Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled

I hadn't even heard of this thing until I saw a mini-review of it nestled in the back of a month-old Nintendo Power I was catching up on. The review indicated that the makers of Black Sigil had perhaps been inspired by Chrono Trigger. The 5.0/10 review wasn't exactly favorable, but uttering the words 'Chrono' and 'Trigger' in the same sentence isn't something I take lightly. Go on, take a look.

Is there a word between "uncanny" and "stolen?" I've been trying to think of one, but haven't so far.

I seriously suspect that this game began life as a ROM hack for Chrono Trigger, and that the final product may or may not use a Super NES emulator as part of its "engine." Really, this is hilarious. I mean even the level/terrain designs look like they've been lifted directly from CT and/or other 16-bit Square RPGs.

That said, if you're going to carbon-copy a game, Chrono Trigger is an ideal candidate. And coming out of the gate dirt cheap doesn't hurt, either. Apparently this just came out like yesterday, so I'll hold off for a bit just to confirm that the game is actually playable. Hopefully they aren't cease-and-desisted first! Bahahahaha.