Live A Live
Has anyone else played Live A Live?
It was a 1994 SNES game from Square that was only released in Japan, but is playable in English with an emulator and a fan made translation patch.
It was an RPG that contained 7 stories each with a different main character and each set in a different time period, for example the wild west, ancient Japan, prehistoric times, a sci-fi future, the present day etc. It was lke having 7 mini RPG's in one! You could play them in any order you liked and if you finished them all you would open up 2 final chapters that tied the story and characters together. It made you want to play through all the seemingly unconnected stories to see just what the connection was and how all the characters were tied together. It's a concept which I haven't seen in any other RPG since.
My favourite was the wild west chapter which had a story straight out of a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western (apart from the bit at the end after the boss fight!) and an excellentlly crafted atmosphere.
It was a really fun, unique game and is one of Square's forgotten gems. And it had an excellent soundtrack from the brilliant Yoko Shimomura too!
I recommend this game to anyone who wants to play something a bit different or who wants to play a classic 2D RPG. I really wish they would re-release this game on DS and give it an official English/international translation.
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