

The strategic element is to use skills which change their position giving you an advantage, since attacks work on all enemies occupying the same space and the player's characters sustain less damage when hit from the back rows. During fights, the enemies are placed on a 3x3 grid, on which they are free to move. The gameplay consists of a traditional, top-down view exploration part and a turn-based battle system. It is now that he must alter his past choices in order to save his comrades and make the history right. Stocke also obtains a book from his superior called "The White Chronicle" which, as it soon turns out, allows him a small insight into the future and the ability to travel back in time.

He, along with two other agents, is charged with a mission to escort a spy with valuable intel back into Alistel. Stocke, the hero, is one of the finest secret agents of the Alistel nation. The story is set in a world torn by war and apparently facing imminent destruction. Radiant Historia is a traditional Japanese RPG which focuses on time travel.
