The Last Remnant

The Last Remnant follows a teenage warrior on a quest to end the war, in a fictional world divided into multiple city-states and inhabited by four different species. an enthralling story, countless characters…

57 20 November 2008

Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Fantasy Historical

The Last Remnant is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 2, released 20 November 2008 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 97 hrs to finish.

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What The Last Remnant is

The Last Remnant is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix Product Development Division 2 and released in 2008. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Last Remnant follows a teenage warrior on a quest to end the war, in a fictional world divided into multiple city-states and inhabited by four different species. an enthralling story, countless characters and an intricate battle system.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

The Last Remnant holds a critic score of 57 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 8 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 97 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™2 Duo (2GHz) / AMD Athlon™ X2 (2GHz), 1.5GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 VRAM 256MB or better *3. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

Full requirements and PC checker →

What it launched against

The Last Remnant launched on 20 November 2008, within three weeks of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead and Call of Duty: World at War. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty: World at War.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Dlc

The Last Remnant Remastered

6 December 2018

Remasters

The Last Remnant Remastered

6 December 2018

Quick answers

The Last Remnant — frequently asked questions

When did The Last Remnant come out?

The Last Remnant was released on 20 November 2008 for Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for The Last Remnant?

At minimum, The Last Remnant needs Intel® Core™2 Duo (2GHz) / AMD Athlon™ X2 (2GHz), 1.5GB RAM, NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 VRAM 256MB or better *3 graphics, 15GB Available HDD Space of storage.

How long does it take to beat The Last Remnant?

The main story of The Last Remnant takes around 97 hrs.

How many GB is The Last Remnant?

The PC version needs about 15 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("15GB Available HDD Space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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