Looking at some of the games from other devs, I much more appreciate games made by Indi. Nothing Indi makes is as troublesome and/or complicated to play as the last 2 or 3 games offered here. Sometimes I think that devs are a little too clever for their own good, and thereby won't sell as much as they could have.
Thanks. I do try to make my games as accessible as possible in terms of structure. I like a strong challenge, but that's when it comes to defeating the enemies.
As for party members in the new game: I prefer them all to be humans. I really don't like having an animal in my party. A hamster waving a gun around? That's terrible. LOL
Usually animals are optional or you have enough humans to keep them out of the party.
Never play Sylia, though xD