Just want to say, when I'm looking for a review and see you made one, I always get excited because I know it's going to be a very high quality and helpful review. Thanks again!
I dunno how you manage to drop quality this quickly, but every time I hop on the 'Tube I'm always excited to see whatcha got. Very passion-filled n' exciting video girly! I love how you manage to go super in-depth with these things yet still make them easy to understand. You've played SO many more games than I have, I really need to catch up! 😄
Awwww Bee. ♡ Let me tell ya it ain't easy. Team NO SLEEP for the win. No rest for success as they say. Always appreciate seeing a fellow TH-camr support me in the comments! ♡
Before watching your video, I wasn’t even aware of this game existence. After, I took back my 3DS, bought the game, and now it’s one of my favorite JRPGs ever! Thank you so much!!
The second I saw that battle system I remembered Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana. It's a PS2 era jRPG, but feels like a PS1 era game. Take a look, you might like that one, too.
Girl, I've bought this game a short while back and tossed it in my backlog, my random OST-for-work selector picked it yesterday (teaching me that it was from Yoko Shimomura) and now, you make an as always great review about it. The gods are telling me something...
Why have i not heard of this before!? Deff on my to do list now. That gameplay.....sold! Always love your content pelvic! Love the hair and lipstick too! Keep the dope reviews coming! Thanks!
That makes me so happy to hear! I'm actually shocked how many people are saying that. I can really recommend this game for the game play alone. It's amazing coming up with these wild combos. Appreciate you watching. :-)
I'm wondering whether this game is a candidate for a HD remake - like The Alliance Alive - for the Switch in particular? I feel it probably got lost a bit there on the 3DS at end of life cycle. Same could be said about Strange Journey Redux.
I played Radiant Historia a few months ago and it's one of my favorite J-RPG. The battle system is one of the best I never tried for a turn based RPG ! Every character is unique and they are all useful in battle in different ways ! The battle system made the grinding super fun. I liked switching between all party members and trying different combinations. Some boss battles were tough but never frustrating. I loved the story ! I understand what you meant when you said it was "too perfect". For me, two elements made every important moment impactful: The voice acting and the soundtrack ! They are so powerful ! Even if I knew that I will be able to change things using the White Chronicle, I felt that it was urgent. I have to save this person. I have to change this, etc... It kept me invested in that story. I really enjoyed your review ! Your videos are great and I can't wait for the next one 😀.
Ahh I'm glad you loved it! Yes!! I too fell absolutely in love with the battle system. It never stopped being fun! But I'm glad someone gets what I mean when I say " too perfect" . It kind of took me out of the moment. I felt any sense of danger or consequence was moot. I felt " safe " if you would and that dulled my experience. I appreciate your kind words and support! Thanks for watching!
You know what? I think you just sold me on buying this. It's been too dang long since I played the original, and you just make this sound so enticing. I've been looking for something to play on my 3DS, anyhow, so this sounds like what the doctor ordered. Thank you!
I have the original DS version, but it was good to hear your thoughts on the remake. I loved the battle system as well; it made for great strategy. And I loved the OST, even with its shades of Kingdom Hearts. My favorite track is the one you hear when you first load the game, "Historia".
Damn, I really dont like the look of this port compared to the DS. I also think some of the added content contradicts the atmosphere and even themes of the original game... It's like every human villain was a good dude in the end and the true fault was an abstract super cosmic entity. Still one of my favorite combat systems. The time travel mechanics were really good also, though it kind of killed the pacing. I swear I traversed the same foresty plains like 12 times. Great review! Can't wait for the next
Atlus basically did the same thing for Strange Journey Redux. Bastardised the artsyle and added a bunch of stuff no one asked for that feels out of place in the game.
I've been doing some research and I REALLY want this game. (didn't realise you had done a review until you popped up in the suggestions) It's such an expensive game though. I can't seem to find it anywhere.
At first I thought you were talking about Radiata History from the PS2 era - made by the same pees who did Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile. I've never heard of this title, but it does look interesting. Just need a 3DS to appease my curiosity. Awesome review as always, milady.
Just rewatched your video after finishing the game. You are spot-on on your review, great job :D I wish we could get more games like this one. It just feels that games on the Switch aren't as... portable... as games on the 3DS. I can't see Radiant Historia working as well there as it did on the 3DS. That is a strange concept, but I do prefer my 3DS over my Switch.
Fantastic video! Really like how this game looks. Everything has so much detail. The battle system looks so much fun to use. Definitely wanna give this a go. Just looks so much fun! Loved the review. Keep up the awesome work! :)
The original game is one of my favorite games (Not counting the remake yet cause I haven't finished it or messed with any of the new content quite yet). I love the story and characters as well as the way it handles time travel, and this is one of the few games to ever make grinding... *fun* to me. To the point that, in my original playthrough, I went out of my way to grind for gold cause it didn't bother me. More people need to play this game, and if anyone is uncertain about it, the 3DS version has a pretty lengthy demo (Just, be quick about it since the eShop shuts down soon and physical copies are really expensive).
While I dont mind a good impactful jarring story now and then, I appreciate being able to kind of just make everything good. Its a...happy (?) RPG that still manages to be dark. And mind you, not EVERYTHING can be made perfect. Only the events the touch Stock directly. Its a nice built in limit that makes it so some things just need to be accepted. And yes, the gameplay is just fantastic.
Radiant Historia (both versions, happy to own both of them) and Xenoblade Chronicles 1 are the best RPGs of this decade and with some of the greatest stories of any video game. Glad you finally got to play this. I actually agree with your criticism of "a little too perfect," I think the original DS game had a better ending overall, more "bittersweet." The new content just...undoes a lot of those deep emotional feelings you get from the original ending. Makes it tough for me on which version to recommend to people; I think overall the 3DS game is better and obviously has more content, but the story is the most important part of an RPG to me and I liked the DS version's better.
This game is so baller in design, hard to turn away a game that can be described as "be a medieval time traveling 007" . (On the note of avoiding things perfectly feeling weird, I always thought Tactics Ogre handled that bit better, and they had to be related, because those menus look super similar. You can go back and change a lot, but even a "perfect" run still leaves half or more of the recruitable roster dead or worse, including the series standard "you got assassinated in the ending")
Neat to see this game reviewed. Got it on a whim, my new favorite 3DS game. (Fav DS goes to 999) My thoughts: I found the change based on a solitary action did not always make characters shallow. Not always. But every time they played the Steins;Gate "actions affect the alternate character", I groaned because this only plays out when the game wants it to. I was also not a fan of the perfect chronology, namely Nemesia's bits. It felt like it wanted to force a happy ending rather than add to the story.
Yet another solid review, i also enjoyed this game but was glad for it to be over by time i finished. Have you ever played any of the ''Legend of Heroes" games? aka 'trails'?
Brilliant review! I agree with pretty much everything you had to say. I, too, was torn between the old and new character art and kept switching between them. The battle system is fantastic, the music okay but not outstanding, and yeah it dragged a little in places. But, overall, I thought it was an excellent game.
Oh man I love majors mask also!I agree with you about the art.I like the new graphics but the ds does have better art in some aspects like some characters.
I just bought this yesterday since it’s on sale on the eShop for £6 in the UK. I probably should have checked if you’d reviewed it *before* buying it, but never mind
Oh wow, that combat looks loke so much fun. Seems quite inventive and dynamic for its time, bit of a precursor for Dragon Star Varnir, more limited but more... malleable?
really like the old DS art the darker shading made it look more original while the new one makes some characters look quite generic but i think the new art makes heiss look a lot better in my opinion
You showed up randomly in my recommended and you were talking about Radiant Historia. I borrowed/stole it from my brother and played the original on the DS. I really liked the story and when I started to get the hang of the combat system, it was magic. Didn't know they did a remake. Kinda sad that some of the art got glossed and buffed down to generic cute girls. I liked the thick lines and detailed faces. Since you seem rather interesting, I guess I'll be exploring your other stuff.
I’d say it reminds me most of Xenogears meets chrono trigger. The graphics and sprites remind me of xenogears, along with the music. And the past future game play does feel like end game chrono trigger. The added on red chronicle story was .... ok. It definitely was a great ending once you completed everything including the red chronicle. But the red chronicle quests themselves... despite being kinda neat seeing all the different realities and character relationships... was a bit of a slog. Like I was just going through the motions at that point Cus you’ve already beaten the game a couple times, and none of the challenges were anything great. But as a classic RPG lover.. I was super happy to have found this game out of the blue.
Yup. Agree with most of it. Fun time travel element. Gets a bit much by the endgame and youve got 50 time line points and you’re trying to remember which one had access to where and whom. I liked the add on with the “3rd” alternate time line on the boat... but mostly for the happy ending complete ending. Going through all the alternate histories to get the artifacts was a slog. My main complaint was how basic and force fed the main story was. Like they REALLY take you out of the game, constantly, with inner monologue explaining his tough life choices to player, as if we couldn’t follow along. “Mmm... if I pick up this dollar.. I’d have a dollar... but if I don’t... I won’t have a dollar.... eh, audience? Wink wink. Hint hint. Nudge nudge”. Yeah stocke we get it. Lol. Otherwise... still a fun ride
I started playing a month ago and Im not finished yet and then I discovered this remake version. Didnt cara, the new art its way less intersting. Tnks for the great review, lov your channel
I thought it was an 8/10 also, it's a very good game but i personally think it's just a tad bit overhyped. Here's my TLDR on everything i personally liked, dislike and whatever nitpicks i had with it. Pros The amount of quality voice acting put into the game is probably the best thing about this game The turn based gameplay is unique and offers types of strategy plays that only can exist within this game The time traveling style and aspect (on paper) is a cool idea The “Change Character Turn Base Order” feature is unique and a great feature The Vault Of Time (End Game) The Ability to lower the difficulty mid game (Because this game’s difficulty even on normal isn’t balanced all around) Cons The game is unforgiving when it comes to the money rewards and experience gain from majority of the enemies in this game forcing you to grind continuously to be at a satisfying level for where you are in the story. backtracking through the to main timelines to change things in the present or different timeline is a double edged sword. In a small way it can be looked at as unique and cool. But when executed it can get tedious and confusing more often than not. If you don’t know exactly what “time node” to travel back and forward to in order to progress in the game then your enjoyment will get hindered quickly and significantly. The time travel in this game also cause many plot holes, unexplained reasons for what how the white chronicle carries the MC or anything he takes within through time. Too many bosses throughout the game when they first become available for you to fight basically force you to not necessarily utilize many of the skills and tactics that the game gives you to defeat them other than the “change order”. Example poisoning a boss and trying to stay alive long enough for the poison to kill the boss instead of you actually putting in any effort from an offensive standpoint. The preemptive attacks don’t work 100% of the time if you perfectly perform the action for one. Example attacking an enemy from behind and then starting the battle from behind does not necessarily guarantee you give you a preemptive start to that battle and actually can sometime give the enemy the starting attack which makes no sense. Nitpicks No Ability to swap out any of the 3 battle party members you have mid battle for the characters on the sidelines. Only 3 characters? Why only 3? Why not 4? Ps1 JRPGs get a pass but not for the time this game came out, it would have been forgiven if there was a character tag swap ability but there isn’t Anyway great review!
money rewards and experience gains are an issue mostly in the 3DS version. I feel they purposefully reduced the amount you gain to sell the exp and money DLCs
@@EliasCassab yeah i feel the same way too i want a fan of that because when i looked up the DS version it looked more appealing the way they initially had it setup
@@PelvicGaming sadly i didn't feel grinding was enjoyable to me in this game. Either enemies were either too weak and the exp gain wasn't worth the time to invest or they were too strong and my characters weren't meant to be fighting these enemies right now and no amount of strategic thought could be put into enemies that 1 hit kill your squad. Fighting in that side dungeon was welcomed i just wish you kept your currency once you left but that also adds tension one can debate so ehh lol
The extra ending and character certainly sound nice, but sadly the 3DS version is going for a lot in my region, so I will have to pass on an upgrade. And I find the way the voice acting is delivered rather painful.
Glad ya liked the game! Personally I really couldn't get behind it. Part of it, for me, is that the story was very predictable. Like as soon as anything was foreshadowed I knew exactly where it was going so it came across as bland. Mixed with the characters being a bit stocky, or 'Stocke-y', lead to a lot of dragging on. And for whatever reason the battle system never really resonated with me. Which is surprising because on paper it's a bit like Megaman Battle Network and Riviera: The Promised Land's battle systems.
I haven't played this yet. I've wanted it since it came out on the original DS. Maybe one day! I'll say this, I definitely think Eruca's original art is TERRIBLE. Don't like the pixie cut at all. But I agree that the dark lines of the original in general looks awesome. Very cool that they let you choose, though disappointing that it's paid DLC.
ShadowWolfRising no, it’s a port with added content. A remake implies the game was remade... you know, with new graphics. The game looks exactly the same as DS. Strange Journey Redux is more of a “remake” than this game since it actually had upgraded environments, at the very least.
Andrew Dhulst lmao slight improvements do not equate a remake. Or are you gonna tell me a game like Alliance Alive HD counts as a remake too? Dunno why y’all are getting so hung up on this. Saying it’s a port is not doing it any sort of disservice.
Fun fact: Yoko Shimomura did the music who also composed Kingdom Hearts. She’s brilliant.
And Legend of Mana.
That's why I said it reminded me of Kingdom Hearts. ^^; She is brilliant.
@@PelvicGaming I love Yoko Shimomura, but it seems to me like after Kingdom Hearts, she kind of fell into a single style.
The old artwork was more inspired. Wish they kept them as default, not as DLC.
Just want to say, when I'm looking for a review and see you made one, I always get excited because I know it's going to be a very high quality and helpful review. Thanks again!
Awwh thank you for the kind words :)
I dunno how you manage to drop quality this quickly, but every time I hop on the 'Tube I'm always excited to see whatcha got. Very passion-filled n' exciting video girly! I love how you manage to go super in-depth with these things yet still make them easy to understand. You've played SO many more games than I have, I really need to catch up! 😄
Awwww Bee. ♡
Let me tell ya it ain't easy. Team NO SLEEP for the win. No rest for success as they say.
Always appreciate seeing a fellow TH-camr support me in the comments! ♡
Someone talking about Radiant Hostoria (one of my favorite games) in 2019?! You’ve just earned a subscriber 😂
Thank you!!! ♡♡♡
She’s a hidden gem so feel lucky.
same honestly
This is one of the best games of all time. So underrated
So frustrating that so few have even heard of it
@@onometre Well I hope to shed some light on it!
Not underrated since is a top jrpg in a lot of jrpg channels. Great game, both versions.
Every time I search "best rpgs for 3ds" on TH-cam this game is referenced in a list
Before watching your video, I wasn’t even aware of this game existence. After, I took back my 3DS, bought the game, and now it’s one of my favorite JRPGs ever! Thank you so much!!
You're right, that combat system looks satisfying AF.
And the sprites are easy on the eyes.
The second I saw that battle system I remembered Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana. It's a PS2 era jRPG, but feels like a PS1 era game. Take a look, you might like that one, too.
Ever since watching your best battle systems video, I knew you'd love this game. Was looking forward to it ever since.
Oh yeah. I fell in love. Now to tackle Grandia 2 one of these days.
Found this on Eshop for a decent price and I'm playing through it now. I LOVE IT!
Happy to hear it!!!
Recently subbed and going through your vids, mad respect for reviewing one of my fav games ever
Thank you! This game was an absolute joy. Hope you enjoy the rest of the content!
@@PelvicGaming I definitely will! What game you playing next? I highly recommend the Yakuza series (start with Zero).
Girl, I've bought this game a short while back and tossed it in my backlog, my random OST-for-work selector picked it yesterday (teaching me that it was from Yoko Shimomura) and now, you make an as always great review about it. The gods are telling me something...
Treat yo' self! It's an incredibly fun game. The battle system alone is just... a masterpiece. It's fun. It never stopped being FUN.
Why have i not heard of this before!? Deff on my to do list now. That gameplay.....sold! Always love your content pelvic! Love the hair and lipstick too! Keep the dope reviews coming! Thanks!
That makes me so happy to hear! I'm actually shocked how many people are saying that. I can really recommend this game for the game play alone. It's amazing coming up with these wild combos. Appreciate you watching. :-)
One of my favorite RPGs of all time
I'm wondering whether this game is a candidate for a HD remake - like The Alliance Alive - for the Switch in particular? I feel it probably got lost a bit there on the 3DS at end of life cycle. Same could be said about Strange Journey Redux.
This is one on my list of 3DS games I want. I really should look into it. Good vid!
I played Radiant Historia a few months ago and it's one of my favorite J-RPG.
The battle system is one of the best I never tried for a turn based RPG ! Every character is unique and they are all useful in battle in different ways ! The battle system made the grinding super fun. I liked switching between all party members and trying different combinations. Some boss battles were tough but never frustrating.
I loved the story ! I understand what you meant when you said it was "too perfect". For me, two elements made every important moment impactful: The voice acting and the soundtrack ! They are so powerful ! Even if I knew that I will be able to change things using the White Chronicle, I felt that it was urgent. I have to save this person. I have to change this, etc... It kept me invested in that story.
I really enjoyed your review ! Your videos are great and I can't wait for the next one 😀.
Ahh I'm glad you loved it! Yes!! I too fell absolutely in love with the battle system. It never stopped being fun! But I'm glad someone gets what I mean when I say " too perfect" . It kind of took me out of the moment. I felt any sense of danger or consequence was moot. I felt " safe " if you would and that dulled my experience. I appreciate your kind words and support! Thanks for watching!
Wow, that was a really detailed and good review. Good Job. 👍
Thank you so much! :-)
Achievement Unlocked: Great review! I'm sold!
What do you think has better and or funner time travel Radiant Historia or Chrono Trigger?
The DS original is one of my favorite rpgs of all time
You know what? I think you just sold me on buying this. It's been too dang long since I played the original, and you just make this sound so enticing. I've been looking for something to play on my 3DS, anyhow, so this sounds like what the doctor ordered. Thank you!
updating to say I did in fact buy it, so thanks!
The gameplay looks like it gets way more fun as it goes on. I might just have to buy it for real.
I have the original DS version, but it was good to hear your thoughts on the remake. I loved the battle system as well; it made for great strategy. And I loved the OST, even with its shades of Kingdom Hearts. My favorite track is the one you hear when you first load the game, "Historia".
You're radiant! Nice review as well.
Great video, nice to find out about some of the less well known RPGs.... and your hair is amazing 😋
Omg yes this is one of my favorite games of all time!! I'm so happy it's getting some love lately
The sprite work and character portraits look amazing.
Damn, I really dont like the look of this port compared to the DS. I also think some of the added content contradicts the atmosphere and even themes of the original game... It's like every human villain was a good dude in the end and the true fault was an abstract super cosmic entity.
Still one of my favorite combat systems. The time travel mechanics were really good also, though it kind of killed the pacing. I swear I traversed the same foresty plains like 12 times.
Great review! Can't wait for the next
Atlus basically did the same thing for Strange Journey Redux. Bastardised the artsyle and added a bunch of stuff no one asked for that feels out of place in the game.
@@iseeu46 I have the DS version of STrange Journey on a flash cart, however I hard that it is ridiculously hard.
@@BinaryDood It can get get quite tedious late game but still good though.
'Erica and Raynie don't look good in the new art.'
THANK YOU!
Good job on the review. Definitely a series that has some cool stuff going for it.
Played this game last year and enjoyed it very much. Great review!
I've been doing some research and I REALLY want this game. (didn't realise you had done a review until you popped up in the suggestions) It's such an expensive game though. I can't seem to find it anywhere.
At first I thought you were talking about Radiata History from the PS2 era - made by the same pees who did Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile. I've never heard of this title, but it does look interesting. Just need a 3DS to appease my curiosity. Awesome review as always, milady.
Oh, one of my favorite games for the DS in a Pelvic Review, what a nice surprise!
I aim to please. ♡
Just rewatched your video after finishing the game. You are spot-on on your review, great job :D
I wish we could get more games like this one. It just feels that games on the Switch aren't as... portable... as games on the 3DS. I can't see Radiant Historia working as well there as it did on the 3DS. That is a strange concept, but I do prefer my 3DS over my Switch.
Fantastic video! Really like how this game looks. Everything has so much detail. The battle system looks so much fun to use. Definitely wanna give this a go. Just looks so much fun! Loved the review. Keep up the awesome work! :)
The original game is one of my favorite games (Not counting the remake yet cause I haven't finished it or messed with any of the new content quite yet). I love the story and characters as well as the way it handles time travel, and this is one of the few games to ever make grinding... *fun* to me. To the point that, in my original playthrough, I went out of my way to grind for gold cause it didn't bother me.
More people need to play this game, and if anyone is uncertain about it, the 3DS version has a pretty lengthy demo (Just, be quick about it since the eShop shuts down soon and physical copies are really expensive).
While I dont mind a good impactful jarring story now and then, I appreciate being able to kind of just make everything good. Its a...happy (?) RPG that still manages to be dark. And mind you, not EVERYTHING can be made perfect. Only the events the touch Stock directly. Its a nice built in limit that makes it so some things just need to be accepted. And yes, the gameplay is just fantastic.
Great job and review, I loved this game
Man, the music is as great as I remember it.
Raynie was my favorite in this game, but I've always been fond of spears, halberds, etc. I remember shipping her and Stocke a lot.
Radiant Historia (both versions, happy to own both of them) and Xenoblade Chronicles 1 are the best RPGs of this decade and with some of the greatest stories of any video game. Glad you finally got to play this. I actually agree with your criticism of "a little too perfect," I think the original DS game had a better ending overall, more "bittersweet." The new content just...undoes a lot of those deep emotional feelings you get from the original ending. Makes it tough for me on which version to recommend to people; I think overall the 3DS game is better and obviously has more content, but the story is the most important part of an RPG to me and I liked the DS version's better.
This game is so baller in design, hard to turn away a game that can be described as "be a medieval time traveling 007" .
(On the note of avoiding things perfectly feeling weird, I always thought Tactics Ogre handled that bit better, and they had to be related, because those menus look super similar. You can go back and change a lot, but even a "perfect" run still leaves half or more of the recruitable roster dead or worse, including the series standard "you got assassinated in the ending")
Both the original and the remake have been sitting in my collection for a while. Maybe I should give them a go.
PLEASE DO. ITS SO FUN
Neat to see this game reviewed. Got it on a whim, my new favorite 3DS game. (Fav DS goes to 999) My thoughts:
I found the change based on a solitary action did not always make characters shallow. Not always. But every time they played the Steins;Gate "actions affect the alternate character", I groaned because this only plays out when the game wants it to.
I was also not a fan of the perfect chronology, namely Nemesia's bits. It felt like it wanted to force a happy ending rather than add to the story.
Awesome vid definitely getting this game now
OH HECK YEAH, I HOPE YOU LOVE IT!!!
This game deserves a hand drawn remake on switch.
woah, this game legit looks fire. Love the video too, its lit.
Yet another solid review, i also enjoyed this game but was glad for it to be over by time i finished. Have you ever played any of the ''Legend of Heroes" games? aka 'trails'?
Super review...this game reminds me of a combination of Suikoden II , FF 6, and Tales of Destiny. Keep the reviews coming....😉
Brilliant review! I agree with pretty much everything you had to say. I, too, was torn between the old and new character art and kept switching between them. The battle system is fantastic, the music okay but not outstanding, and yeah it dragged a little in places. But, overall, I thought it was an excellent game.
Oh man I love majors mask also!I agree with you about the art.I like the new graphics but the ds does have better art in some aspects like some characters.
I haven’t picked this game yet, been meaning too. Great review, looks like a must play for DS RPGs
This is one of those games I always wondered about but never got around to trying. Maybe I will pick it up some day ^_^
Have you review stella glow?
Nope!
I just bought this yesterday since it’s on sale on the eShop for £6 in the UK. I probably should have checked if you’d reviewed it *before* buying it, but never mind
It's okay! It's a great purchase!
Oh wow, that combat looks loke so much fun. Seems quite inventive and dynamic for its time, bit of a precursor for Dragon Star Varnir, more limited but more... malleable?
I was waiting for this review
really like the old DS art the darker shading made it look more original while the new one makes some characters look quite generic but i think the new art makes heiss look a lot better in my opinion
yes you are talking 3DS gems! hello Raynie and Marco!
You showed up randomly in my recommended and you were talking about Radiant Historia. I borrowed/stole it from my brother and played the original on the DS. I really liked the story and when I started to get the hang of the combat system, it was magic. Didn't know they did a remake. Kinda sad that some of the art got glossed and buffed down to generic cute girls. I liked the thick lines and detailed faces. Since you seem rather interesting, I guess I'll be exploring your other stuff.
I like to correct myself and it's a port more than a remake. But they did add a bunch of extra content. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy. :-)
@@PelvicGaming Thanks for making interesting videos
Great review!!!
Pelvic looks good.
I’d say it reminds me most of Xenogears meets chrono trigger. The graphics and sprites remind me of xenogears, along with the music. And the past future game play does feel like end game chrono trigger. The added on red chronicle story was .... ok. It definitely was a great ending once you completed everything including the red chronicle. But the red chronicle quests themselves... despite being kinda neat seeing all the different realities and character relationships... was a bit of a slog. Like I was just going through the motions at that point Cus you’ve already beaten the game a couple times, and none of the challenges were anything great.
But as a classic RPG lover.. I was super happy to have found this game out of the blue.
Yup. Agree with most of it. Fun time travel element. Gets a bit much by the endgame and youve got 50 time line points and you’re trying to remember which one had access to where and whom. I liked the add on with the “3rd” alternate time line on the boat... but mostly for the happy ending complete ending. Going through all the alternate histories to get the artifacts was a slog.
My main complaint was how basic and force fed the main story was. Like they REALLY take you out of the game, constantly, with inner monologue explaining his tough life choices to player, as if we couldn’t follow along. “Mmm... if I pick up this dollar.. I’d have a dollar... but if I don’t... I won’t have a dollar.... eh, audience? Wink wink. Hint hint. Nudge nudge”. Yeah stocke we get it. Lol. Otherwise... still a fun ride
8:33 princess Diana haha
"hard on for chronno trigger" - that could have been my twitter name, but went with towtansua in the end
so many modern games nail the mechanics and graphical inspirations from classic rpgs, but don't end up having stories that are quite as memorable
I’m so mad I sold my 3ds collection! I had all the ds and 3ds rpgs, what was I thinking!
Now that you have beaten SMT4:A have you recognized that Stocke and Dagda share the same voice actor?
No idea!!
yeah pixie cuts can be cool
I started playing a month ago and Im not finished yet and then I discovered this remake version. Didnt cara, the new art its way less intersting.
Tnks for the great review, lov your channel
interesting to put it so highly over P5. me, i actually never finished octopath or bravely default.
She’s lovely
I thought it was an 8/10 also, it's a very good game but i personally think it's just a tad bit overhyped.
Here's my TLDR on everything i personally liked, dislike and whatever nitpicks i had with it.
Pros
The amount of quality voice acting put into the game is probably the best thing about this game
The turn based gameplay is unique and offers types of strategy plays that only can exist within this game
The time traveling style and aspect (on paper) is a cool idea
The “Change Character Turn Base Order” feature is unique and a great feature
The Vault Of Time (End Game)
The Ability to lower the difficulty mid game (Because this game’s difficulty even on normal isn’t balanced all around)
Cons
The game is unforgiving when it comes to the money rewards and experience gain from majority of the enemies in this game forcing you to grind continuously to be at a satisfying level for where you are in the story.
backtracking through the to main timelines to change things in the present or different timeline is a double edged sword. In a small way it can be looked at as unique and cool. But when executed it can get tedious and confusing more often than not. If you don’t know exactly what “time node” to travel back and forward to in order to progress in the game then your enjoyment will get hindered quickly and significantly.
The time travel in this game also cause many plot holes, unexplained reasons for what how the white chronicle carries the MC or anything he takes within through time.
Too many bosses throughout the game when they first become available for you to fight basically force you to not necessarily utilize many of the skills and tactics that the game gives you to defeat them other than the “change order”. Example poisoning a boss and trying to stay alive long enough for the poison to kill the boss instead of you actually putting in any effort from an offensive standpoint.
The preemptive attacks don’t work 100% of the time if you perfectly perform the action for one. Example attacking an enemy from behind and then starting the battle from behind does not necessarily guarantee you give you a preemptive start to that battle and actually can sometime give the enemy the starting attack which makes no sense.
Nitpicks
No Ability to swap out any of the 3 battle party members you have mid battle for the characters on the sidelines.
Only 3 characters? Why only 3? Why not 4? Ps1 JRPGs get a pass but not for the time this game came out, it would have been forgiven if there was a character tag swap ability but there isn’t
Anyway great review!
money rewards and experience gains are an issue mostly in the 3DS version. I feel they purposefully reduced the amount you gain to sell the exp and money DLCs
Money I understand. EXP? What?? I B R E E Z E D through this game. BREEZED. And I loved grinding in this game cause the combat was just stupid fun.
@@EliasCassab yeah i feel the same way too i want a fan of that because when i looked up the DS version it looked more appealing the way they initially had it setup
@@PelvicGaming actually you are right. It was just money that was reduced. (I just looked it up again)
@@PelvicGaming sadly i didn't feel grinding was enjoyable to me in this game. Either enemies were either too weak and the exp gain wasn't worth the time to invest or they were too strong and my characters weren't meant to be fighting these enemies right now and no amount of strategic thought could be put into enemies that 1 hit kill your squad. Fighting in that side dungeon was welcomed i just wish you kept your currency once you left but that also adds tension one can debate so ehh lol
This game is $80 now 😮
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The extra ending and character certainly sound nice, but sadly the 3DS version is going for a lot in my region, so I will have to pass on an upgrade. And I find the way the voice acting is delivered rather painful.
Glad ya liked the game!
Personally I really couldn't get behind it. Part of it, for me, is that the story was very predictable. Like as soon as anything was foreshadowed I knew exactly where it was going so it came across as bland. Mixed with the characters being a bit stocky, or 'Stocke-y', lead to a lot of dragging on.
And for whatever reason the battle system never really resonated with me. Which is surprising because on paper it's a bit like Megaman Battle Network and Riviera: The Promised Land's battle systems.
I haven't played this yet. I've wanted it since it came out on the original DS. Maybe one day! I'll say this, I definitely think Eruca's original art is TERRIBLE. Don't like the pixie cut at all. But I agree that the dark lines of the original in general looks awesome. Very cool that they let you choose, though disappointing that it's paid DLC.
Port - not a remake. :)
They added content, it's a remake.
ShadowWolfRising no, it’s a port with added content. A remake implies the game was remade... you know, with new graphics. The game looks exactly the same as DS. Strange Journey Redux is more of a “remake” than this game since it actually had upgraded environments, at the very least.
@@christiandorr1546 then why are the graphics and texture packs better?
Andrew Dhulst lmao slight improvements do not equate a remake. Or are you gonna tell me a game like Alliance Alive HD counts as a remake too? Dunno why y’all are getting so hung up on this. Saying it’s a port is not doing it any sort of disservice.
@@christiandorr1546 "lmao"? who is hung up?
I gave up on this game because it was too repetitive.
i've watch now multiple reviews and you're definitely not it for me. bye
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