I just finished the game this afternoon. I thought it was very thought out and had a few surprises.
I did complete the game wining
fights and did enjoy the ending.
A few things that I found: there are a few places in the guide that are incorrect:
Q7
the guide mentions that I can complete that quest along with the other quests after the temple but someone on the board mentioned that it needed to be completed with Blondie in your group.
The Pit of Infinity
it says that I need to revisit secret room again once I have Marine in my party. When I went back, nothing was there. The next group (I believe it was Karine) did find a surprise.
For the quest about the statue.
the guide mentions that I need to go to a specific taratarian map and it is not listed.
I think I would have love to see a wrap up with Bear's story.
I know he was a monk and that he has a "secret" but the game didn't get into any detail about why he did what he did. Also, at the end, i wonder if he went back to the island.
Another thing was about Marine's mom. An earlier MM and this one mentioned that they could possibly see if they could find a cure for her mom. Not a big deal and I guess we can't all have happy endings.

...Unless I missed a quest somewhere. I think I only had 8. Was there more than 8? But when the credits rolled out, there seemed to be several more that I did not finish. I followed the guide pretty closely the first time through. Will definitely replay with a different strategy.
I don't want to go into too much detail about what I thought of the game until a Memories page comes up. I thought it was an awesome game and tied everything up(except for a few things mentioned above) really nicely. As mentioned I won 84 games and totally enjoyed that ending.
I thought the showdown was awesome - took me awhile to figure out how increase my odds of wining - ended up with a four page spreadsheet with all the info I need to make a informed decision!

However, with all risks, sometimes things don't turn out as you plan and thankfully I was able to reload and try again!
I think what would have been so awesome - granted the game is already totally awesome, but this would have been double icing in the cake - would be to see what happens to our 13 heros. Granted I know what happens to at least one...but what about Benoit. Does his "crush" feel the same toward him? What about Marine's family? Did her dad get better? Does Jezebel go back to the beach?
Nonetheless - this was a awesome game and look forward to playing in hard mode so that I can get all of the animal kings. I played the game through on easy mode just to get a feel for it and plan my next strategy.
Thanks again for an awesome! As always, your games are full of surprises and a joy to replay over and over. Thanks again for all your hard work as well as everyone who was involved in creating this masterpiece.
Look forward to playing the whole series over again
