download live a live nintendo switch review

Unlike Chrono, Live A Live doesn't give you command of a single party following a single narrative, though its characters do eventually unite by eldritch means in the game's final stretches.

Like Chrono, Live A Live sends you tunnelling through time, from cartoon prehistory through imperial China to a quaint far future where AI is commonplace but mobile phones are unheard of.

The appropriate comparison isn't Sonic 2, of course, but director Takashi Tokita's later and more famous Chrono Trigger. I'm currently reviewing the Switch remaster of Squaresoft classic Live A Live, which is essentially an RPG derived from a level-select cheat.

Availability: Out July 22 on Nintendo Switch.

Would Chemical Plant seem quite so dreadful if it wasn't the second level, a Mach-3 kick in the teeth after the Californian sunlight of Emerald Hill? Instead, I could put together my own playlist, dive into zones as the mood took me, and grapple a little with the effects of running order on my experience of the game. No longer would I have to brave all three acts of Metropolis before taking in the view from Sky Fortress. No longer would I have to sweat through Chemical Plant Zone before tasting the glories of Casino Night. It transformed the game from a left-to-right narrative of mounting industrial peril into an album of killer vibes. One of my great childhood milestones was learning the level-select cheat for Sonic 2.

Download live a live nintendo switch review