may be an adventurer by trade, but we soon learn he’s far more of a boy scout than a treasure-hunting rogue.

He’s a kindly big-brother figure to the residents of the town orphanage, alternating tales of derring-do with cautious lessons about weapon handling.

The tale kicks off in earnest when the King asks Elliot to investigate some newly discovered ruins, and then to thwart a villain who travels back in time to seize the forgotten power of magic.

“My family believes me to be the greatest adventurer in the world.

Sumber: https://www.polygon.com/adventures-of-elliot-review/