I am Setsuna

[H1]TL;DR: It's fine if you just have an itch for a "throwback" RPG that has a decent (but poorly told) story, and don't mind an excessive amount of unavoidable battles.[/H1] We had beaten this game at some point. "Some point" because the memory fails on exactly when that was. According to Steam this was the first time playing; so it may have been on another console. But by the time the credits rolled we distinctly recall the experience end-to-end, and knew exactly where to go at points. The bottom line of Setsuna - without spoiling - is that "something" is wrong with the world that requires Sacrifices to keep it in check. However...near the end of the game, you'll learn something rather surprising around the true reason for Sacrifices, then reach an ending (the only 'real' ending) that results in [spoiler]a Sacrificial event[/spoiler] anyway. But here's the problem. The first 25% of the game is intriguing but largely meaningless and unexplained by the last 25%; then the last 25% is in of itself fascinating but poorly told. The plot twist is just suddenly revealed to you, and taken in stride rather than resulting in more reaction from the crew. It's also telling that this game clearly gave inspiration to the story used in "Tales of Aionios" (named elsewhere as Xenoblade Chronicles 3) because the last 50% of the game is basically the same thing as that game, minus the campy, over-the-top villains. I Am Setsuna is essentially a game of multiple fate-based threads where one thread has changed things and created an opportunity. So why not recommended? ❌ Too many battles that simply cannot be avoided. Way too many. ❌ By the time you get a form of true fast travel there's not really much left to do story-wise. This isn't like Final Fantasy VI where the airship basically opens up not only the main world but later the World of Ruin and both are integral to the story progression. ❌ No English dub. Obviously some people hate English dubs and that's fine - but for the price asked, there's no excuse. ❌ Significant amounts of backtracking. ❌ The plot twist could and should have been handled way better.

A fun traditional style RPG from Square Enix, could have been a little longer.

Bought I am Setsuna on a whim because I wanted to have something to play on vacation, and after sinking a few hours in, this game really is a mixed bag leaning towards mediocre at best. The OST is phenomenal and probably the best part of the game. The story is similar to Final Fantasy X, with Setsuna being a Yuna adjacent. This game has that classic JRPG feel with ATB combat, if you're into that. The way you learn new spells by selling monster drops was pretty interesting, but truly, the list of positives really ends there. The combat is tedious and the Momentum system is never really explained in-game. I never cared to learn it, so I never looked up a guide. Whole story threads are dropped and never mentioned again. It ran okay(ish) on Steam deck, but the game would occasionally run strangely for a seconds before fixing itself. All-in-all, I am Setsuna was just kinda boring, and even though I'm close to the end, I'm not inclined to finish it.

Es como si hubieran decidido crear una mutacion genetica con ADN de chrono trigger y la saga de final fantasy... que resulto bastante bien. No es el mejor RPG de la historia pero cumple bastante bien. Te dara depresion por el helado y nostalgico mundo, ademas del triste final... Vale la pena recomendado

Loving this game, Great FF style vibes with excellent and engaging game play. mangohud %command%

Final deixa a desejar, mas a gameplay é bem boa quando vc finalmente entende como funciona, e recomendo fortemente que procurem em algum momento da gameplay a galera ver alguma dica no youtube, pelo menos para n passar a gameplay toda sofrendo, a última dungeon fica bem mais tankável se vc usar item para escapar da batalha, fora isso o jogo todo é muito curto. Ele pega bastante inspiração de Chrono Trigger e Final Fantasy, por mais que as interações sejam curtas eu curti boa parte dos personagens, até queria alguma variação em alguns finais dos personagens...Principalmente da Aeterna e da Setsuna, foi tudo muito rápido... Seria interessante esse ter um remake, mas esperar da Square...

One of the best game ive played in awhile ~ cant believe i waited 10 years to play it. Highly recommend this game; story was straight forward and still leaves you with a bit of mystery, battle system was complex enough to keep you engaged, overall gameplay was just amazing. Wish there was better side quest and a few more background development and fixes, but overall 10/10.

Story is similar to Final Fantasy X but is still a unique experience worth playing, I thoroughly enjoyed the cast and didn't have a hard time liking any of them. Gameplay starts of basic (like most rpg's) but as you progress and you take advantage of combo skills, accessories, abilities and the momentum system you will find yourself enjoying one of the few turn based rpg's with a decently high skill ceiling beyond just maxing out your stats, all that to say you cant fall asleep on the menus. My 2 gripes with the game are: - When you die you reset back to your last save, which wouldn't be an issue if save points weren't so scarce, (excluding the open field areas between towns and dungeons), as a result you will have to rewatch cutscenes before bosses that you are stuck on, which leads me to my second gripe.... - There is also no cutscene skip button, which means you will have to manually spam to speed up dialogue to reattempt each fight. - there are other nit picky stuff like, some music tracks reappearing a little too much and low resolution assets (particularly in the UI) but those didn't significantly impede my enjoyment of this game. Overall Cute game, really liked it, picked it up for its ost and I don't regret that decision, its also not a huge time sink so if you're thinking of picking up an rpg to complete in a (relatively) short amount of time this is the title to play.

The overall experience is good, but it starts very slow, which is made worse by the snowy set accompanied by piano-only soundtrack. By the end of the game I was immersed, but I almost left it a few times before hitting 10 or 12 hours in the game. The game actually reminds me of Final Fantasy IV, that is a barely acceptable game, because the core and the gameplay are good, but too much rough in the edges. The story is too flat, as are the characters before the two or three final dungeons. The game mechanics are plenty but badly explained, difficult to handle, and totally unbalanced, thus unnecessary. By restricting yourself to exactly two moves that are available since the very early game, you can very easily beat the game. By trying anything else, you will fail a lot until you hit other viable strategies. Still, I finished the game with enjoyment.