The game felt more like a chore that I had to complete to get a drip feeding of the illusion of progression, even after the big twist. I couldn’t care after the slog that the game put me through. I made it to the major plot twist and I was just fed up with the game by that point. So you’re essentially playing just to make it to the plot twist. Any sense of story progression, character progression, skill/stat development, etc feels entirely pointless in this game. It’s like getting an appetizer sampler at a restaurant - the portions are so small that you have to consciously think about what you enjoyed about each thing so you have any memory of it. The moment you start to get any context, the story ends and you’re starting over elsewhere. It almost all feels as if each story is watching an episode of a TV show completely out of context, somewhere in the middle of the season. All of these stories are so short, and the characters are part of the game so briefly that it loses all importance. So that brings me to the major point about the game. Really solid turn based combat, but as with everything else in this game, it doesn’t stay around long enough to make any impact.
The combat is excellent, and I like how they implemented various gameplay tweaks to the different settings to suit the times. The voice acting is generally pretty solid. The music is fantastic, but when each story has only 1-3 songs that just loop the entire time, it really loses its magic.
The sound design is wonderful but poorly fleshed out. They did a wonderful job with the graphics and remake, especially with consideration to the different settings. I mean stunning, it really speaks to the era of SNES and fully captures the spirit while greatly improving the presentation. This almost sounds like a tech demo from the SNES era.
When this game was released, this was probably an insane concept - multiple different stories, multiple different characters, multiple different mechanics, multiple different settings with completely different styles and music. I never heard of this game prior to this release, although I am a huge fan of RPGs from the SNES era. But unfortunately this game feels like a remake of a game that was entirely a product of its time. But unfortunately this game feels like a remake of a I tried really hard to love this game because there it has a very high level of polish. I tried really hard to love this game because there it has a very high level of polish.
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