Square Enix calls it “HD-2D,” but Octopath Traveler is something else entirely—a game that looks like a nostalgic dream wrapped in modern technology. With its pixel-perfect character sprites ...

This lets you see each character's moves before jumping into ... Many of 2XKO's core mechanics will seem familiar to 2D fighting game connoisseurs. Each champion is equipped with a set of attack ...

2D Zelda games offer mind-bending gameplay ... but the object-echo-based gameplay lends itself so well to her character that a palette swap of Link would have felt like a missed opportunity.