crystar

Spike Chunsoft will be releasing the JRPG Crystar in the States on August 27. A European release will happen three days later. The game’s protagonist, Rei, takes the term “sob story” to new heights. One unfortunate afternoon a demon grabs her and drags her into Purgatory, where she has to fight monsters to get out. She succeeds, and through the experience wakes back into the living world with incredible powers. That would be the end of most stories, but it’s just the opening act of this one: because of these powers she winds up killing her little sister. Oops. Well, she knows where to go now. Returning to Purgatory on a mission to get her sister back, she signs a contract with the head demons to serve as an Executor and fight monsters for them. And as she journeys down and down the levels, she cries. And cries. A lot. As anyone would, but in this case crying supercharges Rei’s powers and gives her the strength to take down anything.