The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time [REVIEW] – The Best RPG That Never Existed 

Come on, we’ve all had that baffling experience of booting up a game that has gone unplayed for a long time, loading a save file, and having absolutely zero idea as to what is going on. That profound sense of total disorientation is EXACTLY the feeling that The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time will bestow upon you when playing, and believe me, it makes for one hell of a gameplay hook. 

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The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time drops you unceremoniously into a save file that is sitting at a hefty 99.54 percent completion rate, with your party thrust straight into a climactic boss battle against a vicious foe, yet armed to the teeth with maxed-out stats, infinite gold, and a cast of characters you have never met. You have zero context for the plot, the controls, your own abilities, or what the hell you even have to do… that’s for you to figure out.  

Despite looking exactly like a classic 16-bit RPG (albeit with some modern bells and whistles), it is crucial to realise early on that this isn’t actually a role-playing game. Instead, it is an interconnected logic puzzle that’s simply trying to present itself like an old Squaresoft RPG. It might sound bizarre – and it absolutely is – but it all adds to the satisfying sense of deduction that comes with playing the game. 

The combat perfectly highlights this genre bait-and-switch. Turn-based battles are not about grinding for experience or mashing attacks upon foes, with every single enemy being completely immune to any attack type that isn’t their specific weakness. Winning a fight means treating it like a puzzle: you have a timeline where you queue up a sequence of attacks from your party members, and doing so in a very specific order will essentially solve the puzzle. 

“The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time is a massively rewarding experience, offering a brilliantly cryptic adventure that’ll really push you to think outside of the box.” 

But how do you know what those combos are? You have to find the instruction manual, of course, because come on, all of the best old-school RPGs had them. As you explore, you will uncover scattered pages of the game’s old-school booklet, often covered in frantic, handwritten scribbles that reveal vital combat mechanics or secrets. It’s a brilliant concept and one that keeps The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time engaging from start to end. Honestly, some of the ideas woven into this are so cool, especially when you realise that the solution to a seemingly complex puzzle was right in front of you the whole time… you just needed to find the scribble of writing that told you so. 

It’s also worth noting that The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time operates on a wildly ambitious meta-narrative level, and at any point, you can back out of the 2D pixel art world and step into a glitchy, first-person 3D space. Progressing in one reality often unlocks clues for the other, and scattered across both of these layers are audio logs and live-action documentary clips following the people who supposedly made the game you are playing.  

I’m a sucker for a meta experience like this, so I LOVED how it played out. The story follows two university students desperately trying to build an indie game, and the live-action footage brilliantly captures the reality of its development. It feels incredibly sincere, and alongside this heartfelt tribute to game creation is a narrative that also takes some funny jabs at all of the hurdles that come with it. It’s weird, sure, but in an endearing way. 

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The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time does so much right and it’s been a real joy to play. However, it is worth noting that the backtracking can get a bit gruelling. When you are stuck, the trial-and-error process of rubbing every single obscure item in your massive inventory against a puzzle until something clicks can test your patience. I hate to admit I resorted to it once or twice (and it goes against what the game stands for), but it can just feel a little bit obscure in places – especially when you have to bounce between the two realities and try to figure out what’s going on. 

Developer: Coin Drop Games 
Publisher: Coin Drop Games, Glootschke Games
Platform(s): PC (Reviewed) 
Website: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2809660/The_Remake_of_the_End_of_the_Greatest_RPG_of_All_Time/