Live Lives
Live A Live is what one would call an RPG, which has the usual simple overworld an RPG would have. What makes it different from other RPGs is that the battlefield consists in a checkered-like field in which your heroes and the enemies stand on. Each action you do, including taking a move and action will be done at the same time the enemy would do. You must defeat your enemies before you are defeated. Your playable characters also have varied skills that can aid you in battle, and can be used repeatedly.
Live A Live consists in playing the roles of different protagonists in different eras of time, each with an intriguing story and approach to it, and you're always wondering what is going to happen. I will now explain the stories of each chapter.
In the ninja chapter, you must stop an emperor that plans to dominate Japan. Everything is going to be ready by sunrise. Oboro, the protagonist, is sent to stop him. This chapter contains an endless, puzzling maze-like buildings in which you navigate in.
In the Kung-Fu chapter, you play the role of an old Shinsanken master, Roushi, who needs to teach his abilities to younger, determined students so that his abilities do not die within him.
Cube, the little robot developed by a mechanic, is born within a space shuttle bound for Earth in the Future chapter. It is more of a Sci-Fi, tension chapter, as creepy things occur...
Become a pro wrestler champion in the Present chapter, in which you play the role of a wrestler named Masaru.
Defeat a gang of wild cowboy people as Sunset Kid in the Western chapter, setting up traps in order to hinder their progress on the way on the final 'bout with them.
The prehistoric chapter consists in a wild caveman named Pogo and his gorilla companion, Gori as they see two tribes reach to conflicts due to a woman that Pogo fell in love with.
The Near Future chapter is about a boy with psychic powers. The city's been an uproar due to a band of bandits. Can Akira stop them and find out what is going on?
The graphics are done very well in every chapter, each clashing in beautifully depending on the chapter you're playing in. The sounds are very good, as well. It tends to use some of the same ones in different chapters, which could be weird for one, but is hardly a problem.
The chapters are not that long, but they will last you a good amount of time. The game features two secret chapters to complete once you finish them all, too.
All in all, Live A Live is a very unique and interesting game in which makes it a very original and fun game to try, as it is very well executed.