If you like Zelda style combat, hours of dungeon crawling, and realistic equipment management this might be the game for you! This game was seriously under appreciated as a classic and should be owned by anyone who likes this style gameplay.
Story: The story here is an interesting and rewarding one. Without giving anything away (I want you to enjoy the ride) everything in several towns disappears and is trapped by an evil power. Your job is to save the towns and rebuild them to perfection!
Gameplay: The combat is repetitive at times but with the addition of multiple characters later in the game things never get too stale. A nice addition to the combat is that weapons take damage so maintaining them is a must or you might lose them!
The real fun here though takes place outside of combat. Once you find all of the objects stolen from a town you must rebuild it. At first I just placed things the way I wanted to see them. This is especially necessary in the beginning when you are just trying to see how things work and need resources. But over time I realized that different characters have preferences based either on their likes (such as a view of water) or the way things used to be (like my house used to be near my friends.) You need to make everyone happy in order to progress forward and it is quite rewarding.
Art Style: Everything in the game is attractive to the eye. This is a game from last generation but it has aged well and won’t be giving you any headaches. The environments are also varied so by the time the vastness of the desert starts to get to you it’s time to move to the forest or the countryside.
Difference: Lots of games have combat but none have such a rewarding and creative design system. Combine that with the ability to switch characters on the fly and enjoyable mini games (I fished for hours) and you have a great game that feels unique.
Buy it? Yes! This game went greatest hits so it shouldn’t be too hard to find a cheap copy (Amazon has it for $4). Don’t let this low price tag fool you. This game packs some serious fun and you get way more than you pay for. The core game will run you about 25 hours but if you enjoy the combat enough there is a bonus dungeon at the end of the game that will easily double figure. It doesn’t serve much of a purpose other than to get a special weapon but if you enjoy the combat as much as I did you’ll find this bonus content enjoyable. If not then enjoy the story and forget about this post game content.
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