CRESTFALLEN: ASCENTION
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                                            REVIEW
                                              by
                                        Dan Laurikietis


Innovation.  It's a thing rarely seen in RPG 95 games.  Most users become content with the
technical limitations of the program and try instead to wow us with complex plots and 
custom GFX, even the odd cut scene here and there.  Many are blissfully unaware that a
good idea can cost nothing.  Fobo, creator of CFA (who has collaborated with CF 1 and 2 
creator Lun) has created an innovative and thoroughly original RPG with hardly any 
technical trickery.  What is this great new idea?  Simply... freedom!  
CFA offers a free roaming RPG experience closer to games like Morrowind than
any ever made with RPG 95.  The protagonist Munny and his accomplice Kris are introduced
as well as a very basic premise for the mission of the game but how closely or loosely
that premise is followed is entirely up to the player.  Munny and Kris can complete their
mission in 20 mins and finish the game or abandon it completely at the player's whim.
New party members can be recruited or turned into bitter enemies.  In short Fobo shows
the player the Crestfallen world and drops the player in to see how they react.
The hallmarks of the Crestfallen series are still here, excellent plot and characterisation
as well as engaging gameplay and even a few cast members from the first 2 games are back
to please fans of the series.  CFA does usher in some changes too.  Random battles have been
scrapped and enemies now skulk around as NPCs.  If you want to further your EXP you can 
fight, if you'd rather not then they are easy enough to avoid!  Their difficulty to beat
can also be determined by their colour so you have a good idea whether you'll win or lose
before combat.
This is a bold addition to a classic series and is strongly reccommended.  Rock on Fobo &
Lun!
   

DAN SEZ- *****
         (5/5)