[RPG - GBA] Yakusoku no chi Riviera

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Riviera: The Promised Land (約束の地リヴィエラ ,Yakusoku No Chi Riviera^?) is a console role-playing game originally produced in 2002 by Sting Entertainment for WonderSwan Color as the first episode of the Dept. Heaven series of games. The game was later introduced to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance in 2004, which Atlus USA released in North America in 2005. An enhanced remake was released for the PlayStation Portable in November 2006, and was released in July 2007 in North America by Atlus USA.^[1] Riviera: The Promised Land became a sleeper hit because of its twist to the RPG standard.
The player takes the role of Ein, a Grim Angel, who must battle
against demons as well as antagonistic Grim Angels to seal away the
four fountainheads of evil known as the Accursed. He is accompanied by
four heroines—Fia, Lina, Serene and Cierra—as well as his cat-like familiar Rose. Riviera also contains dating sim elements, as the hero can achieve multiple endings with the supporting characters through decisions made throughout the game.Riviera: The Promised Land is a turn-based RPG game, with some elements from strategy and dating sim
games. The last aspect manifests itself in the conversation in the
game. Ein will often have to favor either Fia, Lina, Serene or Cierra
over the others in scenes in which the characters interact with each
other. This affects their trust for Ein, their mood, and eventually,
the game's outcome.
For each of the seven main chapters of the game, the player starts
in Elendia, and is given a mission. The player then moves on to
wherever that mission takes place, proceeding through nine stages, to
the eighth stage which will contain the chapter boss. The ninth stage
is secret, and often has a particular method of infiltration. Within
each stage are multiple screens, all with events and battles of their
own. When a chapter is completed, all trigger points currently
accumulated are erased. The player is taken to a results screen showing
how they performed in the chapter, and gains trigger points based on
that performance that can be used in the next chapter.
RATING: 8.7 (Gamespot)