Through Time: A Dimensional Journey Radical Dreamer Edition
Game Type: Role Playing
Selling date: 2022-04-07
Production: Square Enix
Game platforms: PS4, SWTICH, XBOX
Released in 1999, a remake of "Through Time" returned (commonly known as "Wheel of Time 2" at that time). This is a masterpiece jointly launched by Hironobu Sakaguchi and Yuji Hokumi Hokuto Tsurugi, two RPGs, after SFC's "Wheel of Time and Space", and jointly launched by Akira Toriyama and Yasunori Mitsuda.
The game used the capacity of two CDs, and the graphics and music were classics. However, due to the success of the previous game, the game was under a lot of pressure, and after the media and players compared with the previous game, the evaluation was not good, so the sales volume was not one-tenth of the previous game.
Today, the game "Through Time" has made an avant-garde exploration in the background setting and system gameplay, leaving a profound impact on RPG games and is still an excellent work.
You've been dead for ten years!
Looking at his tombstone, Sergey was shocked. Isn't this the world you live in? Why are there strangers in my hometown? And that strange girl has been following her, and the Knights have also hunted down and killed themselves?
Is it a dream?
This is the beginning of "Travel through Time", and in 1999, people were still rarely able to understand the theory of parallel space-time. The game is still quite bold with this theme.
First of all, the story of this game takes place in a parallel world that is constantly intertwined, and the two worlds are similar and different, which is easy to be confused. Then the game adds elements of the wizarding world, and the characters will change their form, which is more difficult to understand. And at that time, the game was only in English and Japanese, there were too many characters, the plot was complicated, and although we could play it, we were always confused.
In fact, the game setting is still relatively hardcore and rich, after years of scientific popularization, it is now easier to understand.
The game screen is not outdated now, SE did not make a big effort to re-produce, only increased the screen resolution, and rendered the scene to a certain extent. It looks like there is less character modeling. The character movements and expressions are quite in place, and the body proportions are more realistic, abandoning the Q version of the original and FF series. The heroine Kidd's figure and fluttering gourd braids are just right to show the style of a young girl.
At that time, Square's technical strength was indeed leading, in the function of PS, it actually realized the light and shadow effects such as deflation, cloud fog, water surface, translucency, etc., and the real-time computing of the picture and CG were seamlessly combined, but the texture was more patterned.
The game adopts the form of a large map exploration, the protagonist can walk around the map at will, and the scenes are marked on the map, which can be entered at any time, and the degree of freedom is very high. Enemy character maps are visible, and we can choose to fight or dodge. This Minglei method was also relatively advanced at the time, and has now become one of the standard settings of RPGs.
Character collection and development is one of the features of the game, with up to 40 characters to collect from both worlds. Some require harsh conditions to be met, and once missed, there is no way to turn back, and it can be said that the weekly eye is absolutely unable to achieve perfect collection. For example, the first companion: the puppy Bo XiuLu. You need to go to the girl to learn about her hobbies, then steal a bone from the restaurant, and finally give it to her to adopt as a companion.
The battle adopts a turn-based system, the battlefield has three colors of red, yellow and blue, and the use of corresponding magic can produce higher returns. The player can manually manipulate the protagonist to attack. Unlike other games, continuous attacks are a feature of this game, and with the number of successful attacks, the player's combat level will also increase, enabling more powerful continuous skills. However, the battle level has no relationship with the character level, and it will be zeroed out after the battle and recalculated next time.
Although the worldview does not have the grand setting of the previous game for thousands of years, the novel "parallel world" concept has added a lot to the game, and the foundation of the worldview is still very solid, and players who like science fiction can find a lot of points of convergence.
The NS version offers three frame ratios, original, full screen, and stretch. There is also an acceleration mode as well as an SFC version of the mod game version, and the music is very good, full of ethereal and fantasy styles. In particular, the rousing music of victory in battle makes people dream back to more than twenty years ago.
Praise Master Yasunori Mitsuda!
The fan art comes from the 14th anniversary of the painter "Glenn"
Overall, although the remake screen is not superior, it is not contrary to the harmony, the system and combat are relatively excellent, the collection elements are rich, the world view is novel, and it has various elements of a good game, which is still quite flavorful to play. Hironobu Sakaguchi's fantasy style, Yuji Horai's system setting, Akira Toriyama's character design, and Mitsuda Yasunori's music are all blended just right.
Maybe I will never see the cooperation of these top masters again!
The remake includes the spin-off story The Stolen Gem, a fictional mod on SFC that tells the story of Serge and Kidd's encounter.
In addition, features and functions such as HD 3D models, turning off enemies, battle enhancements, auto-combat, background filters, etc. have been added. Depending on the situation, SE will not remake the FF7 level for the CC, and this game can be regarded as a complete version.
The only regret is that there are currently only English and Japanese versions. Fortunately, the PS version has been Chinese, and you can refer to it when you play.
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That's all for today, I hope you enjoy it.