Had to use cheat engine to one hit kill every enemy here (boss fights looked funny because of it) cause I didn’t feel like grinding and all the progression systems combined (job system, license tables and having to buy skills and gambits from the town shops) felt like a huge time sinker. I would prefer if they had kept it simple: level up, get skill. Reach enough stats, can wield weapon. that’d be best, pretty straightforward. Then again, the way this game is designed in general is full of stuff meant for you to sink your time in. some might find it fun, I sure don’t.
So yeah, at times I was just rushing through the dungeons one shotting everyone with 4x speed on. I did, however, take my time to appreciate the places I thought looked good, and the game is full of pretty delightful to look at sceneries. I like the concept of the viera village too. Subterranean areas in general looked kinda boring though and there’s one specifically that could’ve been neat but was damaged by its level design. This might sound like a nitpick but I felt it could’ve been way better if done otherwise. I’m talking about the sword of kings temple. Our goal there was to lift the statue’s sword at the lower floor so that we could pass through, but instead of descending into the passageway from the floor above, we’re warped there through a portal as if it were a whole different area. This put me out of the feeling of adventure and cool puzzle solving that a more cohesive area design would convey.
Overpowering myself with a cheat kept me from experiencing the strategic possibilities the gambit system offers, I’m aware of that. i might replay it someday making proper use of the system. Honestly, I just wanted to beat this thing and be done with it already. Why did i almost entirely eliminate a great deal of what makes this game unique, you ask? Why did I keep playing a game whose gameplay wasn’t all that enjoyable til the end, you ask? Am I just stupid, you ask? Well, I probably am but the reason I finished it is because the plot was interesting despite being presented in an unclear way. I don’t really have anything to say about it other than i had to read the wiki to fully understand it. Still a neat little political intrigue story