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Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice pops up on PSN

I do sort of love that the odd "from out of nowhere" mystery game can still arrive on PSN, but it does suggest that publishers have just given up, and will throw out a game with no fanfare whatsoever. Which is quite a shame as Dragon Fantasy: The Black Tome of Ice does have a decent fanfare in the soundtrack.

At heart it looks like a classic retro RPG, out now on EU PSN for £7.39 developed by Muteki Corporation. There's some Mode 7 style maps to navigate and lots of Final Fantasy style chat and plenty of battling. Could be good, could be very vanilla.

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