The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics

PC GamerRobin Valentine

75/100

A surprisingly fun tactics game that predictably can't quite capture the show's best qualities.

GamingTrendRon Burke

70/100

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is a mid-tier game with a top-tier Netflix tie-in. Where it delivers on tactical combat, it falls down in being overly grindy for resources, and a direct-from-mobile interface. If you like tactics, and you think Hup is the cutest thing ever to wield a soup spoon, then you’ll like Age of Resistance Tactics.

GameSpaceEmily Byrnes

7/10

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance - Tactics is a fairly entertaining game, and if you’re a fan of the turn-based RPG genre or The Dark Crystal I think you would do well to give it a try. Players who have seen the Netflix series might be able to connect more to the game than I was. As a standalone game, I can only imagine the confusion that could go through a new player’s head if they hadn’t experienced any of The Dark Crystal franchise. At that point, I think it struggles as a standal...

TheSixthAxisDominic L

7/10

An enjoyable addendum to The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Tactics offers hours of strategic fun, though those familiar with the source material will get the most out of it.

Capsule ComputersJamie Laike Tsui

6.5/10

Strong combat dragged down by grind-heavy design, messy menus, and missing quality of life features.

Game InformerMatt Miller

6.25/10

We see fewer licensed tie-in video games on home platforms these days, and that’s understandable. Capturing the tone of a popular fiction in a different medium is tricky, and developers are rarely given the time and means to capitalize. The new The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance series from Netflix is a stellar presentation of craft and storytelling, but I’m sorry to say that the game simply doesn’t maintain the same high bar. A pale imitation of its source material, Age of Resistance Tactics draws on inspirations like Final Fantasy Tactics for its gameplay model, but misses the mark in the w...

Attack of the FanboyDean James

The Dark Crystal fans will certainly be happy to leap back into the world originally created by Jim Henson once again with The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, but those just looking for a new tactical RPG to play would be better suited looking elsewhere.

Press StartJames Berich

5/10

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics falls into the trap of mimicking the greats of its genre without understanding what made them so great. While a passable strategy game at best, the only saving grace of Age of Resistance Tactics is the world it’s based on. And even that’s not as great as it could be.

VideogamerImogen Donovan

5/10

Tactics is for those who’ve watched The Dark Crystal, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the depth and richness of the show. You should give that a go, though. I know it’s got Muppets in it. It’s still good.

RPGamerAlex Fuller

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics has landed on many platforms, giving RPGamers a chance to get directly involved in the struggle against the Skeksis. Anna Marie Privitere finds out if it was worth her taking up the cause of the Gelflings against their shadowy foes.

WCCFtechChris Wray

5/10

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics (official site) is a turn-based tactics game in the same vein as series like Disgaea, with a dash of Final Fantasy Tactics and other similar series. This is also the third game based on a Netflix series that I'll have played in a little over half a year, with Stranger Things 3: The Game and Narcos: Rise of the Cartels being the other two. Having been developed by BonusXP, developers of Stranger Things 3: The Game, I came in with certain expectations. The question then is, did they meet them and is this a good game for fans of the show and of turn-bas...

Metro GameCentralGameCentral

5/10

A competent enough clone of Final Fantasy Tactics but unlike the TV show it lacks any real sense of imagination or invention.