This game really feels like it was made in 2002. Stereotypical character with one trait? Check. Power of friendship? Check. Vaguely described mechanics? Check. But that's just the first few chapters of this game (except the mechanic part).
This game surprisingly has a solid character development and some plot twist that's pretty hard to see coming. The world of the game is also really intriguing as it has you playing to explore the world-building elements of it. There are some dialogue that really portrays emotion really well at the crucial part of the game. The ending chapter is also really hype but the actual ending is kind of abrupt. The problem with this game however, is the god damn mechanics I mentioned earlier. If you gonna play this game here are some tips I wish I knew before starting:
1. Overlevel. You NEED to overlevel to make it through the game (chapter 7 cough). It might take time but I guarantee you, you will have to replay the game if you don't overlevel your characters.
2. The magic system. The color-coded mana system is probably one of the most annoying in all the games I've played. Saia, the first mage that you get, use green mana and if you didn't focus on the green tile part of the map, well, good luck having her hit the enemies for 1 damage for the rest of the game. There's also the problem with the lack of a certain color tile and even green in later part of the game however you can fix that by using items.
3. The vague explanation of basically all gameplay mechanics. I don't know if it expect you to play the game this is based off of (the farland story serie) but there are no explanation to different stats, the magic color I was talking about, the win condition for each fight. It can really be frustrating considering a blind play through can easily be soft-locked by those not knowing how to do different things.
Overall, this game surprisingly has a good story and characters but was drawn back by the fact that it is not hard because it's "hard" but because everything is poorly explained to you and it expected you to give it trials and error. I suggest watching the playthrough from dluxx7 on youtube if you're struggling since there's no wiki page (at least not in english). There's probably no way you can get the physical disc now but you can download from myabandonedware (good website). Lastly, I just want to say, I love wing my way, kotoko my beloved <3
This game surprisingly has a solid character development and some plot twist that's pretty hard to see coming. The world of the game is also really intriguing as it has you playing to explore the world-building elements of it. There are some dialogue that really portrays emotion really well at the crucial part of the game. The ending chapter is also really hype but the actual ending is kind of abrupt. The problem with this game however, is the god damn mechanics I mentioned earlier. If you gonna play this game here are some tips I wish I knew before starting:
1. Overlevel. You NEED to overlevel to make it through the game (chapter 7 cough). It might take time but I guarantee you, you will have to replay the game if you don't overlevel your characters.
2. The magic system. The color-coded mana system is probably one of the most annoying in all the games I've played. Saia, the first mage that you get, use green mana and if you didn't focus on the green tile part of the map, well, good luck having her hit the enemies for 1 damage for the rest of the game. There's also the problem with the lack of a certain color tile and even green in later part of the game however you can fix that by using items.
3. The vague explanation of basically all gameplay mechanics. I don't know if it expect you to play the game this is based off of (the farland story serie) but there are no explanation to different stats, the magic color I was talking about, the win condition for each fight. It can really be frustrating considering a blind play through can easily be soft-locked by those not knowing how to do different things.
Overall, this game surprisingly has a good story and characters but was drawn back by the fact that it is not hard because it's "hard" but because everything is poorly explained to you and it expected you to give it trials and error. I suggest watching the playthrough from dluxx7 on youtube if you're struggling since there's no wiki page (at least not in english). There's probably no way you can get the physical disc now but you can download from myabandonedware (good website). Lastly, I just want to say, I love wing my way, kotoko my beloved <3