Platforms
- PCJan 23, 20186.6playscore6.516 Critics5.7130 Players
- PlayStation 4Jan 23, 20187.3playscore6.936 Critics8.1171 Players
- Nintendo SwitchJan 23, 20187.2playscore6.918 Critics7.285 Players
51 critic reviews · 2 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- There is a clear graphical step up in both the characters and the world that has been created for Lost Sphear, as the developer continues to learn how to squeeze more out of the Unity engine. But, another area where the game disappoints is the soundtrack that has been penned by composer Tomoki Miyoshi, which, compared to his work on I Am Setsuna, isnât particularly memorable aside from a handful of tracks.
Alex Seedhouse · Mar 18, 2018 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Words cannot express the love I have for Lost Sphear. It’s such a great game to play on the Nintendo Switch. Although it did have a few shortcomings, like the fact that enemy encounters are secluded to enclosed areas, and Vulcosuits must be used quite sparingly, I couldn’t seem to put it down. Perhaps it was the awesome combat system and excellent story that kept me playing, either way, I’m glad I had the opportunity to immerse myself in it.
Peter Lopez · Feb 07, 2018 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - For a game that seems intent on checking all the boxes of classic JRPGs, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that mech suits make an appearance as well. Unfortunately, they’re barely more effective in combat than normal attacks save combos between the other mechs, and they’re limited by a charge gauge that rapidly depletes.
Leif Johnson · Feb 06, 2018 Reviewed on PCRead full review - If you had asked me just two weeks ago to name the biggest storytelling sin a game could commit, I would have told you it was making players ask questions without giving them a reason to care about the answers. Ask me today and I’ll tell you something different. Lost Sphear buried me under convoluted logic and explanations, lore and jargon, only to cast it aside with a shrug whenever the details were inconvenient to the action. It answered my questions, but in ways so fundamentally disconnected and absurd that I regretted even caring in the first place.
Janine Hawkins · Feb 05, 2018 Reviewed on PC, PS4, SwitchRead full review - Poor pacing, boring characters, and an unoriginal story sink a great battle system, and I’m not sure where Tokyo RPG Factory goes next. Clearly, heading back to the well isn’t working. Diehard fans of classic RPGs might find something to like here, but for the rest of us, you’re better off playing something else.
Kyle Johnson · Feb 01, 2018 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - Perhaps even worse is that Lost Sphear doesn’t have much to say, other than how remembering our past is just as important as enjoying the present. I love Tokyo RPG Factory’s admiration of the past, but Lost Sphear offers little for both longtime fans of the genre and casual passersby. If a taste of the past is all you need, however, then it will surely be your companion on that trip down memory road. Just don’t be looking for anything more than that here.
Kyle Bradford · Jan 31, 2018 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - Lost Sphear is a game that seems to fall victim to its own ambition. It presents plenty of classic JRPG elements that fans of the genre will enjoy, but its efforts to follow a nostalgic form result in something that ultimately feels insincere. The foundation is solid, particularly with regard to its battle system, skill customization, and overall presentation, but the soul of the experience just isn't there. Lost Sphear is meant to feel like a proper return to a traditional form, but its lackluster dialog and underwhelming plot development instead result in a game that simply can't stand up to the classics it's inspired by.
Kevin Tucker · Jan 31, 2018 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - Lost Sphear is a competently assembled retro product that may dredge up fond memories of older, better JRPGs, but it lacks a personality of its own. The unique, melancholy world of I Am Setsuna has been replaced by soulless tropes, and incrementally improved battle mechanics and dungeons don’t make up for that loss of identity. Sadly, the makers of Lost Sphear have lost the thread.
Nathan Birch · Jan 30, 2018 Reviewed on PCRead full review - However, that isn't to say that Lost Sphear isn't fun to play. The numerous gameplay features like vulcosuits, spritnite, and artifacts come together to create an enjoyable and complex turn-based system that promotes strategy. Here's hoping that Tokyo RPG Factory's next project takes that gameplay design and applies it to a heartfelt story that doesn't feel like it was assembled on a conveyor belt.
Cody Perez · Jan 30, 2018 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - It feels like the main purpose of Lost Sphear is to remind you of your favourites of the genre, rather than to join their company. Its enjoyable combat system and late-game revelations are satisfying, but it's hard to pin down its identity or to point towards anything that really makes it stand out beyond its ability to provoke nostalgia. For some players, that may be enough, but for others, the best thing about Lost Sphear might be that it inspires you to replay Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy VI.
James O'Connor · Jan 29, 2018 Reviewed on PS4Read full review
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The adventure of LOST SPHEAR begins in a remote town of Elgarthe where a young boy, Kanata, awakens from a devastating dream to find his hometown disappearing. Facing an ominous power that threatens the fabric of reality he must awaken the power of Memory to restore the ‘LOST’. To stop the world from disappearing forever, Kanata and his comrades set out to rebuild the world mustering different Memory and crafting the world around them.
Developer: Tokyo RPG Factory