Saturday, June 18, 2011

Game Analysis : Radiata Stories


Radiata Stories

Game Title : Radiata Stories
Platforms : Playstation 2
Genre : Action Role-Playing
Publisher : Square Enix

About
The story of Radiata Stories is about a boy named Jack Russell that dreamed to become a great knight like his father. So, he try out for the famous Royal Radiata Knights. Then his journey begins with all his friends, and also when the war between human race with the fairies creatures and threatens the world of Radiata.
In Radiata Stories, player will control Jack Russell and follow his adventure.

Player can walk around the town, talk to people, do quests, etc. Player can recruit other characters around the town by talking, quest, etc. A unique feature in Radiata Stories that player can do is kick. Player can kick people or things. Kicking may discover hidden things, however, kick someone too often can lured a fight.


Gameplay
In the battle field, all characters moving freely around the field. Player can choose to attack, defend, use spells,or use items. As the leader of the party, player can give commands to other characters. All other characters will be controlled or played by the AI.
In the plot of the story, actually at first the humans and fairies live together in peace until the story progresses. In the middle of the game, player must choose either to follow or not following Jack’s best friend, Ridley. So, player can have 2 different endings.

Interesting Aspects
The gameplay provides player with freedom. Player can move around and decide when to attack or do anything else in the battle field. In the town, player can also move freely. Player can kick everything in the game. The game graphics are classic and full of colors. The stories are unexpected and interesting. This game also provides many quests and also many recruitable characters. Also, when player equipped characters with weapons, armors, etc, the display of the characters will also changed. There’re so many choices on weapons and armors that can player equipped to.

For further information, visit the official website: Radiata Stories, Official Website
* I also love the website. It's user interactive.

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