I am Setsuna

Bagus.

This game was overwhelmingly mediocre. You'll gather a party and traverse from snowy village to icy dungeon repeatedly. You've seen pretty much all the game has to offer environment-wise in the first 10 minutes. I was hoping that would get better, but it doesn't. The story has been done before (and better) with Final Fantasy X. The combat is just monotonous. You'll one-shot every enemy with the first basic combo skill you get so there's not much reason to experiment. The skill upgrade / progression system is just needlessly complex and entirely random chance. And the damage sponge enemies will constantly have a final death move that will happily troll you with a game over. A couple of the longer boss fights have this too, just to make it more painful. I'd avoid it, there's better JRPGs out there. Looking at my playtime in this review, I would've thought that I'd sunk 80 hours in because that's what it felt like over the course of 25.

Pretty good JRPG that I’ve played recently. It has a nice story, a not-too-bad ending, a good OST, and a beautiful snow-themed atmosphere. However, this game was designed to be like older JRPGs, so it has some odd inconveniences that you should be aware of before buying and playing it, such as: [olist] [*] You cannot load your save normally. Yeah, I don’t know who thought this would make the game more hardcore or if it was meant as a tribute to older games, but it’s just stupid. To load your save, you either have to die and reload, or close and reopen the game. For me, it was just an inconvenience, not some respectful homage to classic games. [*] There is no map or minimap in the game. The game itself has relatively small dungeons and an overworld, but sometimes you really wish you had some kind of map. Many dungeons are built with very similar layouts and assets, so you can easily waste extra time navigating them instead of going where you need to go. The same applies to the overworld: there are many locations, but no fast travel and no in-game map, so you have to find a map on the internet and navigate using that. It would have been much simpler to just add one to the game. [*] Dialogue options don’t change anything. You can choose different dialogue options throughout the game, but all they change is how other party members respond. Overall, they don’t affect anything meaningful- there is no friendship or relationship system, so they only slightly alter responses. [*] Not very responsive objects. In the game, there are some puzzles and points of interest that don’t always respond properly to interaction. You often have to press the interact button multiple times, or even move away and try again, which is a bit annoying. [/olist] That’s pretty much all the inconveniences in the game. It would be a lot better if you could simply exit to the main menu and load your save, but if you’re willing to let these issues slide, you’ll definitely enjoy it. As for achievement hunters, the game and achievements are pretty simple. There are only two missable achievements, and you only need to think about them at the very end of the game, during the last boss fight, so a separate save file helps a lot. There’s also just one grindy achievement, but it can easily be done in the late game. Overall, just play the game normally and worry about achievements at the end. I recommend this game to all JRPG lovers, especially those who like older entries. If I had to rate it on a scale from 1 to 10, I’d give it a 7/10. Just one missing feature could make it a lot better, but it’s still good as it is.

A crash and the camera keeps bugging and not centering after random dialogue moments.

Truly breath taking and a nice comeback to classic JRPG

I love this game, playing again