Cult classic Moon: Remix RPG Adventure is coming to Steam
On Aug. 27 of last year, the 1997 "anti-RPG" titled
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure finally got an official release outside of Japan, via an upcoming Steam release.
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Being an "anti-RPG,"
Moon flips classic JRPG tropes on their head by depicting the "hero" character as a merciless individual. Completely clad in armor, the "hero" has no qualms with indiscriminately killing animals out in the wild and barging into people's homes to steal their belongings. The player has to undo this damage by saving the souls of animals that the "hero" killed, and by helping out the world's colorful cast of NPCs. Accomplishing either of these tasks rewards the player with "love," which essentially serves as an experience system that allows for further exploration of the world.
The significance of Moon
Despite having been stuck on Japanese PlayStations for over two decades,
Moon has left a fairly significant impact on the gaming landscape. Games that poke fun at JRPG tropes have become fairly common now, but
Moon existed when such titles were much more difficult to come across. Toby Fox, the creator of the massively
successful and influential Undertale, lists
Moon as one of
his inspirations, which makes sense considering that
Undertale shares some of
Moon's core themes.
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