History YMMV / RadiataStories

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Ganz, if you pick the human route, leaves Radiata and never appears again. While it's implied he [[WalkingTheEarth leaves to wander the world]], he only makes a token mention with his letter to Jack. He never confronts his father, helps Jack in any way, nor does him learning about Cross' actions before the route split amount of anything.

* HarsherInHindsight: Creator/BobPapenbrook voices the Dragon Parsec while his son, Creator/{{Bryce|Papenbrook}}, voices the protagonist Jack. On the human route, when Jack has to fight and defeat Parsec, Jack feels guilt and sadness for killing him as he had grown to enjoy talking to Parsec. A year after the game's release, Bob Papenbrook would tragically pass away from lung cancer.

** Elwen, whose high strength, which is highest among all humans, is boosted further in the daytime due to her skill.

** Of all the faction leaders, Nix, the faction leader for the thieves guild is considered the worst one. The reason largely stems from how good the other three are, in combination of how you need to unlock all the other faction leaders first to get him. By comparison, Nix has really nothing of value to provide.

* ScrappyWeapon: Axes and spears are considered to be the worse weapons for Jack to wield in the game. While the axe has better damage, and the spear has solid damage combined with great reach, they both are too slow of weapon types, and make it risky to use in combat. The combos available also means that Jack can get attacked and damaged mid combo, leaving it even more risky to use then. By contrast, the one handed swords are quicker and have vastly better combos available despite lower weapon damage, and the two handed swords are often of near power to axes, but have better combos than axes.

** Elwin's relationship with Parsec isn't really elaborated on. Clearly she has some kind of rivalry or old feud with him (and maybe the other dragons), but it's not exactly clear what that is.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[LadyOfWar Elwen]], the [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority chief]] of Theater Vancoor, is one of the most popular characters in the game, and one of the most recognizable parts from the game despite her mostly minor role in the game.

* TierInducedScrappy:
** Carlos from Theater Vancoor, Clive from the Olacion Order, and Charlie from the Radiata Knights. All three seemed designed to be useless characters who you unlock extremely easily, and are outclassed very quickly.
** Of all the faction leaders, Nix, the faction leader for the thieves guild is considered the worst one. The reason largely stems from how good the other three are, in combination of how you need to unlock all the other faction leaders first to get him. By comparison, Nix has really nothing of value to provide.
** Weapon wise, axes and spears are considered to be the worse weapons for Jack to wield in the game. While the axe has better damage, and the spear has solid damage combined with great reach, they both are too slow of weapon types, and make it risky to use in combat. The combos available also means that Jack can get attacked and damaged mid combo, leaving it even more risky to use then. By contrast, the one handed swords are quicker and have vastly better combos available despite lower weapon damage, and the two handed swords are often of near power to axes, but have better combos than axes.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: The game has over one hundred and fifty recruitable [=NPCs=], each of which have their own unique backstory. The game keeps a twenty-four hour clock mechanic, and every character has a schedule they keep to. Characters will spar, go shopping, visit the doctor's, go to the bathroom, get plastered at pubs, you name it. Every character has a unique schedule suited to their personality. One fun thing to notice is what time characters go to bed and rise: one dedicated monk checks in at 8 p.m. and wakes at 5 a.m.; another drinks his nights away until 2:30 and doesn't get up until noon.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: The game has over one hundred and fifty recruitable [=NPC=]s, each of which have their own unique back story. The game keeps a twenty-four hour clock mechanic, and every character has a schedule they keep to. Characters will spar, go shopping, visit the doctor's, go to the bathroom, get plastered at pubs, you name it. Every character has a unique schedule suited to their personality. One fun thing to notice is what time characters go to bed and rise: one dedicated monk checks in at 8 p.m. and wakes at 5 a.m.; another drinks his nights away until 2:30 and doesn't get up until noon.

* WhatAnIdiot: Ganz gets this for responding to Jack's joke. Yes, the joke was funny and clever, but you don't praise the joker when the subject is your boss, ''who's standing right in front of you''.

* FridgeLogic: The description for the wooden breastplate details its origins, said to be made from the timber of "a magic tree that can be seen from afar, but disappears like a mirage," when one comes close to it. So how exactly is the wood harvested?

* CriticalResearchFailure: Meta example. ''Series/XPlay'' bashed the game and called it a ''Zelda'' rip off, even though the game has nothing in common with ''The Legend of Zelda'' and is considerably darker.