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Riviera: The Promised Land (Game Boy Advance, 2005) 
Riviera: The Promised Land  (Game Boy Advance, 2005)

 
Riviera: The Promised Land  (Game Boy Advance, 2005)

Platform: Game Boy Advance
Release Date: Jun 2005
Rating: Teen
UPC: 730865850150
Product ID: EPID45372138
Description: Based on the WonderSwan Color game for Bandai, this RPG concerns a world torn apart by the strife of gods and demons -- a Second Advent is upon this time, and the warriors Ecthel and Ledah come together in a quest to determine the fate o...
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  Excellent RGP for GBA
Review created: 11/03/07
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5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Riviera: The Promised Land is a turn-based RPG game with some elements from strategy and dating sim games and a unprecedented gameplay.
The player takes the role of Ein, who must battle against demons as well as antagonistic Grim Angels to seal away the four Accursed. He is accompanied by four heroines — Fia, Lina, Serene and Cierra. By supporting these characters through decisions made in the game (for example in conversations) the player can achieve multile endings.
Nontypical the player controlls Ein indirect through triggers in two modes (Move and Look). In Move Mode, the player may advance to previous screens. Each area is made up of several screens, each screen having triggers to explore and potentially battles to engage in. In Look Mode, the player may press directional buttons corresponding to triggers shown on the screen. Unlike in Move Mode, many triggers will not appear until certain events have taken place and many triggers require Trigger Points earned in battle.
For every battle the player choose only three combatants, a position scheme and only four items, which can be used in battle. For every item each character has a different attack. Once all the preparations are made, battle begins. Turn order is decided by a count down. When a player character gets to go, they may select an item to attack. If the character is well trained with the item and the OverDrive Gauge is sufficiently filled, a power skill is available.
The game has one of the best art design and grafic i've ever seen in a GBA game.
At last: Riviera kept a place at the number 1 spot on 1UP.com's top 10 GBA games list throughout the majority of summer 2005. So I think this tells its own tale.

Here is a link to a gameplayvideo of Riviera. Maybe you want to see the charm of the game with your own eyes: http://youtube.com/watch?v=d9_​3xVx4-9Y

At last: English is not my native language. So please forgive me for the mistakes. :-)


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  Great and Rare Game
Review created: 10/13/06
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2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

The game has unqiue way of leveling up your characters and creating relationships with the allies you obtain. It is a very rare game and very fun to play. It is a turn based RPG. Worth every penny.


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  Requires a special kind of gamer...
Review created: 07/03/06
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

While it is very original as far as gameplay is concerned, this game can be very frustrating and repetitive from the first few minutes. The plot isn't very intriguing, and not enough to keep you wanting to play after you get mad at the random "press this combination of buttons in 5 seconds!" or "hit the button at the right time!" encounters. Things like that frustrate your average RPG fan, and everyone I loaned this game to had the same opinions.

It's not bad, but it's not good. As far as Atlus games go, it's pretty bad though.


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  Not too bad, very different
Review created: 11/05/08
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I bought this game because it received a lot of good reviews, so I decided to give it a try. For a Gameboy Advance game the graphics are very nice, and the character designs are cute. The gameplay is what keeps me from rating it as excellent. First of all, you don't get to freely roam around like other RPGs, and pretty much everything else you do other than walking requires you to spend points that you get through winning battles. The faster win, the more points. Now I'm one of those people who MUST look at everything, but most of the time I don't have enough points to do so, so I have to constantly reset the game so I don't waste points on things that are not important (ie, simply checking the environment without gaining items or points).
It's not a bad game, it just doesn't really stand out among the games I have in my collection.


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  Awesomeness!!!
Review created: 12/21/09
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i played this game a few years back. one of my friends wanted to play a game i had and he told me he would lend me his in return. gameplay is nice, good music, has cg pics and stuff. but i lost it!! T.T thats y i got another one lol.


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  Sadly was with no box as shown in the picture...
Review created: 08/06/09
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Sadly was with no box as shown in the picture... Later - after the purchase I saw that it was written... But over all the game is fun and 100% working.


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  creat game excelent story and caracters ^_^
Review created: 02/18/08
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0 of 2 people found this review helpful.

i love the story of this game i have heard about this game 4 some time from game magazines but i could not get it in laredo texas much :( so i check here found i bid on it and won thats all


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  Riviera: The Promised Land (Game Boy Advance)
Review created: 06/09/06
0 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I love the game its the best RPG i played on GBA since Golden Sun. Thank u ever so much seller and ebay ill put your children through college lol


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