Radiata Stories: The security of the kingdom lies in one boy...and his friends...Jack Russel
Jetfire
95% score
I bought this game on January...simply because I found out about it while searching for star ocean reviews...I was mad about the fact that many gamers were praising the battle system..but i found it...too strenuous and felt like it tried too hard. However when i found and beat this game I kept doing it again and again just to get all 175 characters I would call it an enjoyable experience not a repititive one. I was disappointed that many people thought of this game as overrated and detrimental to the company square-enix, in my opinion I believe it to be much better than star Ocean could ever be.Another thing that bothered me was that some people were complaining that it was for little kid's and didnt appeal to adults, however it does say "Teen" and I find the story much more appealing to call it just for teen's. The gameplay really did improve over star ocean, but it lacked the mp bar and mages were only able to use one spell that was a bit of a letdown...since that really emphasized the need to just use skills and basic attacks. The counter moves were great and the link system isn't one to be ashamed of.I throughly enjoyed the kicking action and volty system as well as the time feature. Now for more of the cons,the ending, that was the most irritating thing, at least for the human side, it kept you thinking about what happened afterwards...However the ending's left you with a sentimental feeling for the loss of a main story character that is if you became attached to the characters. If a sequel was released i'd be sure to pick it up the day it launches. Unfortunetly I doubt that's gonna happen due to the actual ending's, so if square-enix actually did decide to make a sequel they would have to think about the loss of character's and the newfound reputation of Jack Russel. However, like I said before the ending makes it quite unclear about the outcome and makes you feel that your reward for everything you did was nothing but a 1-2min. movie. More than that, the better reward in my opinion is the after-game dungeons you get to play after you beat the game. All and all it's a great game and you should defitnately pick it up...will they ever make a sequel........ the world may never know...................................
