Underplayed Gems

Black/Matrix + (2000)

Black/Matrix + cover
Developer
Flight-Plan
Publisher
GungHo Online Entertainment America, Inc., NEC Interchannel
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical

How it feels

A deliberate, brooding tactical RPG that demands careful strategic thinking within a dark fantasy world, feeling like a trimmed but earnest refinement caught between multiple versions of itself.

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About

A PlayStation expanded version of the original Black/Matrix that "crosses" between the original Saturn version and the expanded Dreamcast release, Black/Matrix Advanced. Removing additions that existed in the previous versions, such as specific story scenes by replacing anime cutscenes with ones that use CGI, along with an epilogue for a certain ending.

Screenshots

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