For those of us who are more interested in having fun playing games rather than looking to see if one can see every pore in a character's skin we get a nice old school turn based RPG. It is rather fun as the game play is great as give me more strategic turn based battles than action any time. I would have given the game a higher score, but it does have a couple of problems. One is the duration, this thing could have been much longer easily; and second, there are a few plot holes here and there. Other than that it is a very fun game with fun characters that I wish was a bit longer in length and what was the deal with a couple of the characters?
The story, two kids learn the ways of the Solstice Warrior to dispense of monsters who if left unchecked will become destructive World Eaters! Zale and Valere are the young warriors and they are tasked on an errand by their master to meet up at an island to perform the latest sealing. They are accompanied by their friend the warrior cook, Garl. Along the way they meet pirates, take on ghosts and end up riding the sea of stars as things have a way of becoming complicated in an RPG game. They will be joined by a ninja, Serai, an alchemist, Resh'an and a very unique character in B'st.
The game play has you exploring, fighting various monsters and solving puzzles. It has the classic top down view reminiscent of the SNES years and I enjoyed the fighting where you could switch in and out characters. Cool combo moves and ultimate attacks in this one. If only all the story threads came together a bit better.
So, yes, I really enjoyed the game; however, considering there is a time traveling arc in this I feel it could have been longer. I was interested in the strange figures that brought the Fleshmancer out, what happened to the one traitorous Solstice Warrior? There were other things that left me a bit puzzled, though some may be answered in the extra ending you can get if you did a bunch of certain tasks. Unfortunately, I missed out because I got all done but the stupid conch shells and that is the hardest one to retrace...
The story, two kids learn the ways of the Solstice Warrior to dispense of monsters who if left unchecked will become destructive World Eaters! Zale and Valere are the young warriors and they are tasked on an errand by their master to meet up at an island to perform the latest sealing. They are accompanied by their friend the warrior cook, Garl. Along the way they meet pirates, take on ghosts and end up riding the sea of stars as things have a way of becoming complicated in an RPG game. They will be joined by a ninja, Serai, an alchemist, Resh'an and a very unique character in B'st.
The game play has you exploring, fighting various monsters and solving puzzles. It has the classic top down view reminiscent of the SNES years and I enjoyed the fighting where you could switch in and out characters. Cool combo moves and ultimate attacks in this one. If only all the story threads came together a bit better.
So, yes, I really enjoyed the game; however, considering there is a time traveling arc in this I feel it could have been longer. I was interested in the strange figures that brought the Fleshmancer out, what happened to the one traitorous Solstice Warrior? There were other things that left me a bit puzzled, though some may be answered in the extra ending you can get if you did a bunch of certain tasks. Unfortunately, I missed out because I got all done but the stupid conch shells and that is the hardest one to retrace...
