So I've had the pleasure to play this game back in the day of cd magazines, and it didn't age very well, but the stuff it did well, it still does, namely an interesting story and unique attunements mechanism where the more you use something, it unlocks extra effects. Also the 2 world setup overlapping is at least interesting if not new for that time. Gfx wise it's decent, music is nice, and there's less hand holding involved, you can go explore and find new things. Sadly imo this is a better game than it's successor, this simply is a bit old for today's "standards". But for the story of it, it's ok just keep in mind the pacing is not exactly fast. Also you can min-max most things in game eventually, so pick something that appeals, eventually all styles are good enough
