success, minor flaws
Skwerl
Certainly, better RPG's have been written and designed, but this one promised not much outside of its H scenes and equipment system. It delivers, I would say.I raced through to get the story, was able to get (with relatively little grinding) strong enough that I could put battles on auto and just wait them out, with small exceptions. There came a point where I stocked up on 20 of each healing item, and never ran low, with generous battle drops essentially replenishing faster than I needed to use. Grinding a few side quests made you rich fast, and if you spent right, you could afford the best gear by the time you reached the level to unlock it. Late game drops with max gear made you pretty much impervious to anything not on a boss's move list.Story is passable, for sure, with few glaring flaws. In the early parts, it progresses whether you win or lose key battles. Losing to bosses merely reverts to the immediate leadup to his fight, rather than making you suffer through the obligatory game over and save load of shame. A big cliffhanger was hung at the end, and pretty much promises a sequel. Will be getting, if it's about this price again.Played again to view and collect scenes, and the gallery in the menu may be bugged or something, because only a few of them showed up in the gallery, and I earned almost all of them. However, if I wished, I could go back to any of them due to smart save locations. Could use a text skip for completion-focused replays.
