I was going to dig up this thread soon. I got it for valentines day and just started playing it. I never pay too much attention to reviewers. If everyone gives something a 1/10 or a 10/10 you can be pretty sure that the game sucks or is great. anything in between is kind of just their personal preference.
I am about 2 hours in and was going to wait a little longer to post my initial impressions. I will give it a quick rundown though.
So far the game seems really cool. Bottom line if you like turn based RPGS you will like this game. If you don't, you won't.
I wasn't sure if I still liked turn based games anymore or not. Back in the day I loved games like Final fantasy I, dungeon magic, dragon warrior ect. (all of these were on the NES.)
I am finding that I still do enjoy a nice turn based game. So far the game has been a little slow. (I read some stuff from other people that are 10+ hours into the game and said the first couple of hours are slow.)
There are a lot of cut scenes and a lot of reading. Things happen along the way that jog Kaim's memory and he has a 'dream' of his memory. These are basically cool little stories that you have the option to read or not. Even without reading these stories you do a lot of reading in the game though. If you elect to skip them you can always access them from the menu and read them later. The stories have some background effects that go along with the reading so It's kind of neat. For example you have a memory about something that happened in a tavern. YOu hear the door shut as you read about walking in to the tavern, and you can hear all the patrons drinking/talking in the background. Again, you can skip these if you want and I don't think you really miss out on the story because most of it is told through cut scenes.
The ring system is pretty cool so far from what I can tell. You can collect components from all over the place and build rings that have different attributes. I just learned level 2 black magic and the spells are pretty neat.
You have to use some strategy in how you set up your character for battle. The guys in the front row will shield the guys in the back row so you have to pick who will be taking the most damage.
So far there is a good selection of enemies (however,I have not had that many battles yet since I am just getting out of the main town.) I am sure the enemies will be repeated a lot as I progress through the game... but for now it seems like there is a good variety.
Some of your characters are immortals and some are mortals. The mortals can learn new skills but the immortals cannot. You have to link the skill from the mortal to the immortal... so basically you will have to balance out the number of immmortals and mortalas that you have set up for a battle. Right now I only have three people so it is not an issue (you get up to five for a battle.)
I think if you can handle a good amount of reading and cutscenes, and like turnbased games with a really well developed story you will love this game. If not, steer clear.
Anyway, I will post some more later (I am about to go play it right now, and have been dying to do so since I was playing it last night and started falling asleep on the couch because it was getting late.)
