And in New Game Plus, the difficulty is so ramped up that I almost died, down to one member, in the very first battle against some goblins. It's a short game but the enemies can really test your patience. Many aspects of combat are also dependent on dice rolls.Įven if you get a grasp on the combat, it can get pretty hard.

If you want stronger characters, get better gear as your stats, magic, and abilities are heavily dependent on what gear you loot from enemies. You may either love or hate the combat depending on how fast you grasp the systems. This game has no animations and the story is told entirely through dioramas, DnD-like figurines, and the combat is done through dice rolls. Third, Crimson Shroud is a love-letter to tabletop games made by the famous Yasumi Matsuno. It's designed by Yasumi Matusno of Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and Tactics Ogre fame. It's literally impossible to access this game legally. The only way to play this game now is to either hack your 3DS console or emulation. It's an eShop game but it's a BIG eShop game that's worthy of a physical release or ports to other consoles as the game can easily last around 10 hours if you want to see the whole story through New Game Plus. I got mines just a week before the eShop closed down and I find it disappointing that Level-5 didn't release a physical version. This is a 3DS eShop-exclusive game, meaning Crimson Shroud is no longer available for sale.

However, there are still parts where you will hit a roadblock and need a guide. Luckily, Crimson Shroud is a short JRPG that can be finished in 5 hours and it's pretty easy to navigate to the next chapter that you won't need a guide for the most part. Most JRPG fans rely on such guides when they've hit a roadblock in their 40-80 hour JRPG. Virtually no playthroughs/walkthroughs on YouTubeĬrimson Shroud is so underrated that it has almost no walkthrough & playthroughs on YouTube. The storytelling is just AMAZING, easily one of the greatest stories I've seen in a LOOOOONG TIME. Now Crimson Shroud is an interesting hidden gem and deserves to be ported to newer consoles. So I 'finished' Crimson Shroud and by 'finish', I mean I completed my first playthrough of Crimson Shroud but to truly finish the game, you have to play New Game Plus which unveils more story, bosses, and content similar to Nier Automata.

Crimson shroud chapter 4