It is curious how we relate products from different entertainment media, because in the end, concepts are usually very similar. Playing Live a Live I have constantly come to the Mind Series of Netflix as Black Mirror or Love, Death & Robots.
Why? It is not that they are identical, but there are reminiscences in their concept, since they develop through an episodic format , with chapters that tell independent stories and that can be seen in any order.
Actually, inspiration would come by the television platform, since Live A Live originally came out in 1994, but this cult game did not leave Japan, and with this reissue Nintendo and Square Enix they pretend that everyone knows More about this magical adventure that is about to be released on Switch with this remake.
If I am sincere, I did not know this game until this remake was presented, the truth. Bad for my part, because in the creative team there are Takashi Tokita, director of Parasite Eve and Chrono Trigger and the incombustible Yoko Shimomura , who puts her talent available to the band Sonora . With these credentials, and after having played a few chapters, I strongly recommend putting this game on the radar; Whether you played in your day even if it were in emulator, as if you have not yet done it.
Why is Live a Live so good? It is a game that tells different stories based on various temporal frames: From the Edo period in Japan to a distant future that seems taken from films such as Alien . The cinematographic inspiration is evident in almost all adventures, with various subtle tributes to classic characters and films , who speak again of the feedback that mentioned before between cultural works and how positive it results.
From the beginning, you can choose the order you want to live the various adventures presented by Live to Live. There is no specific order when playing, so you can choose the one that attracts your attention. Each of the chapters has a certain duration, which varies between one and three hours, depending on what you entertain . Come on, as we said before, almost as if it were a series or a season.
In my case, I started with the trip to the west and the start could not be better, since it seemed like a hilarious plot; perhaps not for his narrative, but for his concept. At one point, we have to prepare a ambush for outlaws who want to assault the people . There begins a counterreloj race in which to look for resources and distribute them among the diverse inhabitants of the place, to help us plant the traps. If we do well, then we will have to face less enemies and, therefore, everything will be easier.
Each scenario raises totally different development. For example, the science fiction level is more narrative and there is hardly any action, but dialogues and interesting development. In the period Edo , we embody a shinobi and, as in Sekiro, we can choose to use stealth and not end anyone, or make a feast of blood to meet our goal. This variation of dynamics between episodes is one of the best virtues of live a live , since it gives us the feeling of having several games in one.
Occasionally, and depending on history we will have more or less, fighting in the purest style Classic RPG by shifts takes place. With the particularity that we have a grid scenario in which, depending on the location, our offensives and those of the enemies will affect more or less.
As are short and effective stories, Do not expect to have to do hundreds of secondary missions or farmear to raise level ; Here everything is much more limited due to the demands of the script. The characters have certain skills already learned by default, and others that we can unlock rewarding the exploration. Thus, everything will be much easier, because there are very folding fighting in which everything can go to the enemy. As advice; I remind you to save very often.
Finally, but not less important, we must highlight the artistic work of the game , with some very big and a colorful one that catches us completely on the screen. If in its day the game was a feat in this aspect, the essence of the original has been respected, taking care of it and adapting it to the new times . Ah, and by the way, with Spanish subtitles, which is another authentic tip.
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