Played the original back when it was released, I didn't find it to be anything special personally. Similarly, you can also manipulate turn order almost at will. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. I needed to hear what @zipmon specifically had to say about it.I loved the original and after reading this, I can honestly land at "want, don't need. The upcoming sequence is displayed on the touchscreen, and on a character’s turn, you can choose to swap places with anyone yet to act - enemy or ally alike. Combat is completely turn-based, but you can see about 15 turns ahead of who is going when (both enemies and allies), and you can have players swap positions in turn order, though this makes them vulnerable. Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology 3DS . The 3DS may be getting on these days, but it’s certainly got plenty to show for its half-dozen years on the scene, including an astoundingly impressive collection of RPGs. Review: Radiant Historia—Perfect Chronology (3DS), Nintendo 3DS/2DS (does not require "new" Nintendo 3DS). The music and character art were the high points for me, but looking at these screen shots it seems the artstyle has taken a hit here, going for a far more generic anime style. While it’s far from the first adventure to draw on parallel timelines, it smartly integrates its world-hopping into both gameplay and narrative, and the result is a unique, beautifully-paced experience that’s a joy to play. So, I was quite happy to be able to skip all of the random encounters, and I’ve felt spoiled since. I’ve pre-ordered the 3DS remake on amazon and am currently playing the demo. Setting up the same epic attack 4 times in a row, killing enemies just before they would attack, is incredibly satisfying. After playing the demo this past weekend, it's definitely on my wishlist! You still bought XB2, right? With quite a few changes in this update, including new story content and a new ending, is Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology worth your time? People can disable the 3D effect with the slider, they should keep in mind the people who still like it and let us all have the choice. In which case, carry on. I played this game on the DS back in the day. For starters, there’s a decent chunk of additional story content, thanks to new character Nemesia and her airship Dunamis, which can travel to new ‘Possible Histories’. @Galenmereth In my mind, the correct action is buy the base product, and don't buy the DLC. I have the original. There are a few new tracks, and they blend in well - the score drifts deftly from military marches to elegiac melodies, with rousing battle themes and character tunes between, and it’s a beautiful background to the game’s narrative twists and turns. The old art style only looks gorgeous when it's cleanly depicted, such as with the printed art on the box cover. Perfect Chronology deserves to be mentioned in the same breaths as Dragon Quest XI and Octopath Traveler as one of 2018’s best JRPGs. If you do like traditional Japanese RPGs I highly recommend this one. For Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology on the 3DS, GameFAQs has 15 guides and walkthroughs. I was really impressed with the step up in the 3DS version. The voice acting is really well done, and the new event illustrations add extra oomph to the scenes. Radiant Historia was a very unique JRPG that came out on the Nintendo DS near the end of its life. Sounds great! But it's great to hear that this is mostly good. Greetings, Radiant Historia, and welcome to Backlog Central. @Galenmereth small price to pay for voice acting and a nice intro. Players work through a fairly linear story while buying items and equipment upgrades. I’m not even sure why I kept upgrading my weapons and armor. On the graphics front, Raynie’s breasts remain ridiculously large. I agree with your principles, and I'm glad you take a stand for them! And let me say that this bothered me with the games I mentioned above too, but I made exceptions because I really wanted them and had to put up with it. I don't see any aesthetic clash with the pixel art. There is no gore or blood. For all the time-related stuff in the game, Atlus sure didn't do this game much favors in terms of timely releases lol. I would say the original Radiant Historia is a strong 8 or low 9. It was well received and my husband and I picked it up in hopes of playing it someday. The best part about this game for me was the likable characters, but it seems like Atlus decided they needed to make them more generic. This one sounds like one I need to make an effort for. It follows Stocke, an agent for the Special Intelligence branch of the Alistel military. I'd double dip it again if it was on the Switch. (Although ultimately, no amount of XP or gold will help anyone clear it, still have to use your head. @Galenmereth The new character portraits look fine. Aside: At the beginning of the game, it asks you if you want to play the new content all at the end of the original campaign which is called “Append Mode,” suggested for newcomers, or have it spread throughout in “Perfect Mode,” suggested for veterans. This is one brief moment over the course of the entire game. I never played the original so this is all new to me.I'm playing the demo and absolutely loving it!Great story,Artwork,fantastic battle system,likable characters and even decent voice acting.I hardly use my 3ds but have this game preorderd...I would say I'm looking forward to it but the way it's going the demo seems to be so big I'm wondering if they put the whole game in it...seven hours in! Unfortunately, the ridiculously low difficulty level is fully intertwined with friendly mode. Log In to add custom notes to this or any other game. Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, despite its new window dressings, is pretty much a straight-up port of the original. After you’ve tried it once, you’ll be hooked; like the Press Turn system in Shin Megami Tensei titles or Sessions in Tokyo Mirage Sessions, the positioning in Radiant Historia is a gleefully fun combat mechanic that makes it feel like you’re breaking the game, even as it’s balanced with it in mind. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. However, friendly mode has a variety of problems. This soldiers’ weakness is… Friendly Mode and the Y button. Does this mean Nintendo is also sleazy and lacking integrity? Fights are not “random encounters” in the sense that they do not come upon you suddenly; players can see enemies in the overworld and choose to engage them or try to avoid them, as in Chrono Trigger. I'm glad they changed that annoying confirm/cancel sound from battle menus, that alone made me drop the DS one. Still early so can’t comment too strongly on gameplay yet as I haven’t really done much actual gameplay... Another nice review Morgan, I like your looong texts. (And theirs are already convoluted as is!) For one, I was pretty disappointed about the lack of stereoscopic 3d. I think charging money for the classic portraits is similar in principle as MOBA's charging for skins, but yeah, it's a questionable practice for a non-F2P title. These alternate histories are excellent fan-service for repeat players, and they’re also thoughtfully integrated with the original story - when you begin the game, you can choose to either play through with them peppered throughout (‘Perfect’ mode), or only available after completing the main story (‘Append’ mode). Octopath Traveler tried a modern take on old-school graphics, while Dragon Quest XI went for the biggest, best version of doing the same thing Dragon Quest has always done. The menus and character art especially have gotten an overhaul, looking better than ever with nicely drawn artwork that is … Alternative Prologue. The old art was done by the artist who did the Radiata Stories characters while the new art is surprisingly done by the same artist who did character designs for castlevania order of ecclasia. Push Assault knocks enemies backwards on the grid. Demo has me intiriguied. The only change I don’t like is the snippets of speech given to NPCs that aren’t fully voiced. I don't understand why some people just quit playing their old console just because they got a new one. The original DS game isn’t exactly dated, but the additions here are interesting and fun, even if a little unneeded. @imgrowinglegs I thought the battle system was decent, actually. I do wish the main character, Stocke, had more personality, however. Let’s find out. Same goes for SMT:SJR It's not a dealbreaker, but it's a shame nonetheless. To contact our administrators, please email contact@geeksundergrace.com. I played in “Perfect Mode” as a newcomer, and though the new content was easily differentiated from the old, I still think it fit the setting and idea of the game very well and was glad to play through it all together. But I also wouldn't turn others away from this new 3DS version, and I'm interested in seeing what all the changes are. This choose-your-own-adventure format helps keep Radiant Historia’s narrative compelling throughout, and while it’s still a largely linear experience - there are usually right and wrong choices at each Node, with wrong decisions quickly leading to a bad end before sending you back to try again - the time-travel makes you feel like an active part of shaping the story. I agree, but I guess that's contradicting myself a bit from earlier, when it comes to buying the base product... For me, it just boils down to if I want the base game enough to ignore the DLC when I can. @Radbot42 I mentioned this to somebody else, but you can essentially turn battles off in this version. Copying or reproduction of content on this site without the express permissions of GUG are prohibited. In any case, I love them and one of the better ones I’ve played in years is Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology. That’s plenty of bang for my buck; at some point “100+ hours of gameplay!” means diminishing returns. If this had the Nintendo logo emblazoned on it, it would have gotten a 10 by NL standards. In friendly mode, combat is way easier, but you can also skip random encounters entirely—really skip them. Most of these quests involve some kind of detective work: you have to go back and find a place and time where something relevant to your current situation has happened. The main tweaks here are a new anime opening, event art at key story moments, and new character portraits - and whether or not the last of these is an upgrade is up for debate. As for fan service... Well... Did you also refuse to buy titles such as FE Awakening/Fates due to fan service paid DLC events which don't fit the tone and scope of their own plots? The only character design change that I definitely don't like is Eruca's. All of these systems come together to make combat in Radiant Historia truly, endlessly fun. The quality is as high as you’d expect from ATLUS’ excellent track record, and it’s a thorough dub, with most lines in significant scenes fully voiced. Why? I guess what I'm saying by this is that I think the DS version is a perfectly acceptable version of the game and Perfect Chronology isn't as definitive as many would like to claim, in my opinion. Not sure if I should double dip or just play original DS one...seems like only added stuff that would be worth it is the 3rd alternate timeline. Language: There are 1-2 cuss words on average in each dialogue scene; no “F” bombs. The DS version is probably somewhere in my all-time top-10 favorite games list (or at least favorite RPGs). Things go south rather quickly, however, and before long Stocke is watching helplessly as his comrades fall in an ambush, before finally being captured himself. Cheats. On one hand, grinding is never why I’ve played JRPGs. Genre: JRPG, Role-Playing Game I feel like the new artist, while talented, didn't really know how to adapt the original character designs without making them look like generic anime, @PlywoodStick the only bit of dlc I'm salty about is the classic portraits. ATLUS has been a prolific contributor to this corner of its library, and alongside original titles such as Shin Megami Tensei IV, Persona Q, and Stella Glow, it's also brought several DS games forward through remakes such as Etrian Odyssey Untold and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked. The project was led by the creators of the original, as well as Mitsuru Hirata (Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey) and character designer Masaki Hirooka. just going to say game of 2018 and all other games of this year coming out or out this year on 3ds stink. And again, not sure if the script or tone is changed, since the faces (or at least Stocke's) implies them having a slightly different interpretation of their core personality from the original. This is a walkthrough written by Zoelius (Chao Min Wu). This is a JRPG done right, Get it. @TheGameSquid Launch day will have option DLC to swap tje art out for the old ones. Radiant Historia kicks off in situ, in the middle of a war between rival states. It’s more like a single-screen Super Mario World than the traditional Dragon Quest-style map, and it gives the game a fast, focused feel, with more emphasis on individual areas than the marching between them. They did a great job with this enhanced port, and I HIGHLY recommend it to all JRPG fans. Will have to wait and see (or hear, rather) for the voice acting. Not long after having it in our possession, the enhanced version was announced and we’re happy to finally get around to playing this classic 2D RPG. Even just thinking about the endgame optional boss battle in Radiant Historia on hard difficulty... Yeah, I'm guessing no less than max level will be applicable, so boosters would save time on grinding. The 3DS isn't just a more powerful DS, sorry. Cool! I compIeted 89% of the DS titIe and back tracking thru time and figuring out where the heII to go was not enjoyabIe. Back log is ginormous. Perfect Chronology adds “Possible Histories” – short quests that take place in a variety of additional timelines. Got it preordered, can't wait for the 16th. - Strangely Compelling Nightmare Fuel, Hero-U: Rogue To Redemption - A Fine Successor To The "Quest For Glory" Series, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - A Superb Mario Adventure With A Bowser Bonus, Little Nightmares II - A Spooky Platformer Dripping With Tension And Dread, Persona 5 Strikers - Much More Than Your Average Musou Spin-Off, Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology Review, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked. Is that also generic anime? I now know why Radiant Historia is on so many "Best JRPGs of All Time" lists. @Galenmereth The good news is you can get the OG character art as DLC. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. In the end, these new features were added on top of a game that already had a stellar reputation and for good reason. Why bother? I wouldn't pay for them, since I feel they ruin the challenge, but I suppose some might see it as a time saver. This makes it incredibly easy to teleport between different points in time and space, and without that careful support the game would be incredibly frustrating to play. Never played the original but really been enjoying the demo a lot. The story/characters/music were all incredibly forgettable, unfortunately. See also: Timeline Sidequests, as their name implies, are special events which are entirely optional to the main story. Did you say "screw Nintendo's behavior" as well? But I just don't really feel like breaking out my 3DS right now. I'm definitely looking forward to it, though! Your foes will deal more damage from the front lines, and less in the back, so it’s in your interest to manipulate their positioning with your team’s geometry-based skills. It’s only a good idea because it’s executed so well. Already got this preordered and can't wait to play it. Anywho, I had apparently preordered this alongside SMT: Strange Journey Redux, so I'll have to wait a few months to play this. I have the original, but haven't played it yet, so probably won't bother with this remake. It’s a testament to the game’s storytelling that it still works so well in friendly mode; tactical RPGs that depend on combat gameplay for their appeal would not fare so well. Story and OST are great. Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology offers a staggering amount of content for the price — there are nearly 300 different events to see, and the campaign can finish with dozens of possible endings. Released in North America on February 13, 2018, Perfect Chronology is a remake of a classic DS game from 2010, simply titled Radiant Historia.I had spent some time with the original game back when it was new, and I saw fit to revisit it on the 3DS. These ‘combos’ aren’t just for show, either; they’re counted up and ranked, and higher level strings will grant more money and experience after the battle. Should Christians Play Dungeons & Dragons? But in the end, those complaints are incredibly minor. Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology is a top-shelf JRPG, with an engaging time-travel hook, brilliantly fun, puzzle-like combat, and a genuinely likeable cast of characters. The bad news is that it's DLC (although frankly I'm just happy I have the option ). @Meei I haven't played a single other platform since the Switch launched, haven't needed to. And the worst problem is that while this mode makes a lot of sense in games with boring or archaic combat, Radiant Historia’s battle system is actually fantastic! Rating: T for Teen Got this preordered and waiting for 16th. I think! Developer: Atlus The game was developed by Atlus. The other audio update in Perfect Chronology is the addition of voice acting, and this does feel like a significant leap. You get experience points, level up, the whole shebang, without taking a hit or actually doing any work. In retrospect, 2018 has been a year of JRPGs going back to their roots. There is also a new dungeon challenge area, but I … The story is still linear in the sense that there’s only one real progression: you will eventually get stuck in each timeline, and then have to circle back to the other for some kind of guidance to proceed—the game does have tons of side quests and multiple endings. The music, on the other hand, needed no upgrades at all; Radiant Historia’s original score is a orchestral tour de force from Yoko Shimomura (of Street Fighter II and Super Mario RPG fame), and it sounds as wonderful here as it did on the DS. A "remake" of a 2010 game they didn't bother to revamp to include the 3D effect -I don't care if people lost interest in this feature, or if Nintendo abandoned it too in their games and new models of the same hardware- is not for me. Not buying the game at all won't send the message that people dislike the DLC, but rather that they're not interested enough in the game as a whole. I really wish I could just toggle “swipe at enemies in the overworld to auto-kill them”, while still having boss fights that were actually challenging. These snippets often don’t match with any of the written text which I find quite jarring. @Galenmereth I can’t remember the exact wording but one example was something that Raynie says near the beginning of the game which could be construed as homophobic. You play as Stocke, a member of Alistel’s Special Intelligence force, and start out by leading him on a rendezvous mission alongside two eager new recruits, Raynie and Marco. The anime art style looks good on its own, and the new portraits allow for different facial expressions, but they also lack the unique personality of the original art. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. The Satyros characters show their midriffs, but not in much of a sexual manner. Platforms: 3DS We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. I never asked for new character art (the old one was perfect as it was) yet atlus changes the art and now I have to pay to get the characters looking like how they were originally drawn. Sexuality: Another still shot later on shows a main female character in a state of undress, with only a small bra covering her upper body. I don't mind the graphics either. Makes playing it again for the new content seem pretty tempting. Building off of its time-travelling narrative, the rest of Radiant Historia’s gameplay puts several twists on the classic turn-based RPG template. Still, if you’re strategic, it’s well-worth it for the combo potential - by carefully considering who in your party can push, pull, or slide enemies to the side, you can dial in deadly dances and plenty of piled-on attacks before your foes have a chance to retaliate. I don't know who is worse, the publishers or the people who buy the DLC. But more than that, the change to Eruca was super disappointing. Sad about no 3D though... @BenAV Don't play on your 3DS? So many Nintendo fans talk for years about specs not being a big deal, and now there's people who won't go back to the lower spec 3DS due to NS. [Review] Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology Posted on February 10, 2018 by Dennis in 3DS, Reviews. Hurling an enemy in a certain direction will cause them to share the same square with any other adversary they might bump into along the way, so that if you ‘Push Back’ twice on a row of three foes, they’ll end up in one sorry lump at the back of the grid. Effectively acting as a third, parallel timeline, this lets you explore Sliding Doors-style ‘what-if’ side-quests, and see various story beats play out differently than in the original game. Once you enter a particular spot - whether that’s a town, dungeon, or field - you’ll find memorable locales comprised of several scrolling screens, linked up and schematised on the bottom screen. Foes walk around on-field, and you can slash them with a tap of the ‘Y’ button to stun them, either for a chance at a preemptive strike or to avoid them entirely. There are so many Rpgs I want to pick up for the 3DS and I don't know if I'll get to all of them. Never got the original on the DS, if I have the chance I will pick it up. Luckily for Stocke, that tragic outcome doesn’t have to be the end; a magical tome called the White Chronicle grants him the ability to travel through time, jumping between two parallel timelines to right wrongs and bring about the ‘true history’ that will set the continent back on track and save humanity. Perfect Chronology is far from an ugly game - there are some lovely dual-screen scenes, and the painterly art-style is soft and appealing - but after ATLUS’ impressive overhauls of the DS Etrian Odyssey games in the 3DS Untold remakes, we expected more of a visual revamp here. I swear the biggest turnoff for me here is that a lot of things that were originally on the bottom screen are now on the top. Second, while you still have to play through story (i.e. Its graphics, for the most part, aren’t much above SNES-level quality. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. It was unfortunate that not a lot of people never got a chance to play it. Additionally, several special attacks and spells hit enemies in certain areas of the grid. The title has found a new home on the Nintendo 3DS as Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, adding a new what-if timeline, dungeon, and quality of life improvements.As a “definitive edition,” the game is well-suited for new players, but my big question … My wife and kids are my favorite gaming partners. Time travel requires you to mind your surroundings. The sprites are crisper but otherwise the same as the originals, though they remain appealing and well animated.
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