It and its sequel looks quite good though.

>>733749516
the art style is appealing and the combat is decent enough comfort food. would be a good first jrpg for a 10 year old or whatever.

>>733749516
Gameplay wise it was a horrible transition from DS to console. DS original had turn-based battles with grid formations, and the game had you actually write out the magic symbols yourself with the stylus. Console made everything real-time but gave your allies the shittiest AI known to man so they'll spend 80% of every boss battle dead. Sequel had more generic gameplay but at least they developed it as an action RPG from the start.

>>733749516
you do not have to make multiple thread (unlike this one anon shiling Eden zero game, he got the pass)

>>733750049
I didn't even know it was a DS game. Neat.

I will eventually play it since it looks wholesome about a child saving his mommy :;( I guess jordan peterson was wrong and you can save your mommy.

I feel it's a charming game with a lot of obvious flaws. Levels feel a bit too slow unless you're farming that one group of monsters that grant an insane number of exp, party member AI is bad even when commanding them to be defensive before a big attack, fourth party is sort of pointless, etc. Movement is a bit slow, and the evolutions of your familiars are basically just recolored versions of them with a few more features, which made them feel disappointing. Also the main villain before the Witch would've been the far better villain to end the game on and had the more interesting story. I ended up beating the game and at least and didn't bother with post game because it just didn't feel worth it at that point.

>>733750548
>Also the main villain before the Witch would've been the far better villain to end the game on and had the more interesting story.
He was the original main villain, the Witch was added on in the console port as Atlus-style expanded re-release story. The reason why most people don't know about the DS version is because it's Japan exclusive.

It's got that squeaky clean, saccharine, shmaltzy tone to it that just infuriates me. I get it's supposed to be for 9 year old girls or whatever but still, the emotional manipulation in media like that just drives me up the wall.

>>733751459
If a little boy lost his mother the male reaction would be to tell him to get the fuck over it and toughen the fuck up.
When my mom died not one of my dad's friends do anything but.
My dad told me she was dead and to get the fuck over it.
Game is written by foids or troon adjacent fucking losers.
As soon as that little bitch started crying it pissed me the fuck off.

>>733751547
I think you just come from a broken home.

>>733751547
Oh boy that's what the world needs, more low IQ asshole subhuman behavior

>>733751459
It's literally more mature than "manly men" games that are made for 14-24 year old children

>>733751174
That does make sense, he seems designed to be a better finale anyways. I only ever played it on Switch.