| Daily Mirror |
Eugene Sowah |
4 / 5 stars |
09-19-2022 |
The Diofield Chronicle is a thrilling adventure that offers great strategic gameplay and is constantly challenging the player. |
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| Digital Trends |
George Yang |
3.5 / 5 stars |
09-21-2022 |
The DioField Chronicle includes a lot of setup for potential sequels, but it does a solid job of laying down the proper foundation to make that work long-term. |
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| Digitally Downloaded |
Matt Sainsbury |
4.5 / 5 stars |
09-27-2022 |
The biggest problem that DioField Chronicle faces is probably its theme. Post Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Game of Thrones, the new Lord of the Rings TV series, and all the rest, you’ve got to wonder whether dark Euro-fantasy is starting to wear thin on audiences. With that being said, the elevated presentation and abstract qualities of the game will hopefully help it find an audience even among those that are bored of the standard approach to the genre, and the relatively fresh take on real-time combat will hopefully help intrigue people. When you consider that 2022 has arguably been the best year of all time for the sheer quantity of excellent JRPG releases, the fact that DioField Chronicle comes across as a fresh and different approach to all of them is a truly impressive feat. |
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| Everyeye.it |
Antonello Bello |
7.3 / 10 |
09-26-2022 |
The DioField Chronicle basically has good potential, not always properly exploited. |
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| GameSpew |
Richard Seagrave |
8 / 10 |
09-22-2022 |
The DioField Chronicle has proved to be quite the surprise. Its story isn’t the most riveting out there, but it is interesting, with a cast of characters whose motives aren’t always clear. But what carries it are its battles, which are enjoyably deep but not bogged down in complexity or length. They’re fun and engaging, challenging you to think and act fast while making use of the skills available to you. Everything comes together to create one of Square Enix’s most enjoyable RPGs in some time, with a combat system that we hope we haven’t seen the last of. |
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| GameSpot |
Tamoor Hussain |
5 / 10 |
09-21-2022 |
The Diofield Chronicle is a pedestrian real-time tactics game that suffers from a lack of imagination. |
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| GamingBolt |
Shubhankar Parijat |
6 / 10 |
09-27-2022 |
For hardcore genre fans, The DioField Chronicle might be worth looking into, but keep in mind that many probably might not have patience for its considerable flaws. |
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| God is a Geek |
Chris White |
9 / 10 |
09-19-2022 |
The DioField Chronicle is an epic strategy RPG where you're fully engrossed in its story, and throughout every beautifully constructed battle. It features an in-depth battle structure and upgrading system, where you're constantly mixing up strategies on the fly. |
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| Hobby Consolas |
David Rodriguez |
80 / 100 |
09-23-2022 |
The Diofield Chronicle has been a pleasant surprise. Square Enix pulls out of its sleeve a new tactical role-playing IP with deep and challenging real-time combat that brings a touch of freshness to the genre. Despite dragging narrative problems, if you like SRPG and master English, this game can earn a place on your console or PC. |
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| IGN Italy |
Andrea Giongiani |
7.3 / 10 |
09-28-2022 |
A tactical rpg where tactics is not deep enough. The story and characters are believable and unexpectedly logical, but in a genre where strategy is an integral part of the experience you would expect to be actually strategic to win. This is not the exact case, sadly, but it's still an enjoyable experience, though. |
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| LevelUp |
Pedro Pérez Cesari |
8 / 10 |
09-19-2022 |
We found The DioField Chronicle to be a fresh, interesting and entertaining strategy game. There are several details that could be polished, but in the end its strengths shine enough to be insignificant. We are talking about a game that genre enthusiasts will want to try. |
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| Metro GameCentral |
Nick Gillett |
4 / 10 |
09-27-2022 |
The semi-real-time battles are fun but a lack of depth soon dulls your enthusiasm for this limp Fire Emblem wannabe, as the rest of the game is taken up by tedious, choice-free conversations and lengthy cut scenes. |
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| Nintendo Life |
Trent Cannon |
7 / 10 |
09-21-2022 |
Despite its shortcomings, The DioField Chronicle is still a solid tactical RPG experience with enough JRPG tropes to interest fans of both genres. The unique gameplay provides plenty of challenge, though it can require a lot of grinding to keep pace with the difficulty curve. The art style is beautiful both in and out of combat but the characters and plot fail to live up to the same standard. In this case, its ambition outstretched its means and it fell just short of where it wanted to be. |
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| PSX Brasil |
Thiago de Alencar Moura |
85 / 100 |
09-19-2022 |
The DioField Chronicle surpasses every expectation, delivering a great Strategy RPG thanks to its challenging real-time battle system and a rich setting that sustains a great story full of politics and good characters. The few issues are due to the simplistic progression system and the narrative that could be even better, but its a game that deserves the attention of fans of the genre. |
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| Push Square |
Robert Ramsey |
6 / 10 |
09-26-2022 |
All in all, The DioField Chronicle is a decent strategy RPG. Its characters certainly won't live long in the memory, and it can be a an unnecessary grind, but it's well crafted and fairly engaging on the battlefield. |
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| Rock, Paper, Shotgun |
Katharine Castle |
Not Recommended |
09-22-2022 |
Its stunning real-time battles with tactical pause are packed with drama and visual flourishes, but The DioField Chronicle's convoluted story and deeply questionable cast hold it back from true greatness. |
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| Saudi Gamer |
Unknown |
6 / 10 |
09-25-2022 |
The Diofield chronicles is a good addition for those who are thirsty for strategy combat, with good upgrading sysetm and part management. But my experience was hindered by the repetitive missions and the story which dragged for longer than needed |
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| The Games Machine |
Gabriele Barducci |
7 / 10 |
09-26-2022 |
The DioField Chronicle is a partially successful Square enix experiment. Excellent hybrid game mechanics, but everything else is a constant repetition of the same missions, without adding anything new. |
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| TheSixthAxis |
Miguel Moran |
6 / 10 |
09-26-2022 |
The DioField Chronicle delivers a unique real-time spin on the usual tactics RPG experience, but it's marred by a boring story, unlikable characters, and inconsistent presentation. While the one saving grace is the addictive and always rewarding combat, missions fail to deliver the evolution or variety that some might expect. Overall, it's an interesting game, but not an altogether great one. |
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| Twinfinite |
Zhiqing Wan |
4 / 5 stars |
09-19-2022 |
Ultimately, The DioField Chronicle surprised me with just how much depth its combat system offered, and powering my way through its levels proved to be a joy, despite its narrative and characterization shortcomings. The real-time strategy battles are an innovative aspect of the game that I’d love to see adapted in more RPGs, and while I do wish the protagonists weren’t as cookie-cutter as they come, I’ll take bland stories and pretty art over boring gameplay any day. |
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| VG247 |
Alex Donaldson |
Not Recommended |
09-27-2022 |
Where Octopath was fairly heavily promoted by Nintendo, however, it does feel like Diofield has been tossed into the ocean of the market to sink or swim. It’s the sort of game that probably doesn’t float very easily, either. It’s the sort of product that requires some marketing-shaped buoyancy aids. It was never going to cruise to success |
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| Wccftech |
Chris Wray |
6.5 / 10 |
09-19-2022 |
That would be my verdict of The DioField Chronicle. It has some good elements, but they are often covered by the average, meaning little gets the chance to stand out. Were it a little tighter, a little faster and not requiring you to do so much busy work, I could see this being a more enjoyable experience. |
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| Worth Playing |
Chris "Atom" DeAngelus |
6 / 10 |
09-28-2022 |
The DioField Chronicle is interesting as an experiment, but that's about all it has going for it. The combat system is so half-baked that it may as well not exist, and the story is about 20 hours of buildup for a "buy the sequel" hook. Since the phenomenal Triangle Strategy came out in the same year, and it handles pretty much all the same ideas much better, it's difficult to recommend DioField. Even if you're curious, it's best to wait for a sale because the full retail price is too steep for what you'll get. |
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