UK REVIEW--As you begin your journey in The Last Story, you get the feeling you’ve seen this all before; the maniacal dictator seeking ungodly powers, the crisis that threatens the survival of the world, and the band of shockingly youthful renegades, with even shockingly bigger swords, whose job it is to put it all right again. It’s a familiar tale, but The Last Story is far from a familiar game. It’s a deep, fast-paced JRPG, that evolves the genre in ways that enhance its existing tropes, without stripping away at its soul.

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