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Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology first trailer
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Mattakuevan
Member
Wow, even worse than expected. Will not be getting this for sure.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
It's not like this game is coming stateside anyway.
Scrooge McDuck
Member
Like so.
Mineshaft_Gap
4077th
I've just got one thing to say...
~~~uguuuu
~~~uguuuu
Sakura
Member
"same"
I dunno left looks way better.
R_thanatos
Member
It also looks generic as fuck.
Sakura
Member
Yea but it's cute and that's all that matters.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
I mean, the redesigns are bad but they're not as bad as the ones in Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals.
^These are the same character
^These are the same character
The Wheel of Fortune
Member
Pretty much, and I'm a big fan of this game.
The first game had such an unique feel and tone to it (sort of melancholic and dramatic) that went to the shitter with these changes. Fuck the new scenario; I don't even know what the point of this port is if they're going to take an unique game and pander it to the anime fans so late in the 3DS life cycle.
TheMoon
Member
Have you heard of sarcasm.
I like the new one better."same"
chrominance
Member
As someone who knows basically nothing about Radiant Historia (but has an unopened DS copy waiting to be played one day), the trailer makes me think this is a Tales game.
I'm guessing this is grossly misrepresentative of what the actual story and characters will be like.
I'm guessing this is grossly misrepresentative of what the actual story and characters will be like.
"same"
I like the cleaner art on the left side one, but the long hair and tiara completely changes what I expect the character to be like (I've never played the game). I much prefer how the one on the right comes off as in that regard.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Didn't the original sell pretty bad? I mean, even if they were secretly preferring the old artstyle maybe they're trying something different in the hope that it will sell better this time around.
Neoleo2143
Member
Depends on the Artstyle. The blacks of the old style really gave it some unique flavor and the new art feels a little too bubblegum. Not a fan to be honest.
As for the spoiler, I have yet to see anyone really complain about the art in FE: Echoes for example so it depends on the art on display.
SilverLunar
Member
She doesn't even look like the same character, the design is completely different.
Spieler Eins
Member
Only bad ones. The original RH is anime too.
Good. I always thought her art was quite ugly.
And that changes because of the character portrait art how?
eyeball_kid
Member
I guess if I ever get around to playing this, I'll have to grab an original copy. What always caught my eye about Radiant Historia was the great character designs and linework on the old art. Elegant, evocative artwork that tells a story with a one drawing. The new art style is generic, stylized kawaii designs typical of modern anime. Whoever signed off on this at Atlus should be ashamed.
R_thanatos
Member
Sorry my detector was broken .. Still out for repairs.
That thing breaks way too easily when i'm browsing GAF
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
I hate the redone character designs, but I'm happy more people get to experience one of my favorite JRPGs of all time.
Stone Ocean
Member
Two ports of 8 year old games, not really that much of a loss.
Damn, this is really good.
DragonGirl
Member
Err, hmmm. I was excited for this but after watching the video. That new portrait art seems a little...pandering to an audience that isn't me. I think I'm happy sticking with my original copy.
It takes away from the tone. Making it generic Moe art to apeal to people who want to infantilize everything and apeal to questionable fetishes takes something away from the game, artistically speaking.
NeonZ
Member
Half of a game worth of content is still a lot. What makes these ports feel lazy is the lack of engine/overall graphical updates, not the gameplay and story additions.
Since we are near the end of the 3DS lifespan, it could maybe increase the chances of this being localized and sold internationally?
Paltheos
Member
The redesigns are really bad
I know. They're way too clean!
Allot of people fairly don't like Eruca's total redesign but me, personally, I can't get behind Stocke the most. Stocke is not a pretty boy goddammit. He looks like sweeping, beautiful, generic JRPG protagonist type 2B, not a fucking badass superspy.
Mattakuevan
Member
I know. They're way too clean!
Allot of people fairly don't like Eruca's total redesign but me, personally, I can't get behind Stocke the most. Stocke is not a pretty boy goddammit. He looks like sweeping, beautiful, generic JRPG protagonist type 2B, not a fucking badass superspy.
Agreed, although Eruca is still pretty bad.
Stocke's old design exuded a professional calm, his new one has none of that earned confidence.
TheMoon
Member
Understandable.^^
tiebreaker
Member
Lame. But it's not like the original version is gone.
Mhm... if (hopefully when?) it comes out here, I'm still gonna recommend this to friends who haven't played the original version, but hopefully that old art DLC is easy to get. It's a shame because the new art isn't even that bad (and I think dismissing it as "anime" is kiiinda misguided, particularly as even Eruca's new look isn't very moe or anything, and the same goes for Aht) but it's definitely inferior to the original.
Sorta weird how both this and DSJ have redone art for... the sake of one new character? To appeal to newcomers? It's just such an unnecessary decision.
Sorta weird how both this and DSJ have redone art for... the sake of one new character? To appeal to newcomers? It's just such an unnecessary decision.