in My Humble Opinion...... This Game Is Almost A Clear Cut Copy Of Tales Series, And The Makers Ain't Hiding It E
Graphics = Very pixaled sprites both in and out of battle plus the camera angles are the only issues here, otherwise this game has got the right enivornment, overall the towns looks fine, dungeons are good, and world map graphcs are great. Everything else in this game is fairly decent, but nothing major but just around average, yes its not fancy and flashy but acceptable.
Sound = Excellent music but really repetative, some of the main themes are fine and the voice acting is fine, but it all gets repetative a bit too early. But its also relaxing, it does have a few memorable tunes.
Gameplay = As stated earlier in the heading its almost a clear cut copy of the tales series, but only change here is the free movement in every angle rather then the left or right way. Even the menus shows it, but that does not make this battle system smaller, its better then most rpgs on the psone. One can get the players to go anywhere within the limited battle area while on encountering enemies on random battles, and there is also a choice to control other players if one wants to, otherwise they can be given commands which makes them work fairly fine on their own and upto 4 players can be in the party which is a good thing. There is a lot of in-depth skill system here and almost none can be considered as miscallenous. One can even still from everyone while on towns and even other players due this skill system, there are a lot of skills to choose from, from the steal skill to make more money after beating enemies. Battles are not easy nor hard and one thing here is that enemies tend to be repetitive with just different colors and minor changes which is not good. Boss battles are rather easy then those randome encounters, also the dungeons are really big, alsmot as big as that of dragon quest series. Overall the battle system here is rather unique and good but also tears down a bit quickly but it can also be improved when one has the right party setting.
Story = A sort of different story but only a bit different as its still the save the world issue, however there is a nice romace facot here. Private actions is a unique feature in this game which greatly impoves character development and the love factor here. I must admit a fact that i am yet to finish this game so i will say this much that the story here is good enough to be said good.
Inshort this is a good game and even with its flaws the game would make most people attached to it till the end in a non-stop fashion. All this game required was a bit of graphical polishing alongwith a bit improverd monster bestiary.