Isnt much more to say but its damn near perfect, many will think the gameplay is a little slow but for once its a change to a tipical TB-RPG. Its hard to put into words just how great this game is, ive beaten the basic storyline but now running through to see all that i missed. There are lots of extra content fro the old GBA version, took me 13 hrs to complete the game but now that im exploring every nook and cranny im already @ 17 hrs and less then half way trhough the game and then there are extra chapters. The battle system caught me off guard for a few minutes just that u only get to take 4 items into battle with u, which makes sense if u recall idk EVERY OTHER RPG where u have this sword that weighs more than your entire party combined and are carrying 7000 items with you you would think that it would be hard to fight. But with riviera, there is a limit to how many items u can carry at any one point in teh game, the game makes up for this but giving you retard amounts of any single item which is known in the game as durability. but since u can only take 4 of those into battle with u, a little thought is needed to choose the right weapon for the right character There isnt any lvling as per say but you "skill up", meaning that u accually need to pratice with almost every new weapon that finds its way into your possesion, by practicing u gain experience with that weapon and unlock a certain abillity, once u do that u will "skikll up" gianing HP strength and all that jazz.. As u excell throught eh story im sure u will notice that at some instances the girls will have different reaction to thing that u do, they may like wat u do the may hate it, each girl has there own ending to the story, the mood of the girls towards Ein will affect wat ending cretit u will have ex. if Serene (my favorite) likes u the most there will be and endscene mostly concerning her. but bear-in-mind that if all the girls dont like u that u will get a real crappy ending, and im pretty sure u dont want a crappy ending after all that hard work that u put into the game. The storyline is origanal and robust, this game will make an excellent addition to any RPG collection.
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