Hi Anima,
I have just finished the game - took me about 7 hours and levelled all characters up to Level 21. The story was interesting and pulled me along. I have to say the first REAL boss - the Violet Clothed thief - was the hardest fight I've ever encountered early in a game. I can see why people had trouble with him!
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He had far too many multiple damaging hits and the team had very limited healing and damaging skills at that point. In addition, he seemed to have a high HP so took ages to take down. I must say I felt a warm glow of achievement and satisfaction when I finally managed to defeat him after 2-3 tries
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I found I needed many more healing items to help out too
The game played smoothly with no major problems. I was surprised by the ending in a number of ways - first the final boss went down far too easy...basically wiped it out in about 1.5 rounds with minimal damage inflicted
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After my experience with the Violet Clothed Leader it was a bit of a shock
The other thing about the ending...and please don't look if you haven't finished the game as this really is a spoiler
The story had focussed on the reading of ancient text and a cure for the Plague, and in the end this was not really the point although it had driven the heroine and the others through the game. I think that is what felt a bit of a let down I suppose - there wasn't the "magic cure" - just a bit of "tough love"
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Although may be a fair call considering our recent and ongoing RL experience
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And finally explains the meaning behind the game title!
Overall, I did enjoy the game and would recommend to interested players.
MerryX