![]() ![]() ![]() But it helps explain where this remake falls short. This binary, like most, can’t cleanly describe works of art, and probably shouldn’t exist. ![]() Literary fiction is sold as character-driven and realistic - and simply labeled “fiction” - while genre fiction is said to be driven by tropes, and sold in categories like sci-fi, mystery, fantasy, or romance. Walk into any bookstore and you’ll find a binary made by the publishing industry between literary and genre fiction. It’s a literary move attempted by a master of his craft. Creating multiple narrative threads in a video game and then retroactively piecing them all together was ingenious in 1994, and it remains ambitious today. So, basically, Live A Live is sandwiched in Tokita’s catalog between two of the greatest games of the ’90s - if not all time. ![]() 5.Released in 1994, the original Live A Live was Takashi Tokita’s second game at Square (now Square Enix) after his work as a lead game designer on Final Fantasy 4 (released as Final Fantasy 2 in the U.S.) and before his work directing Chrono Trigger. For example, the feudal Japan scenario is largely stealth-based, while the near-future scenario gives you the ability to read people’s minds to learn the info you need to progress. The whole game uses a turn-based combat system, but each character has their own unique twist put on gameplay. Where Live A Live differs from something like Octopath Traveler, is the variation put into each scenario. Live A Live was very much the first RPG to try this kind of storytelling and works as a precursor to titles that have interweaving storylines, like Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Just like with Octopath Traveler, you can play through the storylines in any order, but everything comes together in the final scenario. From a caveman named Pogo to a maintenance robot named Cube, these scenarios are set in the same world but span centuries. Live A Live had a profound effect on the RPG genre, especially in terms of its experimental story that weaved together the story of eight different protagonists across time. Octopath Traveler draws heavy inspiration from Live A Live and even has the same number of main characters. ![]()
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