In some ways this is preferable, because extensive flashiness would just slow things down. The graphics won't wow those weaned on the graphical prowess of Chrono Trigger and beyond, but they are visually pleasing bit style 2D graphics.
The character designs are interesting in that while the sprites have a Japanese anime look, the character portraits have a more western art style.
The sound is excellent. The team of composers who created the music in this game did an excellent job. Even in the default MIDI format, the compositions have varied instrumentation and perfectly reflect the situations and environments. There is even a downloadable 'goodie' from the Amaranth website that has all the music in MP3 format, so you can hear the music in the game in its full glory.
Granted, the default MIDI music is excellent, but the fact that Amaranth offers this as an option is lovely. It really shows that they have a lot of love for their product and for the fans who play it. There is also excellent use of sound effects. In forests, you hear the chirping of birds and other woodland creatures.
The music and sound effects really bring the game world to life. There really isn't much to say about gameplay.
It's standard turn-based RPG gameplay. You can see the enemies on screen before engaging them. This is great, because I think random encounters are an outdated practice. The thing is, after you're done with a battle, you don't get the spoils right away. You have to walk over the enemy corpse and press the action button to loot it.
It's different from the norm, but seems like inconvenient busywork to me. There are other rough spots in the gameplay that keep it from the polished echelon in which the larger development houses dominate. Firstly, there is no way to escape from battles. This is a grave oversight, in my opinion. Every RPG should have an escape option from battles, because there will be times when you either don't have the energy to fight a tough enemy or you don't want to waste time fighting a weak one.
This leads me to my next complaint. This game is very old school in that you need to level grind big time. I despise level grinding.
It tries my patience. It doesn't help that only characters in the active party gain experience. While this is realistic in that those who battle earn experience, it gets annoying to keep the lesser used characters up to par. Luckily, the Amaranth website does offer downloadable goodies to ease gameplay, such as starting the game at level 30 with a ton of gold and some nice weapons.
I played the game for about 8 hours from scratch and the need to level grind tried my patience. Then I started a new game using the aforementioned goodie, and the game became a lot of fun and my progress was much smoother.
However, this isn't a 'get out of jail free' card, and you will find enemies late in the game who will still be able to decimate your party if you're not careful and do some level grinding.
Even with my party around level 60, the final dungeon was tough and the final boss was borderline impossible without pure luck. Another rough spot is that not all the towns have inns. When I first entered the area of Aveyond to find the Sun Shrine, the enemies gave me a pounding and once I found the little forest town of Teacup Oh, and I found the control a tad sluggish, regardless of whether I was using a gamepad or the keyboard's arrow keys.
Still, it's great that gamepad support is available because I find it counterintuitive to play a game of this nature using the keyboard, though the keyboard interface is decent.
And with all the downloadable goodies on the Amaranth website, you're getting mucho bang for your buck here. What's even better is that you can download the prequel, Ahriman's Prophecy, for free from them. This is what 'indie' is all about. By gamers, for gamers, and the kind of direct love towards fans you don't get with the more 'corporate' big boys.
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