Radiant Historia for Nintendo DS Reviews by Gamers

Alright let's see here.

Overall I would say this game deserves an eight.

Here's why:

It actually brings something new to the table. When I first read about it and was told it was all about time travel, I edged away, thinking that the developers probably spent way to much time on the time travel aspect and left out things like combat or fun side quests. I was wrong. While their Historia's combat system is nothing terribly new, it does have some interesting elements.

First, yes it is a turn based system, akin to that of Final Fantasy X's, where you can see who goes next and whatnot. Cool thing is, you're allowed to switch out your turn with someone else's, even the enemy, which allows to to string combos together. The other aspect I found enjoyable was the ability to move enemies around on their field, hitting them into one another and then being able to attack two or even three enemies at once. While fun and engaging though, it didn't really change the turn based combat system that drastically.

Now, the time travel. I'd have to say it was executed fairly well. My first and foremost concern was that the game was going to get extremely repetitive, seeing as I'd be going to back to change one thing a whole lot or something like that. But, again, I was surprised. What they did with the time travel was quite interesting. First, you could only go back to things called "nodes". These were places in time that had significant impacts later on, and also would branch out into a different history. The cool thing was, things you did in one history, could also affect another history. I occasionally found myself baffled at why this affected that, but eventually it all started to make sense.

So, yes. It's a decent buy and I would recommend it to anyone who loved the final fantasy franchise, or anyone who enjoys traveling through time. Both aspects are brought out extremely well.

If you are a big back to the future fan or any time travel series you will find this a refreshing breath of air in the rpg world. Personally as a fan of Megaman Battlenetwork I found the combat to be very similar, so if you are missing out on the old 9 square combat this is the game for you.

... that have an original story and game play, I think you will like Radiant Historia. Most people who play RPGs like long games with deep stories and this game definitely offers that. I think that there are a lot of a-typical aspects to this game such as dialog and whatnot, but overall I found a lot of aspects of this game to be original, like the battle mechanic, the time traveling and even the overall feel of the game -- though I will add a disclaimer that the most recent RPG and JRPG games I have played are FFVII, Dragon Age, and Mass Effect, so there may be other games similar to Radiant Historia out there.

I did find some of the time traveling very confusing when it came to figuring out which point in time you needed to go to to continue the story and I didn't feel like there were obvious clues you could locate if you were stuck. Often times I had to look to online strategy guides for direction.

This is a game that I think about even after I have closed my DS and gone about my day, so there is definitely something to the story and characters, which is what most RPG fans crave.

Radiant Historia has a number of unique features; unfortunately it is also a member of a far-too-large class of games that coulda shoulda been better.

The game can be praised for adding something original to the tried and true turn-based battle system. By switching turns not only with your party members but also with enemies, you can strategically form long chains of successive ally attacks, which will allow you to land more powerful attacks as well as earn bonuses. Battling effectively will also require you to make good use of moves that allow you to push enemies into one another so they can be attacked all at once. The system is well done though it still will become repetitive after a while...

Being able to jump between two timelines was a good idea, but it could have been done better. For one thing, it's only two. You have the one choice you make that splits the game into two, and that's it. You're presented other choices from time to time, but they're false - one will just give you a bad ending and the other continues the story. Sometimes even that choice won't let you continue until you go to the other timeline and accomplish something there. Which is fine, but the game makes this too easy, telling you when you need to switch over, and to what point in time you must go. The basics of a good idea are here, but it's too linear and simple to get the most out of the concept.

The storyline and decent gameplay keep things moving interestingly, but unimpressive production value prevents this game from being as good as it could be. In particular there are not enough enemy types, and I was really bothered by how there are so few songs in the game. So many outdoor areas play the same song, and some cutscenes have no music at all. This game had a solid framework and it's just too bad that not enough effort was put into it for it to be seen at its best.

RH still stands out as unique and does enough right to be worth a look if you're in to this genre.

This game is another example of wasted potential, while not bad it could have been so much more. Time travel is a great idea for a game and an epic story, but sadly this idea is barely used and as the game goes on falls by the wayside. Many times through the game you will need to make a decision, but there is only one right answer and the wrong choice leads to an immediate game over. You will have no way of knowing which is the right choice so you have a 50/50 chance to guess it right, so what's the point in having them? It would have been nice if they had made the game continue on a different path depending on your choices instead of just giving the illusion of choice. There are only two timelines you can follow and you'll just follow along one until the game stops you and tells you to switch to the other one, and vice versa. The battle system has an interesting system where you can move enemies around a grid to damage multiple enemies with chain attacks but as the game wore on I used it less and less and it's almost never necessary to win.

Overall it's a decent game but you'll quickly realize it's just another linear jrpg. They could have done so much more with the premise and made a truly epic game!

Oh and for a fun drinking game take a shot every time a character uses ellipses :3

this game is an alrite one.

its all about making decisions and watever u decide is bad or good, personally i found it annoying and confusing.

the combat and storyline r the only two things that r good about this game.

a good rent but but was just too confusing.

As the title says Radiant Histora is an good game but isnt for everyone because of the pacing of the game. The reasons I didnt like this game alot is because of the overused war element in Jrpgs or rpgs in general the only the character I actually liked was the main character (which I forgot his name). but the music was epic and the gameplay or battle system is top notch for a ds game. now to conclude with this review I give it a 8 out of ten

one of the best games i played. loved the ending but wished there was more. Also, stopping the evil boss at the end was almost imposible!! Make sure to level everyone up!! I wish there were more games like this. another great game like this is called 9 hours 9 doors 9 people. Its simular to this game, so if you love this, you will love that game.