![]() ![]() A Classic That Can’t Be Missed: Even though there’s an abundance of expanded content to delve into, the heart and soul of Radiant Historia remains the same.Exhilarating New Story Content: Stocke will now encounter a mysterious new character named Nemesia who will teach him more about his world’s history and unlock a third timeline to explore the ripple effect of some of his actions with episodic “what-if” scenarios.An Enhanced Retelling of the Original: Redesigned character art, new character voice-overs, a brand-new opening animation by A-1 Pictures, new theme song, event illustrations, five new tracks from original composer Yoko Shimomura, and additional difficulty settings will enhance the Radiant Historiaexperience in this fresh take of a beloved story.One niggle: The game never remembered my party setup, so I was frequently stuck using Marco and Raynie because they defaulted to my active team whenever I jumped around the timeline. The only place combat feels worthwhile is in the “Vault of Time,” a new, multi-room arena of sorts wherein Stocke can earn a currency called “Mementos.” This currency disappears whenever he leaves the Vault, but he can spend it on scrolls to learn new abilities and equipment that is generally stronger than whatever he has access to at any given story juncture. I particularly welcome the feature because I’ve never been a fan of Radiant Historia‘s battle system positional, turn-based combat is something I generally enjoy, but here, it quickly becomes routine, and the same tactics can see the player through the entirety of the game because enemies rarely employ sophisticated strategies. This is an excellent tool for Radiant Historia veterans to speed through the story and get to new content in a hurry. Also new to Perfect Chronology is a “Friendly” difficulty that allows Stocke to vanquish enemies by simply slashing them on the map. If anything, the dub helped add nuance and gravity to a script I didn’t fully appreciate the first time around. #RADIANT HISTORIA PERFECT CHRONOLOGY FULL#Other additions to Perfect Chronology include illustrated event scenes and a full English dub that adds surprising narrative depth thanks to the quality of the cast’s performances. At the very least, the 3DS’ widescreen format provides a larger field of vision, making Radiant Historia‘s dungeons feel far less cramped than they did in 2011. I find it interesting that Atlus would change the visual texture of the game by modifying its art style-which, incidentally, did not feel dated-while simultaneously ignoring the game’s rough graphical presentation elsewhere. The in-game character sprites remain unaltered, and are as rough as I remember them their animations still feel choppy, which is something I expected the developers to address. I found these new designs to be unusually soft and round, ill-suited to the script’s sombre tone. The most striking change is a new art style that trades the original game’s dark, moody character portraits for something with more generic sensibilities. ![]() ![]() Given that Perfect Chronology is less of a remake and more of an enhanced port, its visual overhaul is less dramatic than one might imagine. Radiant Historia‘s story was already complete, and adding throwaway episodes of the “find the magical McGuffin of the week” variety is about the least creative method of expansion I can imagine. ![]() While these expositional tidbits provide intriguing context for the central narrative, the quests to earn them are largely superfluous. These take the form of short quests doled out by a new character named Nemesia, and generally focus on enriching Stocke’s understanding of his world’s history. Perfect Chronology adds a third timeline to the mix, one comprised of alternate worlds that tend to deviate slightly from the main scenario. To do so, he utilizes an artefact called the White Chronicle to jump between two parallel timelines, taking actions in each that bleed over to the next and eventually coalesce into a single, “true” history. Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology (3DS) – image for this review provided by Atlus.Īs before, Perfect Chronology follows Alistelian Special Intelligence agent Stocke on his journey to save a dying world from desertification. ![]()
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