Overview
- Advance reviews published June 17 place The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales at generally favorable aggregate scores, with Metacritic around 79 and OpenCritic near 82, and the game is set to launch on June 18 on Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
- Reviewers consistently praise the core combat, HD‑2D art, music and worldbuilding and report solid technical performance on PC and modern consoles.
- The game’s key systems are the Magicite weapon customization and Faie the fairy, whose discoverable abilities and optional co‑op control shape combat, puzzles and exploration.
- Major criticisms focus on the time‑travel structure feeling shallow or repetitive, some uneven writing, and a ‘true’ ending that requires substantial extra play and grinding to unlock.
- Square Enix and Team Asano used a public prologue demo with save carryover to gather feedback and added quality‑of‑life options—like reduced Faie chat, separate map controls, faster movement and multiple difficulties—before launch, with typical completion times estimated at about 16–20 hours depending on side content.