![]() Getting to see alternate worlds and explore snapshots of RH’s characters and events in the different scenarios than the main timeline allows for, histories with variations outside of Stocke’s control, is kind of neat at times. And I do have to say, a decent amount of Perfect Chronology’s new content is pretty good. Atlus at least gave a shit about Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, and I can appreciate that. And while you’re at it, maybe consult with them about the definition of “quality” and “dignity”, too. If you’re still confused, try consulting with your Silicon Studio team or your PlatinumGames group apparently they’re the only people who have passed through your offices in the last 2 decades who have any familiarity with that term. See, SquareEnix? This is what “effort” looks like. And let’s not even get into the debacle of CT’s recent release on Steam-if you somehow, after the past 25 years, still needed evidence that SquareEnix does not and never will give half a shit about its greatest creation, you sure as hell got it in February of this year.Ītlus, on the other hand? When Atlus decides to rerelease their time-travel classic, they add a bonus dungeon and a new super boss.and also voice acting, new character art, several pieces of art of important moments in the game, over 2 dozen new sidequest scenarios, a huge expansion of the known lore of the world, a new look at several of the preexisting villains as well as a perspective on a vital lore character never seen in the original game, a new hugely important character, and an entire new dimension to the plot that involves a post-game quest which leads to a new, final ending. ![]() In SquareEnix’s eyes, 2 dungeons and some incredibly half hearted foreshadowing for a game that already came out over 10 years before is more than worth hitting your bank account for 40 HP. ![]() I mean, Jesus, look at the Chrono Trigger DS rerelease. When SquareEnix, lazy pack of greedy asswipes as they are, rerelease a game, they basically just slap on a new optional dungeon, maybe a couple extra lines of dialogue to a super boss or two, and call it a day. Although I would rather a developer not add/change anything when rereleasing a game, if they’re gonna do it, they should at least go all in. New Content: First of all, I’ll credit Atlus with this: they ain’t SquareEnix. I’ll try to keep spoilers for the new content to a minimum, but if you don’t know the game at all, this is not the rant to read for it-or at least, you should skip to the end, to determine whether you should play this port or the original. I’m gonna speak about this game with the understanding that you already know the original release of Radiant Historia. I’d planned to do a DLC rant on it anyway, as I do for pretty much any RPG I play which has add-ons, so why not also talk about the new content added to the main game, too? These add-on rants are meant to be kind of a review/warning for prospective buyers, anyway, so in addition to determining whether you should consider buying the DLCs for Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, let’s also take a look at the remake’s new content as a whole, and figure out whether any of it’s worth it. I really did love RH the first time around, so I figured, what the hell, I’d play the role of the non-thinking consumer just this once, as a thank-you to Atlus for it and the SMT series in general.Īnd so I bought it, and I played it, and I finished it. With Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, however, I decided, on something of a whim, to purchase the new release, even though I had already bought and played it before. But the difference there is that I had never played those games’ original versions, so for me, I was, indeed, getting a new game for the price of a new game. I did so for Skies of Arcadia, Romancing Saga 1, and Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, after all. That’s not to say, I guess, that I’ve never purchased remakes before, in the technical sense. Which is something I really never do, honestly, because I’m opposed to the idea of having to pay multiple times for the same game, and I am morally outraged by the scenario of a developer coming up to me 10+ years after I helped support them with my patronage and telling me, “PSYCH! You think you played our game? That was just an incomplete first draft THIS is how it was made to be played! Fuckin’ rube!” You wanna rerelease your game, fine, but could you maybe not go and add a bunch of new story content to it and make me feel like a fucking fool for having paid full price for what was apparently an incomplete product? Radiant Historia, 1 of the best Nintendo DS RPGs made and a personal favorite of mine, was recently rereleased for the 3DS, updated with a lot of new content.
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