It's been a firecracker year for JRPGs between the return of , the acclaimed , and the imminent remaster of . It seems that the hype will keep flowing for genre fans of all stripes, assuming Threads of Time—which popped in [[link]] with a new trailer at today's PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct—can realize some distinguished ambitions.
This trailer has a lot more combat in it than the previous one, and while it's hard to gauge how rich the tactics are, it's certainly a looker. There's a ton of gorgeous animation to gawk at between some hand-drawn cinematics and in-engine spritework that picks up where other 'HD-2D' games like Octopath Traveler and [[link]] the recent Dragon Quest remakes left off.
That art style has me dazzled and clapping gormlessly like a circus seal—and with Threads of Time's behind-the-party camera perspective and vertical battle maps, it has a look all its own. Oh, and it also has dinosaurs, so that's an instant win in my book.
An RPG like this is a tantalizing prospect; it's a bold gambit to welcome comparisons [[link]] to an all-timer like Chrono Trigger, but if they can pull it off, it should be an exciting release day indeed. No pressure, right?
Threads of Time doesn't have a release window yet, but it is available to wishlist .