![]() ![]() The upside is that Memories is more immediately accessible with the absence of the abstruse mechanic. The downside is the title’s linearity doesn’t offer the same type of replay-ability, finding additional playtime through the purchase of downloadable content. Whereas Code: Embryo employed the Technology of Interest system (or TOi) which forked the storyline based on what articles players read, Memories offers more of a straightforward approach, with elements that have a diminished impact on the end-game. Much like a Greek epic, XBlaze Lost: Memories is rich in mythos, offering an intricately woven tapestry of character, conflict, and conspiracy. As such, the game delivers a low barrier of entry to newcomers, while rewarding returning players with fresh insights into characters like Touya and Es as well as the BlazBlue lore. It’s here that Memories’ plot dovetails with the original XBlaze, with players seeing a number of the plot points of the previous game from alternate perspectives, Rashomon-style. ![]() The desolation of this realm is disrupted by a character named Nobody, who explains that Me will have to collect memory fragments if she hopes to see her sister. ![]() When she arrives, she enters her father’s abandoned workshop, and is subsequently transported to the Phantom Field. Hurrying home, she fears the worst- that the same fate that befell her mother has happened to her sibling. Me’s errands outside of the house are disrupted when she’s alerted to her sister’s departure. Following that scene, we jump forward where the girl (named “Me” as default, but mercifully changeable) is keeping an eye over her inquisitive but obedient little sister. The youngster’s farewell is cut short when the women is taken into her father’s study, where a strange sapphire light seems to signal some type of nefarious pseudo-science. At first, we encounter a young girl sharing her last moments with a terminally ill mother. Wisely, Memories prologue takes its time with expositional elements, devoting a full hour to backstory. Echoing the epic poems, the expedition is inundated with intrigue, saturated in the peculiar and the poignant as players make their way through this ten-hour trek. Players are sent exploring a mysterious abyss known as the Phantom Field, in search of color-coded, crystalized memory fragments which help reveal the backstories of two main characters, as well as a quartet of secondaries. With the release of XBlaze Lost: Memories for the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, the team at Arc System Works adopts the structure of the Greek epic into visual novel form. 2400 years later, protagonists continue to make downward pilgrimages to liberate their loved ones, as writers strive for new way to spin age-old yarns. As far back as the third century B.C., the Argonautica detailed Orpheus’ decent to rescue Eurydice, returning his beloved wife to the world of the living. ![]() A hero’s journey to the underworld is ubiquitous in narrative tradition. ![]()
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