Considered one of the hardest games in the series its easy to figure out why thats the case as theres various mechanics that will either screw you up or benefit from (so can your enemies) from heal miss to infinite status effects and range to no true 100% hits this game can be frustrating if you dont know what you are doing. This game felt designed in a way you had to have a manual or guide to go with it. Despite it all, if you plan ahead and know somewhat what you are doing it can be (mostly) fun to play through. As for the story, we get to see the POV of Leif as he takes back thracia and its gives a better perspective of how he feels and what he goes through during the events of ch 6-8 of Geneology before and after he meets seliph. although supports werent created at this time, the character conversations throughout the game are great and give more personality to the characters. i think overall it was a decent game to the series