#Bear and breakfast demo code#
It doesn’t matter who Masaru is beyond being a fighting game protagonist who wants to be the best, when the boss declares he’s broken the warrior’s code and killed his opponents in pursuit of power and then “Megalomania” kicks in on the soundtrack it’s still the coolest thing that’s ever happened.Īll of this was true when it was originally released in 1994, but perhaps most impressive about this new release is how it all remains true today, despite this new Live A Live being an entirely new game. In a genre often criticized for storytelling that is simultaneously convoluted and generic, Live A Live embraces its simplicity and focuses all its efforts on the immediate emotional reaction of the characters, the events, and the sound. This focus on genre pastiche over intricate worldbuilding makes Live A Live stand out from its peers arguably even more today than it did in the ‘90s. Instead of systemic complexity, Live A Live is laser focused on the potential of the RPG as an aesthetic experience, creating a joyful celebration of the genre and all its influences. Yet this is not a weakness, it is core to Live A Live’s strengths. There is nothing about the game graphically or mechanically that will instantly thrill you in ways nothing ever has before. You can now buy it on your Nintendo Switch for $50. In either case, it imbues the game with an unfair burden, elevating it to mythical status, setting it up for failure when it’s ultimately just another videogame. It’s the kind of lofty praise that gets applied to either beloved canon classics, such as the game’s direct successor Chrono Trigger, or rarities rendered inaccessible to a wide audience and spoken of as life changing by the chosen few that cross whatever technological or distributary boundaries to play it, such as this game’s nearest neighbor in culture, Mother 3. This is somewhat of a loaded and-more importantly-annoying statement.
Let’s get this out of the way: Live A Live is one of the best videogames ever made.
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