Radiata Stories

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Radiata Stories
North American PlayStation 2 cover
The North American cover portrays Ridley and Jack, holding a sword
Developer(s) tri-Ace
Publisher(s) JPN Square Co., Ltd.
NA Square Electronic Arts LLC
Designer(s) Yoshinori Yamagishi (game producer),
Naoki Akiyama (game director),
Takashi Joono, Hiroshi Konishi (character designers),
Masatoshi Midori (scenario writer),
Noriyuki Iwadare (music composer)
Release date(s) JP January 27, 2005
NA September 6, 2005
Genre(s) Action Role-playing
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) ESRB: T (Teen),
CERO: All ages,
PEGI: 16+
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Media 1 × DVD-ROM
Input Dual Shock 2 Controller

Radiata Stories (rajiatasutorizu) is a video game created by game developer tri-Ace and published by Square Enix for the Playstation 2 on January 27, 2005 in Japan and September 6, 2005 in the United States. The game was well-received in Japan but received a more mixed reaction in the US. Worldwide it sold over 413,000 copies.[1] Radiata was received much more enthusiastically in Japan than in North America. Noriyuki Iwadare is the composer of the soundtrack.

Contents

[edit] Gameplay

Radiata Stories places great emphasis on its persistent world and NPCs each with their own lives, lifestyles, jobs, personalities, homes, dialogues and schedules, which are controlled by the game's Day/Night system.

The game provides the novel ability to kick almost anything. Kicking furniture and other inanimate objects will occasionally turn up items or currency). Kicking NPCs several times will cause them to fight Jack, or summon guards to fight for or with them. Jack gains experience, money, and possibly items when he wins these duels, but will not lose the game if he is defeated. Jack may only duel each character once each day.

[edit] Combat

There is no overworld map during fights. Battles takes place on a separate screen in real time, though monsters appear on the field screen. The player has direct control of Jack's movement and actions in all three dimensions, though bringing up menus pauses the action. Jack is the only character the player can ever control directly; all other party members are run by the in-game AI. The player can issue commands to individual party members, and the entire party can be ordered into tactical formations via the "Link System."

[edit] NPC Recruitment

177 NPC's are recruitable. Some need only to be talked to, some must be placated with fetch quests, some dueled, and some are only recruitable after Jack has reached a certain level. After recruitment, they are placed on his "Friends list," at which point the player may include them in Jack's party at almost any time. The Friends List also provides capsule biographies for each character. It is impossible to complete everything during any one time through the game, as a decision mid-way through the game forces Jack to choose between his human and fairy allies.

NPC party members can strengthen their single passive skill, but do not learn new active abilities or learn new ones, and cannot be given new weapons, armors and accessories, so skills and equipment are a significant criteria in choosing one's teammates. There is also no "magic" stat, forcing the player to constantly recruit new party members as magic spells do not increase in power.

[edit] Plot

[edit] Setting

Radiata is at the center of the map and the city where the majority of humans live. It has explorable sewers and four gates to the outside areas. Each guild occupies a certain area and the Knights reside in the Castle at the center or Radiata. Fairy creatures live in outlying towns and settlements with each species occupying its own area. There are also some human villages scattered around the world like Solieu Village, where Jack grew up.

Humans and nonhumans have a tense coexistence exacerbated by periods when a disease called Alganders is spreading. Algandars is a disease that causes its human victims to become violent, strong and irrational. The disease originated from a dead Light Elf king who fell in love and mated with a human woman, violating the natural order, called Tottaus. When it infects light elves, it results in the elf being enveloped in a cocoon and dying permanently, instead of being reincarnated through transpritation after death.

[edit] Characters

Main article: Characters of Radiata Stories

Featuring over 300 characters and 177 recruitable NPC's, Radiata characters were all given unique personalities and backstories. It is impossible to recruit every NPC during the first playthrough and the game must be played twice to unlock all characters. Everytime a character is unlocked, he or she shows up on your friends list which also provides a summary of their history or personality.

Fairy species include Light Elves, Dark Elves, Blood Orcs, Green Orcs, Dwarves, Green Goblins and Black Goblins. Radiata is home to Radiata Castle, its Knights of the realm and four Guilds, (Theater Vancoor mercenary Warrior Guild, the Bandits' Void Community, the religious Olacion Order, and the Vareth Institute of Mages).

The three main characters of Radiata Stories are Jack Russell, an insubordinate and happy-go-lucky brunette; Ridley Silverlake, a composed Knight who was trained to be a warrior since birth and feels the pressure of expectations from others; and Ganz Rothschild, a polite and gentle Captain of their brigade who is prone to becoming overexcited. Prominent supporting characters include the Prime Minister Larks, Silver Dragon Aphelion who is disguised as Larks' advisor Lucian, the cunning Knight Cross Ward, Lord Jasne, Ridley's overprotective father, and Gawain Rothschild, Ganz's father and presumed murderer of Cairn, Jack's father.

[edit] Story

The story begins as the protagonist, Jack leaves his small-town existence, with only his father's sword, called the Arbitrator, and some basic training for the capital city of Radiata in the hope of making the Knights as his father did.

Jack makes it into the Knights, but only on the strength of his father's name. He is placed in the Rose Cochon (Pink Pig) Brigade under the command of Captain Ganz Rothschild. Also in his unit is the young Lady Ridley Silverlake. Their first assignment is to act as an escort for a shipment from the dwarf village. Soon after that, they receive their second mission, sending letters of trade negotiations to the Light Elves. While awaiting permission to meet with them from the Dark Elf leader, Nogueira, in the Forest home of the Dark Elves, they are attacked by a Blood Orc, and Ridley is almost killed. She is, however, revived by merging her spirit with that of Hap, the dark elf who was slain by the Blood Orc. Nogueira performs transpiritation which is a form of reincarnation normally reserved for elves. Jasne, furious at Ridley's injury, politically pressures to have Jack and Ganz expelled from the Knights, despite the effort of Radiata's prime minister and Commander-in-Chief, Lord Larks. He also has Ridley promoted to captain, in command of stronger and more seasoned soldiers who can better protect her. Jack finds a new home in Theater Vancoor. Jack quickly passes through the ranks and gains the title of Sergeant.

Ridley and Ganz meet with less fortunate circumstances. Ridley feels guilty for Jack's and Ganz' expulsion, particularly because she and Jack, despite initial friction, had developed a tentative attraction to each other. As time passes, she starts to hear mysterious voices and feel chronically lightheaded. She rebels against the overprotective Jasne and her ambitious fiance, Cross Ward, a high-ranking Radiata Knight. Ganz was unable to pass Vancoor's entry tests as Jack did, and eventually found himself in the bandit guild. Radiata is also suffering as Algandars has flared up again and infecting others.

As the game progresses tensions grow between humans and nonhumans. Lord Larks, after numerous difficulties in trade relations with the dwarves, decides to send out a squadron of Radiata Knights to the Earth Valley, the Dwarf capital, during negotiations, as a bluff and display of power. However, Cross overreaches his orders and orders the soldiers to attack. A slaughter of the Dwarves by the Knights ensues and the survivors are enslaved. Larks accepts that a war with the Fairy creatures is inevitable, and prepares all the Knights for battle.

The leader of the Dwarves, Gonovitch, who had met with Jack in his first mission, escapes to Radiata to seek Jack's help. When Jack and Gonovitch return to the Dwarven city, they see the Earth Dragon attacking the Knights. As Jack learns, there is a dragon for each of the four classical elements: Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water and the Fairy creatures rely on dragons for protection against humans and other forces. The dragon they were seeing was the guardian of the Dwarves and represents Earth. The Water dragon was slain by Jack's father years ago, sealing Cairn's reputation as one of the greatest knights to live among humankind. Cross is knocked down and a small stone falls out of his tunic. This stone weakens the dragon considerably, enabling Cross to kill it. Resigned to his fate and determined to share the fate of his people, Gonovitch goes down to the village to be enslaved with his peers.

Days later, Jack is summoned by Larks to the castle for a meeting. That night, Ridley appears at his door. She expresses remorse for his dismissal from the Knights, then confesses that since the transpiritation, she has not been feeling herself. She says she is going to the City of Flowers, the Light Elf dwelling, and wanted to visit Jack to "make sure she was still human." As she walks out, Jack has a key decision presented to him, that then the player must make: Follow her, and eventually join the Fairy creatures for the war that is about to break out (leading the rest of the game through the "Fairy Path"), or attend the meeting, leading to Jack siding with the humans (leading the rest of the game through the "Human Path). Depending on which path is chosen, the storyline for the game is significantly different.

[edit] Human Path

By choosing not to follow Ridley, Jack heads to the castle and learns from Larks that a war is brewing. Since Ridley has deserted the Knights, Jasne has become distraught and powerless; he cannot interfere when Larks reinstates Jack as a Knight. Jack learns that the greatest threat posed is not from the Fairy creatures themselves, but from the enigmatic dragons protecting them. In order to gain the upper hand in the war, Larks plans to send the leader of the Knights, General Dynas, and Cross, the celebrated slayer of the Earth Dragon, to kill the Wind dragon before the Fairy creatures can react.

At the lair of the Wind dragon, Jack, Cross, and Dynas battle the dragon. After Cross and Dynas are knocked unconscious, Jack slays the dragon. Soon after, Jack learns that the Fairy creatures are being heavily supported by Gawain Rothschild, Ganz' father -- and Cairn Russell's alleged murderer. Enraged, Jack challenges, and is easily struck down by Gawain; only the timely intervention of both Ridley and Dynas save his life.

As the war continues, Jack and Cross bump heads on several occasions and develop a rivalry. The Knights and Larks are mysteriously helped numerous times by Lucian, the Advisor, who has extensive knowledge of the dragons and the Fairy creatures. Jack eventually learns that dragons aren't actually guardians of just the Fairy creatures, but rather, protectors of Tottaus itself. Humans consume resources and expand their territories much faster than the other races, leading to imbalance between the races. Dragons then attack humans to give the Fairy creatures a chance to reclaim their resources, pulling back the balance. If humans become too prolific, or if at any other time the world becomes overly imbalanced, it is then that the two most powerful opposing dragons (Quasar the Gold Dragon and the Aphelion the Silver Dragon) descend upon the land and initiate the end of the world, resetting it.

Dynas, Cross, and Jack engage and defeat the Fire dragon, at the cost of Dynas' life. With only Jack and Cross left to lead the Knights, Larks takes the advice of Lucian to wipe out the Fairy creatures once and for all, in an all-out assault on Fort Helencia, the remaining stronghold of the nonhumans. Jack receives a letter from Ganz informing him that he was leaving Radiata. He tells Jack to kill the man who murdered Cairn, even if it is his own father, Gawain. That night, Ridley and Gawain visit Jack, and announce that they will not be taking part in the battle. Ridley is heading south to the Gold Dragon's castle at the "end of the world" to meet her destiny, and Gawain plans to accompany her. As they depart, Gawain tells Jack that a massive contingent of Fairy creatures are planning to attack Radiata. Jack hurries to Larks with this news, and Larks sends Jack and Cross with the remaining troops to defend the town. After a huge battle, Jack manages to kill the Fairy creatures' commander, an orc named Galvados, as well as the Light Elf leader, Zane. After the battle, Lucian reveals himself to be Aphelion, the Silver dragon, in disguise. He then flies south, with Cross following in hopes of killing him. Jack, realizing that this is the same direction Ridley went, follows.

On his way to the Gold dragon's castle, Jack meets Gawain and finally defeats him, avenging his father. With his dying words, he congratulates Jack and apologizes for his hardships. Before the moment of his death, Jack questions whether his father really did die at the hand of Gawain. Gawain doesn't elaborate, and gently suggests that Jack leave with the satisfaction that he avenged his father.

Jack meets Lucian near the top of the castle tower, and runs with him to the top. Lucian manages to manipulate Jack into taking Ridley away from the Gold dragon. Cross, injured and dying, tells Jack not to trust Lucian before Lucian kills him. The now transformed Aphelion reveals that Ridley was going to be Quasar's vessel in which the dragon would reside to end the world. Aphelion kills Ridley, and claims that he has cast off his duties of protecting the cosmic order in order to allow humans to grow and thrive since they have always been destroyed before they could demonstrate that they could be responsible with their power. In essence, a "new cosmic order has been created." Jack, angered by Ridley's death, fights Aphelion. Aphelion is beated and returns to his human Lucian form. When he queries as to why Jack killed him, Jack responds that it was not fate, but rather "his mission" to destroy Aphelion, for having killed Ridley "for the sake of humanity". With his dying words, the dragon proclaims his salvation of humanity from the threat of all dragons -- even himself. Jack carries Ridley's lifeless body from the collapsing Gold Dragon Castle.

The threat of the dragons is gone but Ridley has died.

Ridley: Jack, you...and me...forever...

If Jack went on the Fireworks Date, then as he exits Radiata, the person with whom he saw the fireworks runs after him, but stops immediately and watches Jack leave. After the credits Jack stands there taking one last look at Radiata before leaving.

[edit] Fairy Path

Jack, deciding that he has to follow Ridley, accompanies her to the City of Flowers, the capital of the Light Elf territories. Upon arrival, Ridley is captured and taken hostage by the Light Elves' leader, Zane. In return for her safety, Jack agrees to capture a small fort, Fort Helencia, controlled by Radiata Knights, in Zane's name. He defeats with Leonard- a trainee leader of Radiata and Natalie- Captain of the Violet Chevre. After taking the fort, he and Ridley were initially to be held as prisoners by Zane as the Elf leader prepares to launch war on the humans, but Parsec, the Fire Dragon, commands Zane to free the two and Zane complies. Parsec sends Jack and Ridley to a small goblin village, where they encounter Sir Gawain, Sir Cairn's comrade, who had disappeared after Cairn's death. Jack challenges Gawain to a fight to avenge his father - but is defeated. He learns that Gawain didn't really kill Cairn. Saddened by his best friend's death, Gawain claimed he was "responsible" for Cairn's death, which was perceived as a confession to murder. The three return to the fort, and their loyalties are decided when they defend the fort against a scouting party: Jack's former Theater Vancoor squadron, the Hecton Squad.

Jarvis: Would you fight against your own kind, Jack?

As the war progresses, Jack is given several small but important assignments by various Fairy creatures. After hearing of the death of the Wind dragon at the hands of Cross and Dynas the Fairy creatures grow increasingly worried about their situation. During one of his visit's to Ridley's room, he overhears that now Parsec is under attack. Jack heads to the Dragon's lair only in time to witness his death at the hands of Dynas and Cross. Cross taunts Jack and says that Adele has been imprisoned. Enraged, Jack attacks Cross, but is beaten almost to death by the Knight. After Gawain steps in, Dynas reasserts control of Cross, and they return to the castle. Jack is extremely disheartened after failing to defend the dragons and inadvertently causing his sister's incarceration.

Ganz, who had joined the Band Guild, meets with Jack. To Jack's surprise, his is accompanied by Adele, whom Ganz had rescued after fleeing Radiata. Ganz also tells Jack that he overheard Cross admitting responsibility for the Blood Orc attack that nearly killed Ridley. Jack swears revenge and tells Gawain that he wants to train harder. Gawain takes him aside and presents him with the Arbitrator, Cairn's sword.

Fort Helencia falls under a surprise attack by Cross and a large force of Knights. Jack battles Cross again, this time coming out victorious, but is prevented from dealing the final blow by Ridley, who does not wish to see him become a murderer. Before returning to Radiata, Cross kills Dynas and blames the whole murder on Jack and the Fairy creatures. Meanwhile, Ridley realizes that it is almost time for Quasar to awaken and heads south with Gawain to "the end of the world". She expresses great concern for Jack not to come, so he initially doesn't accompany her. Concerned about her fate, he changes his mind and follows her with Ganz.

Upon arriving at the City of White Nights, the enigmatic ruins which house the Gold Dragon's castle, he sees the Silver dragon flying toward the castle, as well as Cross, who has come to kill the dragon. Jack defeats Cross a second time, but refuses to kill him. Aphelion, however, finishes Cross from above and proceeds to the top of the castle. Startled, Jack and Ganz follow suit and race to the summit. To their surprise, they see Lucian waiting for them. Ridley is floating with the ghostly form of Quasar, the Gold dragon, behind her. They attempt to comfort Ridley as she begins to absorb Quasar's consciousness. Lucian ascends to the top of the tower, and reveals himself as the Silver dragon. He attempts to kill the trio, but Gawain suddenly appears and dies taking the blow that was meant for Ridley. Ridley, begrieved at seeing her friend perish, gives in to her human emotions and expels Quasar's consciousness. Aphelion, though Quasar's awakening has been stopped, still attempts to kill Ridley. Furious, Jack and Ganz fight back and defeat the dragon. Aphelion, with his final breath, bids them farewell and expresses regret that although the Golden Dragon has been defeated, as the Silver Dragon, he won't be immortal. The foundations of the castle begin to crumble shortly. Jack and Ridley escape with their lives, but Ganz refuses to leave and chooses stay behind with his father's body in the collapsing castle.

After the war, Jack, whose voice now inexplicably echoes, and Ridley hold hands and enter the city, heading for the castle.

Jack: Ridley, let's go.
Ridley: Yeah.

[edit] Development

Tri-Ace incorporated characters and references to their other games in Radiata. Ganz wears Star Ocean 2's Claude C. Kenni's clothes when he is part of the Bandit Guild. Jack can obtain Fayt Armor, which changes his appearance to that of Fayt Leingod from Star Ocean 3. Four bonus bosses are from other games: Lenneth Valkyrie from Valkyrie Profile, Lezard Valeth from Valkyrie Profile, Gabriel Celeste from Star Ocean 2, Star Ocean 3, and Valkyrie Profile, and the Ethereal Queen from Star Ocean 3. Of these, only Valkyrie is recruitable.[2]

Radiata Stories Japan box
Radiata Stories Japan box

[edit] Audio

The soundtrack was composed by Noriyuki Iwadare. Prior to this all Tri-Ace music was composed by Motoi Sakuraba.[3] However, keeping in line with their tradition to refer to past games, three of Sakuraba's original compositions were rearranged by Iwadare. These are "Mission to Deep Space" (also in Star Ocean 2, Valkyrie Profile, and Star Ocean 3), "An Incarnation of Devil "(Star Ocean 2, Valkyrie Profile, and Star Ocean 3), and "Highbrow"(also in Star Ocean 3).[2]tri-crescendo, which has a strong affiliation with Sakuraba,[4] was credited with "Sound Direction" for the game. [5] Furthermore, the soundtrack was released under the TEAM Entertainment label which is the primary promoter and distributor of Sakuraba.[6]

The original sountrack was 2 CD's with 79 songs. [7] One month later Iwadare released "Radiata Stories: Arranged Album" which rearranged 16 songs from the original soundtrack.[8]

The Sacramento Bee said the music was "peppy and cheerful, if unmemorable" but that the sound effects were "largely recycled from the developer's previous games, all the way back to 1999's "Star Ocean: The Second Story."[9] Gamespot remarked that "None of the music will get stuck in your head, but you won't want to mute it either."[10] Game Informer said the soundtrack was a "masterpiece". [11]However, the game does not support Dolby Surround sound.[12]

In November 2004, it was announced that all Japanese preorders of Radiata would come with a bonus audio disc, "Tri-Ace Battle Sound Collection."[13] The disc contained 2 battle themed tracks from Star Ocean, Star Ocean 2, Star Ocean 3, Valkyrie Profile, and Radiata Stories, respectively.[14]

The theme song to the Japanese version of the game, "Fortune", was sung by Japanese Pop star Nami Tamaki, who also played a recruitable party character of the same name in the game. The character Nami was modeled after Tamaki's likeness and was her lines were voiced by the singer.[15] It was her first single of 2005 [16]and her 16th single overall[15]. A music video with scenes from Radiata and her dressed in her character's clothing was released in January 2005.[17] The Japanese television advertisement for Radiata featured the song in the background.[18] This song is found in her Make Progress Album, which also includes 'Reason', the first ending theme for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.

The character's name was changed to Rachel for the English version and "Fortune" was cut from game.

[edit] Reception and Criticism

Review scores by Japanese reviewers
Publication Average Score
Famitsu Weekly
36 of 40[19]
Famitsu PS2
27 of 30[20]
Dengeki Playstation
82.5 of 100[20]
Hyper Playstation
8 of 10[20]

Radiata Stories was highly anticipated in Japan receiving the "Game Awards Future" by the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association in 2004[21] [22] which is awarded to games that are "expected to be major hits".[23] It was the 12th most pre-ordered game the week of November 17, 2004.[24] According to Famitsu, it was the 20th most wanted game in early October[25] but had jumped up to the 3rd most wanted the week before its release.[26]

A Japanese reviewer noted that the game had humorous dialog but a simple battle system which made it suitable for beginners.[27] The game sold well in Japan where it debuted as the top-selling game for two weeks, selling 152,000 copies, 54% of the ordered shipment, the day it debuted [28] and remained in the top 10 selling for four weeks. [29] It was the the 11th best selling game the first half of 2005[30] and the 37th best-selling game in Japan in 2005 overall [31] selling 10,000 more copies than Devil May Cry 3 [32] and selling about 294,000 copies overall in Japan.[1]

During an interview, Roppyaku Tsurumi of SCEJ said most Japanese RPG character designs were cookie-cutter and indistinct noting "Even when I look at the characters in Radiata Stories, it just looks like the other games" but he had no problems distinguishing manga characters. [33]

Review scores by NA reviewers
Publication Average Score
IGN
8 of 10
Game Informer
9.25 of 10
Electronic Gaming Monthly
7.5 of 10
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine
3.5 of 5
GameSpot
7.7 of 10
Playstation Magazine
6.5 of 10
GameSpy
60 of 100

The US reaction to Radiata was lukewarm. Radiata was the top rental on gamefly the week of its debut. [34] and debuted at the 20 most profitable game for September [35]. Overall, it sold about 163,000 copies outside of Japan total for the month of September.[1] Mainstream reviewers enjoyed the game overall stating that, while not ground-breaking, the game was simple, whimsical and entertaining. [9][36][37][38]

Radiata Stories was awarded "Game of the Month" in Game Informer in October 2005.[39] Jack Russell placed #6 on Game Informer's "Top 10 Heroes of 2005" [40] list and Radiata Stories was in "The Top 50 Games of 2005" [41] in the January 2006 issue of Game Informer and in "The Top 12 Games of 2005" by Games Radar[42] . It was nominated for "Role Playing Game of the Year" during the 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards held by The The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. [43] It was also nominated for Best Role Playing Game of 2005 by 1up.[44]

[edit] Related Media

Two 4-issue manga series were released based on Radiata Stories: "The Epic of JACK" [45] and the "The Song of RIDLEY".[46] Both were 4 issues published between 2005 and 2007.

A limited run of a boxed set of 6 figurines from Radiata Stories and Star Ocean included Jack and Ridley.[47]

[edit] Trivia

[edit] References

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  46. ^ The Song of RIDLEY at Ackodot. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
  47. ^ Radiata Stories & Star Ocean Trading Arts. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.

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