Boring. It’s not so bad I can’t finish it, but it’s dull enough that if I try to marathon it I’ll end up disliking it. That’s why I’m on a strict two-battle-a-day limit.
My battle strategy has been quickly reduced to “Spam Burst Strike and Heal as Necessary,” and judging by the high HP monsters have and the pathetic amount of EXP you get unless you finish off an enemy, that seems to be the ‘expected’ way to play the game. Start a turn, move two or three allies within a few squares of one enemy, set off a flashy Burst Strike (combo) attack, share EXP. I usually soften up the enemy with a few individual blows first.
That’s all there is to battle. Hit the enemy a bit, finish it off with a Burst Strike, move forward a little more, repeat. Since most enemies won’t attack unless you’re in range, I either draw one down with a high-DEF character (trying to train up a Paladin for this role, but she’s useless) or snipe them from afar with an arrow then close in for the kill. It’s not like it’s no fun at all but, come on, the same strategy every time? With a lengthy, gaudy, unskippable animation on top of that? (edit: turns out you can skip animations by pressing START)
What’s keeping me going is 1. The hope that my party will grow strong enough that I won’t have to use Burst Strikes in the latter half, 2. The hope of different kinds of Burst Strike combos – I think I got something different when I used a Paladin and a High Priest together, and 3. The hope that the story will pick up enough that I won’t mind slogging through a little boredom to get to the good stuff.
That story… hmm… Yeah, I really don’t care about it. I should have picked Trenet’s route instead of Cynthia’s. That way instead of fighting a war I don’t believe in for a princess I barely know, I could be running all over the (tiny) continent having fun adventures. Why do I always pick the wrong route first in this kind of game? -__-
Anyway, since I have time to spare from not playing this game, I’m going to start something else as well, maybe Grand Knights History. I’ll write a final post on Ragnarok ~ Hikari to Yami no Koujo ~
