{"id":2343,"date":"2026-04-12T02:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2125108"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:44:23","slug":"the-last-spell-is-an-srpg-on-steroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-spell-is-an-srpg-on-steroids\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Spell is an SRPG on steroids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id>\n<p class=\"strapline\"> Maximum attack.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"57.168587896254\">\n<section class readability=\"54.682997118156\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s a cocktail as explosive as a firecracker: take three parts SRPG, one part roguelike and a final dash of spicy musou, and you&#8217;ve got a mix that bangs. The Last Spell, which dropped a demo on Steam earlier this month, is proof of that &#8211; it&#8217;s a sparky little mess of influences that shows some serious promise. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"right no-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/#\" class=\"toggle\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-down\"> <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>The Last Spell<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developer:<\/strong> CCCP<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publishers:<\/strong> The Arcade Crew\/CCCP<\/li>\n<li><strong>Platform:<\/strong> Played on PC<\/li>\n<li><strong>Availability:<\/strong> Demo out now on Steam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The isometric perspective and pixel-art &#8211; absolutely gorgeous, exquisitely detailed pixel-art, it should be pointed out &#8211; are reminiscent of SRPG staples like Final Fantasy Tactics, and the set-up&#8217;s much the same: take charge of a small party of warriors and indulge in some turn-based combat on an isometric map. There&#8217;s a twist &#8211; actually, there&#8217;s a few &#8211; in that you&#8217;re working on a single map, defending the circle of magic at the centre of your base.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"video\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"video-container\" readability=\"9\"> <iframe width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen data-youtube=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RcySUw0vydc?enablejsapi=1\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"message\">This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Please enable cookies to view.<\/span> <button id=\"ot-sdk-btn\" class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\">Manage cookie settings<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So yes, on top of being a roguelike with your party and quarters procedurally generated, there&#8217;s also base defence factored in, with The Last Spell split into three easy to parse sections &#8211; by night you&#8217;re deploying your team, before engaging the hordes of undead that attack until dawn, and by day you&#8217;re spending the resources acquired on tooling up your team (in a nice touch &#8211; actually, the most important touch &#8211; the gear you equip is visible on your avatars).<\/p>\n<figure class=\" \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-last-spell-is-an-srpg-on-steroids.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" alt=\"1\" data-uri=\"2020\/articles\/2020-11-19-17-37\/The_Last_Spell_20190808_01.png\"><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s a well-established loop that works wonders here, but what&#8217;s really won me over about The Last Spell is its style. It&#8217;s not just the artwork, although I&#8217;m a fan of its detailing and downbeat dark fantasy stylings &#8211; it&#8217;s in the soundtrack too, evil synths driving home that dread atmosphere and knowingly reminiscent of John Carpenter&#8217;s scores, as well as those of countless scratchy 80s horrors. There&#8217;s an edge to the combat phase, too, with The Last Spell happily throwing hordes of enemies at you, and giving you more than ample tools to fight back &#8211; the damage you deal quickly escalates, area of effect attacks taking down whole crowds as swiftly as if you were slicing your way through a Dynasty Warriors game.<\/p>\n<p>The Last Spell isn&#8217;t the finished article just yet, and there&#8217;s some way to go with it all &#8211; the balance isn&#8217;t quite there, the fates you&#8217;re left to at the start of any particular run often making a playthrough too easy or too damn hard, but it&#8217;s early days for developer CCCP here, with the intention to keep on building upon the foundations as the team reacts to player feedback. There&#8217;s pep and promise here, though, that makes me eager to see how The Last Spell push on through, and to see quite where this one ends up. <\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-11-19-the-last-spell-is-an-srpg-on-steroids\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maximum attack.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s a cocktail as explosive as a firecracker: take three parts SRPG, one part roguelike and a final dash of spicy musou, and you&#8217;ve got a mix that bangs. The Last Spell, which dropped a demo on Steam earlier this month, is proof of that &#8211; it&#8217;s a sparky little mess of influences that shows some serious promise. The Last Spell Developer: CCCP Publishers: The Arcade Crew\/CCCP Platform: Played on PC Availability: Demo out now on Steam The isometric perspective and pixel-art &#8211; absolutely gorgeous, exquisitely detailed pixel-art, it should be pointed out &#8211; are reminiscent of SRPG staples like Final Fantasy Tactics, and the set-up&#8217;s much the same: take charge of a small party of warriors and indulge in some turn-based combat&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-last-spell-is-an-srpg-on-steroids\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Last Spell is an SRPG on steroids | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maximum attack.&nbsp; 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