Whichever way you do it, the chapter is an interesting one. Or you could just slaughter everything you come across in a fit of wanton destruction, disregarding your killcount entirely. On the other hand, you can go through the castle without ever killing anyone (which again, is far more complicated than you’d think). You could go through and kill every man, woman, and child in the building (which is actually much more complicated than you’d think) for a total of 100 kills. You’re given a few different ways to complete the chapter as well. The castle itself is mostly enclosed spaces, and is filled with secret passages, hidden rooms, and traps. Oboro’s chapter is his mission to infiltrate a feudal Japanese castle, free a prisoner, and kill Ode Iou, the lord of the castle. Level design in the caveman chapter is very, very simple, consisting mostly of linear caves and open areas. Naturally, the caveman chapter contains a ton of combat, and has one of the hardest optional bosses in the game within. The Caveman theme is even bought into the battle system – all of the caveman’s move names are simple sounds (“BashBash” and “BangBang” as examples). The story is relayed through pictures and the character’s actions, which works surprisingly well. Take the Caveman’s chapter as an example.Ĭavemen had no spoken language, and thus the entire chapter contains next to no dialog (only a single word is spoken the entire time). Each character’s chapter is wildly different from all of the others, and as I mentioned before, each has their own well thought-out design decisions. The first eight chapters each focus on a single character – ranging from a caveman, to a ninja, to a cowboy, to a robot. While Live A Live isn’t exactly a Shigesato Itoi masterpiece, it definitely has its moments. The game itself consists of nine parts, each done by a different artist, and each with its own design choices.

Like Earthbound, Live A Live isn’t your standard JRPG.

What resulted is a 20-or-so hour long RPG that makes Final Fantasy as a series look like the crap it is (or at least, the crap it has been since Final Fantasy 6). LIVE A LIVE Switch XCI Free Download Romslab

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