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Cris Tales

Cris Tales is a highly colorful and stylized JRPG-inspired indie game developed by Dream Uncorporated and SYCK and published by Modus Games. Cris Tales features a robust turn-based battle system, a unique past, present, and future gameplay shifting mechanic, deep character development, a poignant story, and more.

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Cris Tales

Platform(s)
PC , PS4 , PS5 , Switch , Xbox One , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S
Released
July 20, 2021
Developer(s)
Dreams Uncorporated , SYCK
Publisher(s)
Modus Games
Genre(s)
RPG
ESRB
T For Teen due to Fantasy Violence, Mild Language

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