Feels bad giving this game a low ranking because it has a lot of things going for it. The finished product though? Ehhhhhh

The worst thing is definitely its pacing and the handling of the Dream World/Real World switching. The novelty wore off halfway through the game, and I struggled to proceed at several points.

Alltrades Abbey is back but man.... it kinda blows. It takes foreeeeever to level up any classes, and I wish it was just tied to level instead. It seems like they really didn't know what they were doing once you finally defeat the first main villain, and the game just descends into this lackadaisical fetch quest from the second half onwards.

I couldn't bring myself to beat the final boss after losing to it once. I didn't wanna go back and grind. Time for DQ7.