Hi Cherry Bloom,
I have just discovered your game - only 6 years after you released it here - and enjoyed it immensely. It took me around 15 hours - I dawdled around a bit gathering resources and gold which was a good idea as gear was expensive.
The characters and story was excellent and really pulled me in. I was able to level the team up to Blade (31) - a rather immature young man who started to develop along the way; Crystal (28) - focussed on mission but could be a bitch; Raven (28) - a bit of a softie but powerhouse especially once promoted; Vulcana (27) - a bit older than the others, a bit of a nerd, and my favourite; and Tina (27) - late arrival to the team but a strong warrior with some nifty skills. All the girls except Vulcana seemed fixated on Blade who while he looked good and had special skills to save the world wasn't my idea necessarily of "a prize". With the ending...
I tried to pick none of them because I really didn't think Blade was "ready" but unfortunately that wasn't an option so I went with Raven
I appreciated the warning about strong language etc but found I really didn't notice as it was all in keeping with what was going on. And I usually get tired of the big busted female characters but found myself accepting that it was all part of this particular game and story - at times very tongue in cheek
The battles overall were good without being super difficult. And I actually enjoyed the background music which was different. The game played very smoothly and I managed to do all the side quests except #8 Vulcana's Quests. I did buy the guide and it was a help as there were a few tricky sneaky elements I would definitely have missed without it. I had to read it carefully a few times as parts of it were not quite clear on the sequence.
I liked the dungeon scores - nice sense of achievement as you rolled along. I particularly liked the underwater dungeon
Total Score: 715 (Normal)
I hope you have gone on to develop more games as if this one was your first one, I thought it was terrific
MerryX