Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology

[cruel]

I'm surprised this game doesn't even have its own thread on Codex. I'm 35h in, and I would say it qualifies as 'one of the best jRPG nobody talks about'. I'm having more fun playing this than many other 'must play' recommendations (some older DQ games for example, or Octopath Traveler).

The good stuff:
- very interesting story that treats the player seriously
- cool protagonist who knows when to shut up
- time travel mechanic that's actually important and has some C&C
- excellent music
- very good art style
- memorable cast
- good turn-based combat with some twists (stealing turns, changing enemy positions, characters order etc.)
- very tight economy that always keep you poor
- no random encounters, enemies engaged on the field (+ you can run away)
- difficulty that makes you pay attention to the mechanics

The not-so-good things, only few:
- 3DS only, so needs to be emulated on PC
- combat can get a little bit repetitive if you engage with each and every encounter (not mandatory)
- some things are not explained well and may get confusing

Still, highly recommended if someone is looking for a decent jRPG to play and missed this one for some reason.


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[Thorakitai]

As a guy who played the original DS game. The 3DS game remakes irks me the wrong way with how artstyle looks generic (I prefer DS Eruca design),

story spoilers

how it tries to make the villains redeemable despite them being assholes in both timelines and how it makes a super happy ending where no one is sacrificed when the original golden ending has Heiss giving up his life for Stocke out of love despite hating the world.

 

[Maxie]

It's OK im not aware of another jrpg which focuses so hard on positioning on a 2d grid

 

[Abu Antar]

It was a solid low budget game. I imported the original DS version.

Cool story, good characters, interesting dimension hopping, great soundtrack, and a solid product in general.

Combat, while fun can get repetitive because in most fights you do the exact same thing.

Deffo worth a bigger budget sequel/spiritual successor.

 

[cruel]

I've finally finished the game after 62h or so. Very unique and refreshing experience, not really 'best of' anything material, but does many things good enough that makes it worth playing - mostly for story, characters, art, music, difficulty. Also a very good candidate for 'JRPG for people who hate JRPGs'.

 

[spookyheart]

My first atlus game right after i got into, smt/persona, its aight chrono trigger lite game here for yoko shimoura and really thats bout it now in retrospect since its pretty much just eh ok.

 

[I eat frozen vegetables]

I got the limited edition when it came out. I beat it as well and I would do it again.

 

[Gilius Thunderhead]

It's a slightly more interesting Chrono Trigger, but still nothing special. The combat is extremely repetitive and the time travel gimmick doesn't offer anything that you can't find in Pokemon(i.e. visit previous area and use CUT on that branch, so you can get to the chest). The 3DS version also adds some very questionable new content and ugly portraits.