This is the only game in this series I have played.
While I finished the game on story mode, there's also classic where you can create your own team from scratch. Plus NG+. I skipped all the optional secret bosses. Honestly, there's more to the game I didn't fully experience but I had my enjoyment.
It's a classic RPG: you level, there's skill trees, upgrade gear, side quests, and even draw your own dungeon maps. That's the part that intrigued me the most when I first picked up this game. I did enjoy that mechanic, pretty detail oriented. It was fun exploring the different levels of the dungeons for the first time. Every level was different and every five levels had their own game mechanics and ecosystems.
I enjoyed the music and the cutscenes were well done. The voice acting was great. The dungeons had a puzzle feel and encouraged exploring. Beating the bosses felt rewarding. The FOEs were fun to see.
The biggest negative has to be no option for subtitles in the cutscenes; which is an atrocity in an RPG where most of the talking in thru text anyways. I'm not sure why they didn't include that even as an option. The dungeons had audio cues that were EASILY missed too. You have to be very vigilant to not miss something. It's not hearing friendly.
But all in all, I did enjoy the game. Toward the end, it was getting very repetitive to me and I was itching for something new.
While I finished the game on story mode, there's also classic where you can create your own team from scratch. Plus NG+. I skipped all the optional secret bosses. Honestly, there's more to the game I didn't fully experience but I had my enjoyment.
It's a classic RPG: you level, there's skill trees, upgrade gear, side quests, and even draw your own dungeon maps. That's the part that intrigued me the most when I first picked up this game. I did enjoy that mechanic, pretty detail oriented. It was fun exploring the different levels of the dungeons for the first time. Every level was different and every five levels had their own game mechanics and ecosystems.
I enjoyed the music and the cutscenes were well done. The voice acting was great. The dungeons had a puzzle feel and encouraged exploring. Beating the bosses felt rewarding. The FOEs were fun to see.
The biggest negative has to be no option for subtitles in the cutscenes; which is an atrocity in an RPG where most of the talking in thru text anyways. I'm not sure why they didn't include that even as an option. The dungeons had audio cues that were EASILY missed too. You have to be very vigilant to not miss something. It's not hearing friendly.
But all in all, I did enjoy the game. Toward the end, it was getting very repetitive to me and I was itching for something new.