Buy it if you like
- Story: 120 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Crashes: 106 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Performance: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 3k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews33% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
120 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Originally a Dreamcast title released in 2001, ported later to the PS2 in 2002 and later to Steam as the Anniversary Edition in 2015, this classic JRPG still holds well even after 15 years of it's initial release, mostly for it's memorable story and innovative combat system!
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The battle system is a pretty unique take on the active turn based combat formula.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
65 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Suffering from technical issues like stuttering and instability, it still is fun game to play while lacking modern quality of life features.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The audio quality is not the best however and can be really heard from the voice acting and music.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics: The graphics are for their time nicely done 3D maps with animated videos for spells.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The new difficulty makes it at least a little more fun to play.
+2 more players loved
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Story120 reviews
Combat72 reviews
Gameplay65 reviews
Audio50 reviews
Graphics48 reviews
Difficulty32 reviews
Characters18 reviews
Controls10 reviews
Divided opinion
No themes split opinion in this sample.
Players complain
Crashes55% still recommend
Bugs82% still recommend
Performance76% still recommend
Interface83% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Partial Controller Support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$19.99
The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.
8 points recordedtoday · $19.99
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