When I first played 7th Dragon III, I remember frequently calling it the one game I considered to be a masterpiece. Granted I was around 16 at the time, but I gotta be honest, it's still bloody brilliant in my eyes! You do need a preference for grand-scale plots with insane twists to get the most out of 7thD3, but it commits to them in dramatic fashion and I love it for that.
I also want to note that I have never played the previous entries, so my view isn't affected positively or negatively by them. In my experience I feel one mid-late game plot point might lose some impact if you don't read about a certain pair of recurring characters, but as a completely blind player I still found it emotional. Other than this you can more or less play it on its own.
I played on casual at the time, but would definitely like to retry on normal someday. The combat isn't too tricky on this difficulty, but I liked the sheer volume of strategies available once you obtain more classes, and I liked messing around with a few unconventional ones (my duelist judgement strat... so goofy yet so weirdly fun to pull off lmao). If there's anything I didn't like it was that there's one boss whose sole gimmick is a party-wide instakill chance skill, which was frustrating instead of challenging/fun, but I learned later it can be negated by double-stacking instakill items. Inconvenient, but at least there's a way around it!
Art and soundtrack go hard but this is Shirow Miwa and Yuzo Koshiro we're talking about so it's not surprising, just hella neat. The inserts arranged by sasakure.uk are epic too. In general 7thD3 is just an awesome hidden gem.
I also want to note that I have never played the previous entries, so my view isn't affected positively or negatively by them. In my experience I feel one mid-late game plot point might lose some impact if you don't read about a certain pair of recurring characters, but as a completely blind player I still found it emotional. Other than this you can more or less play it on its own.
I played on casual at the time, but would definitely like to retry on normal someday. The combat isn't too tricky on this difficulty, but I liked the sheer volume of strategies available once you obtain more classes, and I liked messing around with a few unconventional ones (my duelist judgement strat... so goofy yet so weirdly fun to pull off lmao). If there's anything I didn't like it was that there's one boss whose sole gimmick is a party-wide instakill chance skill, which was frustrating instead of challenging/fun, but I learned later it can be negated by double-stacking instakill items. Inconvenient, but at least there's a way around it!
Art and soundtrack go hard but this is Shirow Miwa and Yuzo Koshiro we're talking about so it's not surprising, just hella neat. The inserts arranged by sasakure.uk are epic too. In general 7thD3 is just an awesome hidden gem.