I saw a link to Kotaku's fascinating story behind the localization of this game and its sequel, and decided to give it a look. I'm so surprised that this series hasn't hit my radar before, because I'm having such a blast.
I'm only around 20 hours in, but this game hits the nostalgia sweet spot for me. It's a great, sincere iteration of the PS1 RPGs I played in high school, but updated to be accommodating to my current grind-averse self. If I'm repeatedly failing a battle, I can automatically decrease the difficulty of the encounter (or not) and retry from the beginning. There are no random encounters. If I'm tired of fighting low-level enemies, I can enable skills to hide from them or show them on my minimap to run around them more easily.
In terms of story, you're basically a team of junior jedi who need to hop around the world solving local disputes in order to become senior jedi. World-threatening cataclysm may or may not interrupt. It's a classic JRPG popcorn story and I'm loving it.
So if you've heard some buzz about the game and are debating its $9.99 steam price tag, I think it's definitely worth it. And now, the sequel is also available on Steam.
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