Thank you so much for writing this wonderful article Patrick. Thank you for bringing some positive attention to this game. As a person who lives with depression this game was one of the deciding factors in me seeking more extensive counseling to help me with some of my issues. When playing through this I found many of the similarities between the character and myself to be startling. It allowed for some stark realizations and profound re-contextualization of my daily activities. I was finally able to admit to myself that my anxieties about being around other people and my lethargy towards my loved ones was an actual problem because I was able to see that someone else had had those exact same issues. I no longer felt like I was making something up in my mind and finally was able to see the problem for what it was. Understanding that others were in the same place as me had never been as apparent as it had been until I checked this thing out. I was finally able to stop thinking the problems I was dealing with were a joke and that I should just "get over it"
No, you're not stupid for not being able to figure out how to trap your first monster.
Thanks Patrick I was just dealing with that today, texting my brother back and forth trying to figure out how to trap the bear after throwing pellets at his head over and over again and still getting no results. When I finally did see that big bastard fall asleep I was super satisfied.
@Skytylz: All of the cut scenes have voice acting the rest is just plain ol text... The combat is fun and engaging but the A.I. for other members of your party needs some serious reworking.
Now that Studio Ghibli is making next gen video games I would really love to see a more adult centric game with themes similar to Princess Monanoke. That was the first Ghibli movie I ever saw and I think a nice blood soaked Ghibli JRPG would be loads of fun!
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