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Message: [QUOTE="LightningLegs, post: 506989, member: 196454"] I gave it a go recently, and enjoyed it very much. As someone who plays Baldur's Gate1/2 and a lot of the old Goldbox D&D games with regularity, I quite like its blatant D&D influences. I'm not allergic to the vancian magic system that FF1 and the early Wizardry games use as opposed to just using an ever-inflating MP stat for everything. Random encounters in a lot of modern jRPGs are nothing more than speedbumps, but with spells and inventory space being a finite resource, carefully managing your resources and preparing for your dungeon dives becomes an important facet of gameplay. To me it's a more rewarding experience than buying up 99 potions and hi-potions and just trucking along to the next save point. I've even come around to the whole 'attacking an already dead enemy is a wasted turn' mechanic, because it forces you to consider the health of your enemies instead of brain-dead 'spam attack button to win'. I wouldn't expect it to be everyone's cup of tea- and sometimes when decompressing with a jRPG after work you just want to turn your brain off and relax. The game also has some QOL issues which the romhacks do a good job of addressing. [/QUOTE]

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