[Top 100 Modern VGTunes] #092 - Riviera: The Promised Land - All You Have To Do Is Practice
6Consoles: Wonderswan Color, GBA, PSP
Developer: St!ng
Original Release: 2002
Song Comments:
While this one seems to be as old as the Lunar Silver Star Story battle theme, I do think that the GBA version which was released in 2004 came with a new soundtrack. It also seems like the PSP version has enhanced sound quality, but I'm not sure. Riviera has a very good soundtrack in general and it was tough to settle on only three themes from it - this one is the battle theme for practice battles, hence the song title.
Game Comments:
Riviera reminded me a lot of those books where you just read the story and sometimes make a decision that influences on which page the story progresses - but a lot more interactive, of course. For some reason I thought that it was a great game, with highly unusual gameplay that actually works. My only gripe was that, after losing a battle, you were forced to immediately retry that fight with nerfed opponents, meaning that if you didn't beat a boss on your first try, the game gave you a nerfed version, leaving you with a feeling that you never actually defeated the opponent you were up against.