This game has an excellent demo, showing you the beginning of the story, an example dungeon and a piece of the world for you to explore. The demo took me about 2 hours to go through and it was certainly an enjoyable 2 hours.
Your character, a lady named Lea, has four basic moves in her arsenal.
Shooting balls, melee attacks, a dash and a shield. You're health recovers in-between fights which allows the developers to make all of the enemies surprisingly deadly. (It's fun, is what I'm saying.)
It's an over-the-top view 2d game that reminds me of the mana series in terms of gameplay. If you ever liked those games then this would be up your alley. I was surprised to find out it was made with html. Html5 really is pretty impressive.
The demo can be played online or downloaded. This is a demo done right.
Official description
CrossCode is a retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. You follow a player called Lea as she logs into CrossWorlds - a fictional MMO of the far future. Two things are strange about Lea: First, she can't speak (literally mute - not just a silent heroine). And second, she doesn't remember a thing about her past. Despite all of this, Lea starts exploring CrossWorlds, meets other players and overcomes a multitude of challenges all along the official track of the game. That is, until the past catches up with her. CrossCode combines features of the Action-Adventure and RPG genre, delivering both, a great variety of puzzles and an engaging, fast-paced combat system with plenty of options for character growth.
Features
16-bit, SNES-style 2D graphics with detailed animations
A soundtrack inspired by old SNES and Playstation JRPGs
A unique ball throwing mechanic with charging functionality and ricocheting balls, used for combat and puzzles
A fast-paced combat system featuring close and ranged attacks, guarding, dashing and great variety of special attacks.
A complete RPG system with leveling, equipment, consumable items and skill trees
A detailed movement system with auto-jumping and precise collision
Features
16-bit, SNES-style 2D graphics with detailed animations
A soundtrack inspired by old SNES and Playstation JRPGs
A unique ball throwing mechanic with charging functionality and ricocheting balls, used for combat and puzzles
A fast-paced combat system featuring close and ranged attacks, guarding, dashing and great variety of special attacks.
A complete RPG system with leveling, equipment, consumable items and skill trees
A detailed movement system with auto-jumping and precise collision
TL;DR: Play this awesome demo of a cool game.
http://www.cross-code.com/en/home
EDIT: How do you resize images so that you can post multiple ones without taking up the whole screen? This forum's always buggy with me. Spoilers don't open and the preview window doesn't work.