I really enjoyed this - while the chapter system makes it feel fairly linear for the first half the game, the amount of context and story most of the sidequests add really did help it a ton. The music and pixel art have a really solid charm, and frankly are better than the vast majority of indie rpgs I've played the past few years (yes, even better than a lot of the indie darlings you've heard about) - hell, it even has vocals.

I would say, even on normal, the game is fairly "easy" (in the sense of it's reasonably easy to beat the game, but your characters will die and need to be resurrected due to enemies hitting like trucks - so you'll stay engaged with the combat balancing this). Worth Noting, I love the mana system in this, strikes that lovely middle ground.

I did write a more detailed review - which you can find here:
https://youtu.be/wU48Ghoe6o8

I really enjoyed this - while the chapter system makes it feel fairly linear for the first half the game, the amount of context and story most of the sidequests add really did help it a ton. The music and pixel art have a really solid charm, and frankly are better than the vast majority of indie rpgs I've played the past few years (yes, even better than a lot of the indie darlings you've heard about) - hell, it even has vocals. I would say, even on normal, the game is fairly "easy" (in the sense of it's reasonably easy to beat the game, but your characters will die and need to be resurrected due to enemies hitting like trucks - so you'll stay engaged with the combat balancing this). Worth Noting, I love the mana system in this, strikes that lovely middle ground. I did write a more detailed review - which you can find here: https://youtu.be/wU48Ghoe6o8