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radiant dawn holds up nearly as well as path of radiance imo because of its story telling and how it ties its gameplay to it. i have small minor issues that i hold against it from being better than path of radiance but i'll elaborate later

similar to thracia the game places you in a situation where you feel like you're never at a huge advantageous position right away (unless your name is jill or haar) and sometimes, they outright are not afraid to take these tools away from you as they'll lock units from being deployed due to story reasons. battles just feel that much more intense, and it's better helped from recurring characters returning and sometimes even having to fight again who you played as in the prior installation. it's so fucking cool

again my issues stem from some characters. i found it hard to get attached to the dawn brigade aside from micaiah, sothe and ilyana, some supports being underdeveloped due to awkward join/leave times, etc. but aside from that. amazing game i love it