Atlus Radiant Historia - Nintendo DS

A very solid RPG. The story is brilliant right out of the door but loses momentum a bit as time goes on and could have done with maybe being a few hours shorter. Some character motivations also seem a bit questionable and certain mystical elements of the game world come across as convoluted and poorly explained.The time travel element is well done, locations, characters and situations take on different meanings in the two main different timellines. The downside is that sometimes you crave a bit more variety in terms of the game world as you replay the same areas again and again.The combat system is a fun grid-like system that encourages you to hit enemies into each other and chain together attacks to defeat them. Ususally in each new area you will have to experiment with the best method to defeat the new batch of enemies. This is fun up until the end where the game just feels like area after area filled with enemies to slow your progress.The graphics are nicely done, about the level of the DS Pokemon games with good and distinctive art direction.Overall a highly recommended game for the DS. Recommended for someone who has played a few RPG's but this is not too harcore.On the compatibility side, DS games are region free. This game was never released in Europe so you will be looking at getting a US copy. This will work fine on any DS or 3DS. 3DS games are region locked, but the system will still play US DS games as the games never were. I played this on a PAL 3DS and it worked just fine.------------------------------EDITSince playing the game and writing this review Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology has been released for the 3DS. This is a graphical update with some minor new content and voice acting which is by all accounts pretty decent.All the reviews seem to point towards Perfect Chronology being pretty decent and negating the need to pick up the DS original.Just bear in mind that the 3DS is NOT region-free unlike the DS so you will have to pick up the European version.

Not the best RPG on the NDS, yet, still good.It's a solid alternative to the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy Series.And eventhoug the mediavel look isn't very original regarding RPGs, it manages to bring some fresh no details to the genre.

just got mine in today and I’m very happy with it. the game is a classic so as I lost my old copy I just had to get another

A game with a difference that made for a pleasant change. All the usual features there but the ability go back wards to correct things added an extra dimension. Trying to remember where things had happened in the past/other history stream stretched the old grey cells.

I have played this numerous times, lent it to friends and played it again when they returned it. The fight system is different from any I have seen and the two time lines make it a challenge to get through to the end