So many big games have been released throughout September and October that there were always going to be a couple of clashes. The next, and the last, of this busy period is just two days away, with Final Fantasy Resonance and Nintendo Switch Sports Resort both releasing on October 22. Turns out the games not only share a release date, but they also share a review embargo.
Reviews for Resonance and Switch Sports Resort both started going up at the same time. Neither game has registered aggregate scores that are going to blow 2026's Game of the Year race wide open as we turn the final corner, but both have scored well enough that those eager to play them will now be wishing away the next 48 hours until their combined arrival.
Resonance, the first HD-2D game in the Final Fantasy series, currently has an 85 on OpenCritic and an 85 on Metacritic. Not scores that rank it right up there with the likes of Final Fantasy 7 and Final Fantasy 9, two of the highest-scoring games in the series, but that was never expected. It's far from the lowest-scoring FF game ever, though, and based on its reviews, it's going to have everything fans of the series want from its first crack at this popular take on the RPG format.
There's a slightly wider disparity between OpenCritic and Metacritic's aggregate scores for Switch Sports Resort. It's sitting at a surprisingly impressive 84 on the former, and a lower 79 on the latter .
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