OFF (PC) Review

Whether it’s the year 2008, or the year 2025, turn-based RPGs are normally 30+ hour affairs that will leave you exhausted by the time the credits roll. The grind, endless narrative context, and a massive hero complex with world saving consequences is what the genre defines as ‘a feature’. But what if I told you, you only needed 5-7 hours to play one of the greatest and thought-provoking RPGs ever crafted?

What if I told you, you probably never heard of it? What… if the game was less than $20 in this new $80 landscape? These all seem like pipe dreams, but they’re not for the restored version of Mortis Ghost’s OFF. OFF brings one of the most unsettling gaming experiences back to centre stage, complete with a new soundtrack and new boss encounters, but retains the same charm of the often overlooked 2008 original.

Undertale has become a household name since it launched, and developer TobyFox credits OFF for inspiring the ‘Megalovania.’ Undertale became popular due to its... Read more