Fantasian Neo Dimension Review

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The release of a PC port for Fantasian is something many JRPG players have been requesting since its release in 2021, albeit with little hope due to Apple owning the rights on its mobile Apple Arcade Platform. Well, those requests have finally been answered as Fantasian Neo Dimension combines the two mobile releases with added English and Japanese voiceovers along with 4k support for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam.

While Fantasian initially received generally favorable scores from both critics and users on iOS, whether it can live up to the hype on PC is another story altogether. For the most part, the game itself is the same but has a few additional perks added such as an enhanced soundtrack with options from Final Fantasy titles, upgraded resolution and voice acting. Despite these upgrades, the experience is still mixed combining excellent combat mechanics with dated graphics and a story that’s all over the place.

Convenient Forgetfulness

Fantasian Neo Dimension starts with one of my least favorite tropes in video games… amnesia. The main character, Leo, wakes up after an explosion in a robot factory only to realize that he doesn’t remember a damn thing. He seems to be the only person in the world who actually knows what’s going on, but since he doesn’t remember a single person or event, you’ll spend the entire first half of the game wandering around being drip fed memories until the second half.

Although I don’t care for the delivery, there are a lot of elements to the story that I found interesting. Essentially, the human world is being invaded by a god of Chaos who is spreading Mechteria around like a plague, sucking up emotions and transporting them back to his world. Meanwhile, Leo and his father are inventors who managed to create transportation devices that allowed them to bring artifacts back from other worlds.

During the first half of Fantasian Neo Dimension the game is a completely linear JRPG with a handful of sidequests and there isn’t