Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster

Item: Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster
Rating: 84
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-08

Summary

Enhanced graphics, music, and art style.
Evokes strong feelings of nostalgia.
Strategic card-based combat is unique.
Helpful quality-of-life improvements added.
Combat system can feel slow, tedious.
English dub missing, content censored.

Reviews (sample size): 172
Helpful reviews: 78%
Unhelpful reviews: 19%
Protest reviews: 3%

84%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
16%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 307
Negative points: 207
Gameplay points: 85
Perf. points: 37
Rec. points: 101
Misc points: 34

Point	Description	Importance
Enhanced graphics, music, and art Description The remaster enhances the original's graphics, music, and art style, making it visually stunning and more detailed. The game features beautiful pre-rendered backgrounds, detailed character designs, and a unique world with floating continents. The soundtrack, composed by Motoi Sakuraba, is also highly praised. Importance 95%	The remaster enhances the original's graphics, music, and art style, making it visually stunning and more detailed. The game features beautiful pre-rendered backgrounds, detailed character designs, and a unique world with floating continents. The soundtrack, composed by Motoi Sakuraba, is also highly praised.	95%
Evokes nostalgia, childhood memories Description The game evokes nostalgia and fond memories, with reviewers enjoying revisiting a childhood favorite. The game is considered a classic JRPG and a personal favorite for many. The original games are good and have aged well. Importance 63%	The game evokes nostalgia and fond memories, with reviewers enjoying revisiting a childhood favorite. The game is considered a classic JRPG and a personal favorite for many. The original games are good and have aged well.	63%
Helpful quality-of-life improvements Description The remaster includes quality-of-life improvements such as game speed adjustments, encounter nullification, auto-battle, skippable cutscenes and plentiful save points. These features streamline the experience, save time by skipping grind, and make the game more accessible. Importance 58%	The remaster includes quality-of-life improvements such as game speed adjustments, encounter nullification, auto-battle, skippable cutscenes and plentiful save points. These features streamline the experience, save time by skipping grind, and make the game more accessible.	58%
Unique, strategic card-based combat Description The game features a unique and engaging combat system that combines turn-based mechanics with card battles, requiring strategic deck building and adaptation. The battle system is fast-paced and allows for creating combos. Strategic blocking and attack management become engaging in the endgame. Importance 55%	The game features a unique and engaging combat system that combines turn-based mechanics with card battles, requiring strategic deck building and adaptation. The battle system is fast-paced and allows for creating combos. Strategic blocking and attack management become engaging in the endgame.	55%
Interesting characters and story Description The game features interesting characters and locations, with likable characters and engaging stories. The stories, characters, and world create a fantastic adventure. The game also has great plot twists. Importance 15%	The game features interesting characters and locations, with likable characters and engaging stories. The stories, characters, and world create a fantastic adventure. The game also has great plot twists.	15%
Steam release is definitive version Description The Steam release is considered the definitive way to play the game, with some quality of life improvements. Reviewers are glad the game ended up on Steam and is now playable on PC. Importance 10%	The Steam release is considered the definitive way to play the game, with some quality of life improvements. Reviewers are glad the game ended up on Steam and is now playable on PC.	10%
Excellent, memorable soundtrack Description The game features an excellent soundtrack that enhances the world's beauty and intensity alongside the visuals. The music is one of the best ever heard in any video game. Importance 8%	The game features an excellent soundtrack that enhances the world's beauty and intensity alongside the visuals. The music is one of the best ever heard in any video game.	8%
Cult classic, must-have RPG Description The game is considered a cult classic and a must-have for RPG fans. Options to remove combat challenge are available for players who want to focus on the story. Importance 6%	The game is considered a cult classic and a must-have for RPG fans. Options to remove combat challenge are available for players who want to focus on the story.	6%
Incorporates unique meta elements Description The game incorporates light meta elements by having the player act as a spirit who can communicate with the protagonist, increasing immersion. The game incorporates a fourth-wall-breaking design where the player is an in-game spirit with a customizable name, and NPCs interact with the player directly. Importance 5%	The game incorporates light meta elements by having the player act as a spirit who can communicate with the protagonist, increasing immersion. The game incorporates a fourth-wall-breaking design where the player is an in-game spirit with a customizable name, and NPCs interact with the player directly.	5%
Runs smoothly at high resolutions Description The game runs smoothly at higher resolutions and frame rates, looking beautiful in 4K. Playing at higher resolutions and frame rates is great. Importance 5%	The game runs smoothly at higher resolutions and frame rates, looking beautiful in 4K. Playing at higher resolutions and frame rates is great.	5%
Fully voice acted, English mod available Description The game is fully voice acted. The absence of English voices gives the game a cool anime vibe. There is an easy-to-install mod that restores the English voices, with only minor differences between the voice-over and text. Importance 4%	The game is fully voice acted. The absence of English voices gives the game a cool anime vibe. There is an easy-to-install mod that restores the English voices, with only minor differences between the voice-over and text.	4%