Harvey is part of a gang of thieves, the Watchers, but the kind that only steals from the rich and corrupted to give to the poorest. What about titles such as Asdivine Cross, which try to revive that magic of old in the present on current hardware, then? That's what Cubed3 is just about to find out. Such titles, even though they simply couldn't benefit from the more modern advancements that we now have in technology, stand the test of time and still manage to instil a good feeling when being played, even alongside the likes of Final Fantasy XV these days. That era is rich in limited pixelated facial expression on sprites, bubbles above their heads to indicate emotions, or short voice samples and sound effects to help instil a mood. Europe may not have been exposed to it nearly as much as its gamers would have liked, unlike their North American brethren, but, nevertheless, names like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI resonate forever at the back of JRPG enthusiasts' minds as some of the finest games ever made, despite the limitations of the hardware of the time - or perhaps even thanks to those limitations, forcing developers to come up with unique ideas to improve their storytelling.
The 16-bit era was a golden age for Japanese RPGs on console.
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