original or refrain?

[Lightning]

im new to this game and was wondering whats the differnce

[Eisen]

Original first if you haven't played this as refrain may give a bit of a spoiler.

The refrain mode add 2 more playable character that the original does not have

[Fulgerion]

It gives you a description, and suggestion when you click on either mode.

[CLG]

I would say refrain unless you want to play through the game a second time. Some of the dlc characters in refrain are obvious huge spoilers to the main story and they will talk about things that havnt actually happened in the game yet but those scenes are entirely optional. Also no achievement is missable as long as you play refrain so its really up to you.

[Gin-chan]

Uhh I started with refrain and immediately got the 2 extra characters once I can explore the town. Is it suppose to work that way. Or do you get a cutscene later showing them officially joining you?

[Albion Hero]

Unless you plan to replay the game, just pick Refrain. Its extra content and characters

Originally posted by Eleventh Doctor:

Uhh I started with refrain and immediately got the 2 extra characters once I can explore the town. Is it suppose to work that way. Or do you get a cutscene later showing them officially joining you?

Thats how it works. It makes the early game easier having a full party.

[Gin-chan]

Originally posted by Albion Hero:

Thats how it works. It makes the early game easier having a full party.

Yeah.. Just got my ass kicked by the Griffin. Definitely gonna need them lol

[Albion Hero]

They basically just give you all the original PS3 DLC for the game right when you enter the town for the first time, including the characters. All the swimsuits and other costume DLC is in the items tab at that point as well.

[Algester]

refrain just Refrain unless you are a sadomasochist about buying all DLCs

[CPU Level 2]

I usually don't replay games, especially JRPGs because usually recent stories are kinda samey with too much anime tropes, so should I just go with Refrain? I don't mind spoilers.

Only JRPG I've replayed more than 7 times is SaGa Frontier 2 because that had a proper awesome story and also fun gameplay.

[Unknown]

Never played this game before... but from the description the game gives us
I actually thought "Refrain Mode" would give us some new story content and stuff like that different from the "Original Mode".

From what you guys are saying it just unlocks dlc characters and custumes when we hit town XD

Since I'm only planning playing through this game once, I guess Refrain mode it is then.
Shame about the spoilers though. The new characters just seem to - *poof* "Hey I'm here I'll help you fight evil and stuff" XD

Anyway, the game looks pretty good.

[Village Idiot]

Basically it unlocks two characters that were non-playable in the vanilla version.

They didn't re-write the story or anything to accomodate these two characters, they're just extras you can use with their own sub-events.

So if you use them while progressing into the story, you'll end up encountering their counterparts.

Just don't use them while progressing the story and it should be fine.

[Aphelium]

Originally posted by Unknown:

Never played this game before... but from the description the game gives us
I actually thought "Refrain Mode" would give us some new story content and stuff like that different from the "Original Mode".

From what you guys are saying it just unlocks dlc characters and custumes when we hit town XD

Since I'm only planning playing through this game once, I guess Refrain mode it is then.
Shame about the spoilers though. The new characters just seem to - *poof* "Hey I'm here I'll help you fight evil and stuff" XD

Anyway, the game looks pretty good.

Refrain is a "what if" story, it's different from the original... Not totally, but different.