A great rts game very well recommended to the fans of the genre
Gameplay 8.0
To start of, this is a rts game with some rpg elements added into the mixture. It feels similar to FF12, but if you haven't played that one this it how it works. You control everything with the stylus, which you use to move units in real time, so forget about taking turns in this one, and attack by simple tapping enemies. Though thats the simple part.
Different units have different abilities, like cure and special attacks, and strengths and weaknesses just like a normal rpg. So if you wanna select your healer to go on front, he will most likely die in a horribly way. Some units are good for taking hits others are good for giving hits and some are better used for using spells or running as fast as they can to get treasures before a troublesome rat like monsters steals it from you. You level up and equip items to your units when you are in the map just before battle. Everything pretty normal, nothing really new but everything works. So if your a fan of strategy this one will feel just like home.
Even though it all works there are things that are not as good as they could have, like managing your units. There no a easy way to grab the ones you want and put them to fight. The only way is either grabbing all ( theres an icon for this) or with stopping everything with other icon and grab with a circle the ones you need. This last one works well but stopping every now and then to grab certain units can be a pain especially in the middle of the heat of battle. Also enemy al can act very weird, like just running towards nowhere passing right by you. I even attack and they still go the other way , not always happens but when it does it is weird . Lastly is unit movement, say if you grab a unit or two and then try to attack an enemy with a skill, sometime the enemy moves and you cant attack it, so you have to repeat. Yeah sure with magic attacks like flare it doesnt happen but with fire sword it happens very often. All of the above don't ruin the overall experience but it leaves space for improvement
Sound 8.0
Music is brought by Nobuo Uematsu, known for its many contributions with the FF franchise, which bring some nice music and sounds to the table, though all being midi, nothing orchestrated and plenty of the music feels very similar to other FF games, not the same but similar. If you have played the snes games you will know what i meant but still great overall. No VO anywhere to be find.
Graphics 8.0
Everything looks easy on the eyes, character designs were made by Akira Toriyama, pretty well known for him being the creator of Dragon Ball. Even though there is no VO, theres like an hour of cinematics scattered throughout your adventure which is a nice addition. Sprites look good and theres lot of on screen action, but special attacks could have been done better.
Lasting appeal 7.5
This adventure can take you about 20-25 hours to beat which is a good amount of time. No multiplayer though.