Yggdra Union versus Riviera, Which one will take home the Championship Title? Options

[Dr Strum]

While it may be a bit early for some of you to judge, and I put it in the YU forum since most people who haven't played YU wouldn't come in here, which of these two games is your favourite?
Yggdra Union with it's beautiful sprites and complex gameplay, and questionably large eyes.
Riviera, with it's version-for-everyone, CGs, voice acting and hook ups.
Or do you not care since they both have bath scenes?

[Yuka]

I say Yggdra Union, and chances are I don't have valid reasons to back this up.

Yggdra Union, in my opinion, is one of the hardest games I have ever played. EVER. In the day and age of annoying voice acting (which serves no relevence to the topic.) and tremendously easy games, games like Yggdra Union truly stand out to me. Not only is its story epic, pertaining to a lone heir of a nearly destroyed empire in her quest of retribution on the Bronquia Empire, it is also flat out beautifully woven, with both seriousness and hilarity, all crafting a fascinating story.

The battle system, while parts of it done by other games, is in its own right completely new, having cards affect everything in the game, and since you can't redo actions once you do something, like moving, it is all completely stratagy. Other "stratagy" games, such as Fire Emblem, don't even compare to the difficulty of the game, which is heavily aided by its battle system.

It doesn't help that Gulcasa will undoubtedly rape you the first time you encounter him, either.

The artwork is fascinating to look at, and the music doesn't seem to hurt my ears. Some tunes actually seem to never get old, and thus I have a horrible habit of leaving the game on, just listening to some tune in it over and over and over again.

Truly, I would have loved to have voice-acting for all the characters, but given how large the game is with all of its pros anyways, the voice acting is something I can let slide.

All-in-all, I think Yggdra Union wins over Riviera by a landslide for me, as Riviera was by far one of the easiest RPGs I've ever played, even though I enjoyed the journey it provided, and some music in Riviera got really on my nerves. While I have yet to see how "shiny" the RiviPSP graphics are, basing them on the GBA version's, I think Yggdra Union's graphics are more refined.

Truthfully, Yggdra Union just cuts the butter better than Riviera, so to speak.