This game is great! Whoever came up with the idea of of the music dynamically changing as the tide of battle shifts and also the world map theme gaining an additional instrumental track with each new party member recruited (I'm assuming it's the same person) is an absolute genius. I love the score of this game. It's a grim, natural fantasy style with a lot of organ and overarching motifs.

The battles are smooth and fast, the dungeons are alright, the story is truly ambitious with the generational paths, and the magic system is unique. It took some getting used to but after some learning I really dig it.

For anyone playing this game now, I highly recommend the updated translation patch, which comes with tons of additional changes including faster walk speed, restored parallax scrolling in battles, and some other minute visual tweaks and minor restorations to aid the fact that this game was rushed and had some content cut.