The Last Remnant
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
The player commands armies of soldiers who fight humanoid enemies and monsters with swords and magic; foes collapse and vanish with no depicted wounds, blood, or gore.
A handful of characters are written with mild flirtation and suggestive banter, but nothing sexual is stated outright or shown.
Dialogue includes occasional mild profanity such as 'damn' and 'hell'.
Alcohol is referenced in dialogue and world flavor; the player does not use or acquire it for any effect.
War, a kidnapping, and the deaths of soldiers and characters drive the plot, kept in a fantasy register rather than shown graphically.
Beasts and monstrous creatures are among the enemies the player's unions fight as ordinary combat.
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What it is
The Last Remnant is a Square Enix fantasy role-playing game in which a young man named Rush Sykes travels a world of warring city-states inhabited by four races, drawn into a conflict over the Remnants — powerful ancient artifacts. Rather than controlling single characters, the player directs whole squads called 'unions' in a turn-based command battle system, taking on story missions and a large volume of side quests while recruiting and equipping a big roster of fighters. Combat pits the player's forces against soldiers and monsters using weapons and mystic arts; hits are rendered as stylised effects without blood or gore. The wider story deals with war, conquest and loss, dialogue carries occasional mild profanity and light flirtation, and alcohol is referenced in the game's taverns. There is no online play, chat, or in-app purchasing.
How it's framed
The game frames its conflict as a struggle over who controls the Remnants and the power they grant, following Rush's personal quest amid a larger war; violence is presented as heroic battle against armies and creatures without dwelling on injury, and its heavier subject matter — warfare and the cost of power — stays mostly at the level of narrative rather than graphic depiction.
Details
- Developer
- Square Enix
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- Apr 9, 2009
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