New to Perfect Chronology is a parallel timeline which operates a bit differently. These poor outcomes do not come with a Game Over screen, instead taking Stocke back to Historia to reassess what happened, so there is no time lost in seeing the unfortunate ways things can go wrong. Plenty of dead ends are also present, depicting interesting ways in which the wrong choices result in an unhappy conclusion. The unusual structure of the narrative allows for some interesting methods of divulging further facts, as Stocke jumps between the two timelines to see a wide range of possibilities around him. Creating a cast of characters and situations that can effectively simulate the conditions found in the real world isn’t something easily achieved, and Radiant Historia doesn’t reach that level of sophistication, but its achievement is nevertheless sizable. It deals with topics not often seen in RPG narratives, doing a good job of fleshing out the roster so that they aren’t one-note personages. Perfect Chronology has the same core narrative as the original game, which remains a fascinating depiction of a tantalizing place. To accomplish this task, Stocke needs to switch between two primary timelines in order to remove various roadblocks to his progress. This desertification is powerful enough to transform hale and hearty beings into sand, and its progress must be stopped to let any hope of survival remain. Doing so is necessary not simply to resolve the ongoing war, but to find a way of undoing the desertification of the continent. Such dire circumstances propel Stocke into finding out that something passed along by his superior allows him to access a realm called Historia, where he is able to shift between nodes denoting specific events in time. The operation goes awry in every way possible, leaving Stocke’s mission a failure and his comrades-in-arms dead. Stocke is a Special Intelligence operative in the Alistel armed forces tasked with escorting an informant out of a combat zone. The considerable new content makes it worth an examination by veterans while all those who missed it the first time have another chance now. Seven years had made my memory of the original imperfect, but this new version does better than simply replicating what came before. Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology is now coming in the latter years of the 3DS, but hopefully will be granted the sales attention its quality deserves. The original Radiant Historia came near the end of the DS’s lifespan, during a time when pirated game use was rampant and numerous worthy titles didn’t accrue the sales necessary to justify further corporate interest.
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