Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $29.99. It has been as low as $19.49.
- Story and characters: 189 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 4k player reviews · updated 4 days ago
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That said, as someone who played this version because I was desperate to continue the story after 1st Chapter's cliff hanger, this is one of my favorite JRPGs ever, and I think it exceeds the quality of its predecessor in nearly every respect.
Where the first game had a pretty good soundtrack, this one has some of my favorite JRPG battle themes of all time.
The old art style is certainly of its mid 2000s era, and even in that context it's got pretty low fidelity compared to some of the AAA stuff from that time, but it still has a lot of charm and just has at times genuinely interesting environments, characters, monsters, and effects.
### For Steam Deck users: i played it from start to finish on Steam Deck.
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Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $19.49.
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