I had heard people talking a bit about this game at release, and I have somewhat fond memories of looking at the box and seeing the potential. After purchasing the game on GoG, I was a bit disappointed. I love the environment, and the story is interesting enough, but combat, which you spend 90% of the time doing, is a big fail. The best strategy seems to be to just wait until everyone has their strongest attack and then unleash, only using the small bars for healing. Worse, I haven't found magic to be useful AT ALL. And then there are the attacks that are supposed to hit multiple enemies in a line. Nice idea in theory. Unfortunately, most of the time the enemies are lined up in such a way that you can only ever hit one of them. I kind of like what they were trying for, but it's getting hard to force myself through the second half of the game - I feel like I've already seen all that the game has to offer. 2 1/2 stars, rounded down
