The game is just OK, but really this was all about the characters for me, I truly wish all of them a happy life. In particular I love Yuri and his collected and supportive nature.
The story itself is whatever, it has some interesting themes (playing as the vigilante, climate change) but it predictably throws them out for the big jrpg ending. There were a lot of places and names to remember and I got a little confused near the middle. The party dynamic is really what kept me going.
I like jRPGs for the turn based pace, and this combat wasn't exciting enough to be a fun action game, so overall I wasn't crazy about the combat. It does get better as the game goes on, specifically when your agility gets high. It can be deep if you want it to, but you can also rely on the same combo for the whole game, and use guard/free run in between.
The game has a simple style that aged well, and the remaster is nice. The music is largely nondescript, the only ones that stood out are the intro theme and the Dahngrest music.
Most of the side quests are triggered by sleeping in some particular town or talking to some unmarked person, I wish there was some marking.
Final thoughts - why does everyone clown on Raven as an old man? He looks like he's 25. The credits sequence made me tear up a little even though I was not at all invested in the story. The Yuri/Flynn dynamic was really nice but the resolution felt a little weak.
Thanks for reading ^___^
The story itself is whatever, it has some interesting themes (playing as the vigilante, climate change) but it predictably throws them out for the big jrpg ending. There were a lot of places and names to remember and I got a little confused near the middle. The party dynamic is really what kept me going.
I like jRPGs for the turn based pace, and this combat wasn't exciting enough to be a fun action game, so overall I wasn't crazy about the combat. It does get better as the game goes on, specifically when your agility gets high. It can be deep if you want it to, but you can also rely on the same combo for the whole game, and use guard/free run in between.
The game has a simple style that aged well, and the remaster is nice. The music is largely nondescript, the only ones that stood out are the intro theme and the Dahngrest music.
Most of the side quests are triggered by sleeping in some particular town or talking to some unmarked person, I wish there was some marking.
Final thoughts - why does everyone clown on Raven as an old man? He looks like he's 25. The credits sequence made me tear up a little even though I was not at all invested in the story. The Yuri/Flynn dynamic was really nice but the resolution felt a little weak.
Thanks for reading ^___^