The Last Time I Saw You is a visually beautiful video game that explores the supernatural side of Japan. Here, players must attempt to save a village from a natural disaster. This nicely designed side-scroller may be light on the RPG side, but I’m sure the choices made matter. I’m confident the goal is to avert another typhoon ready to assault this sea-side community!
Here, players are assuming the role of Ayami. He’s a very precocious boy who has certain tasks to do each day. But when a storm is slowly coming, Ayami must balance what he needs to do versus simply exploring. This helped me get familiar with where everything is, and that includes the friends and strangers this kid meets.
But when a mysterious older girl appears in this boy’s dreams, that can spell trouble. I thought she might be a crush at first. But as other details emerged during play, I suspect there’s more to her than meets the eye. Part of the game involves figuring out who she is, and why she saved him from attacking ghosts that look like Gastly from Pokémon. That’s how the game starts, and as for what other nasties are hiding in the forest, that’d be saying too much.
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