Best thing that happened to nintendo since Zelda. MUST BUY!!
Okay, so there's four elements. Earth, wind, fire, water.
And then theres Djinni that can be used for attacks and also for your class. Classes availible varry by element. Differant classes have differant attacks and bonuses, but for the most part, read below:
A general rule is:
Earth - Good at everything, but mostly melee attacks.
Wind - magic attacks. Low HP and defense. Strong as a twig lol. Can't melee for anything.
Fire - Mainly melee attacks. Better at melee than warriors.
Water - healing and buffing. Low HP and defense, but not as low as wind. Has little to no magic attacks, weak melee attack.
Wind attacks damage earth greatly.
Earth attacks damage wind greatly.
Fire attacks damage water greatly.
Water attacks damage water greatly.
You will notice some classes and elements are better than others.
Differant characters use differant weapons.
There IS free-roam, you can go where ever as long as you can acess that area.
Lots of goodies to find in towns using psyenergy (kinda like zelda finding goodies with his items)
Long gameplay. Can get a bit boring at times, like long dialogs.
In depth characters, but some are just annoying. And your main character NEVER talks AT ALL.
This is directly linked to the second golden sun, and that one IS better but you MUST play this first to understand it.
NO glitches.
Missing: Archery or any real "item throw at a distance" type stuff. Although, in the second, there is a cannon. A good ending. You HAVE to play the second one.
Boss fights, you WILL get owned if you aren't good enough.
Some psyenergy is just prettymuch useless lol.
You can't see the enemy's HP. Makes boss fights somewhat difficult, cause you are fighting a little blindly.
BEST PLOT LIKE ... EVER.