Stocke almost immediately heads out on a mission and is killed. There’s a lot of politics in this game, enough to remind me of the complex political machinations of Final Fantasy Tactics.Įarly on in the game, Stocke’s boss, a steely bastard named Heiss, gives him a mysterious book called the White Chronicle. There’s also a religious dimension to the war, as Alistel answers to an individual named the Prophet Noah, who hands down proclamations through a probably corrupt guy named General Hugo. Lots of JRPGs feature countries at war, but seldom do those wars hinge on something as practical and real-world as climate change. They even call it desertification in-game. A large part of this conflict seems to be over the fact that the continent on which both countries exist is rapidly running out of arable land due to desertification. Radiant Historia puts you in the role of Stocke, an experienced intelligence agent and soldier in an ongoing and bitter war between two powerful nations, Alistel and Granorg. I didn’t remember reading anything about its battle system, which is a pity, because it is surprisingly fun and novel. I remember hearing good things about its plot and characters, which are two of my favorite things about any RPG, so my interest was piqued. It was one that I remember being excited about when I read reviews online and in my Game Informer…but I was broke when it came out, so I never got around to playing it. So my husband got me this DS game for Christmas. Let’s talk about video games again, instead of childhood trauma! Woo!

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