Most underrated game ever and the most artistic rpg ever!
Why such a masterpiece is so ignored and get such low score is beyond me.
The artistic direction and the incredible storyline are the high points.
The positive
- artistic watercolor graphics
- cities design are based on the real German medieval village and cities ( another touch of art)
- music is gorgeous and again artistic, no electronic instruments here, most tunes are piano based, only the musical instruments that really existed in a germanic medieval setting
- great innovative battle system, no standard command here, every magic or ability is a single command
- infinite possibility of combos
- the storyline is easily one of the best of all console rpg genre
- very hard turn based game
- duel battle
- strategic battle
- dozen and dozen of characters
- so much innovative
- very generational game ( other than dragon quest v)
- gripping structure ( you must choose the event that occur in the time-line)
The negative
- very few side-quests
- use of pocket- station is needed for play minigames
- strategic battles are a joke before the last one
- too little time for develop the ton of characters
- too little time to increase the character's ability and statistics ( but really doesn't matter, the game don't have a normal level system)
- a bit too linear
graphics 10/10
music 10/10
story 10/10
character development 10/10
gameplay 10/10
fun factor 10/10
Miscellaneous
lenght: time to complete from 40 to 90 hours
difficulty: very hard , insane the last 2 sessions
replay value: the new game + increase the replay value.