MALLORY16'S PROFILE

It seemed good... ish. I got to reunite mother and child... and it only cost dozens of innocent lives ^_^;

I wasn't trying to be a jerk in the game, but most of the choices weren't really black and white, and you'll almost certainly have to betray someone at some point. And I accidentally doomed everyone in Lightharbour. I did save everyone from the giant robot, though!

It's OK, you're right. Considering the demo ended almost immediately after Heart left the party, not retaining her equipment wasn't all that big of a deal.

Mother was pretty tough, mostly once she used her corossive acid attack. She's the only time I died in the game, though. The jellyfish were notably hard, but I was able to manage them both. Mother's guards looked scarier than they were. The poison slimes were really annoying, but could usually be killed easily before they got a chance to attack. I learned quickly to make sure I did just that! The overall difficulty wasn't too bad. It'd definitely be nice to have like a cure-all potion chest right before Mother to make sure you've got one going into that battle, though!

I've played mage Momo a lot more than warrior Momo, though that may just be me. I can easily see players liking having a strong default attack, but I was very much into mage Momo.

Karin had her uses, but I'd never vote her MVP.

Shinichi is great as bait, and getting enemies to target them in harder battles is particularly helpful

Shinichi's heal spell wasn't really useful, especially before you can buy ether. The magic cost is too high versus just using a cheap potion that anyone can use. Ether is a commodity on the beach in particular, and is a huge waste to spend MP on healing.

Heart is great at killing things. And great at being killed, so yeah, had to keep her protected.

I need to play and try the passive skills more. It was so long before I had any passive skills that I usually forgot they were there by the time I finally learned some. I kept forgetting I had no passive skills in the beginning, but then I kept forgetting that I did have passive skills later on XD

The Falcion you get at the beginning is so much stronger than the pirate cutlass you find later that there seemed to be no reason to even touch that, even with the extra critical chance.

Potions and ether were very useful, although since you couldn't buy ether before the final dungeon, I had to really watch how I used MP. The food items I guess were a fun touch, though they're pretty much just potions you couldn't use during battle. Except in emergencies, I used the healing items between battles, anyway. Still a fun touch.

I can see it being useful depending on how someone wants to play, but I thought the energy fragments had too high a price to pay in defense to make wearing them worthwhile. Crysyla's mirror, ring of spirit, and even the common bronze ring were all worthwhile to wear, though (and in the case of bronze rings, sell off extras you didn't need).

A lot of those common weak items aren't bad, really, since while not great, they generally don't come with any downsides, either. A lot of the stronger items come with a downside and you have to judge whether the cost is worth it. The energy fragments were really the only equipment where the punishment for wearing it seemed way too high, though.

My last save, after Mother and back in school, was 2 hours 45 minutes of playtime.

Focus never seemed worth using. 8 SP never seemed worth skipping a turn for.

For Momo, shell had limited/no use, depending on whether the jellyfish's poison counts as a boss. It's not worth using against regular enemies, and while it would be great against Mother's corrosive acid, it doesn't work there. Replenish mana was great before I could buy ether, so I had at least one character whose MP I didn't have to worry about, but rainbow barrier was her best special, which could really help against certain battles.

Magic blast was more expensive and usually weaker than fire blast/lightning blast, and also more expensive to use, and I pretty much never used it after a while. Illusion was worthwhile for harder battles, though.

All of Heart's specials were worth using, at least for harder battles, and using the easier battles to build up SP. For her regular skills, I used mighty swing, lightning ball, and earth slam pretty regularly, especially once I could buy ether.

Shinichi's provoke was worthwhile, what with them pretty much being the team's tank, and provoke making them even more tankish. Iron defense was useful only occasionally, but it was a godsend for the few times I did make use of it. Shield strike was nice too.

Skill-wise, heal was a huge waste of MP before you could buy ether. After you could buy ether, it was slightly cheaper to use their heal spell than to use potions, but even then it didn't seem worth the effort to use MP to heal. Aura slash sounds overpowered, supposedly dealing 360% damage, but it clearly didn't do even close to that much damage. Seemed about the same amount of damage their regular attack did, and didn't seem use using much. Cover was pretty much a cheaper version of iron defense. Not as good, but only 8 MP, and definitely useful. And barrier was definitely nice for harder battles.

For Karin, wind rush was not usually worth using, and fatal strike was pretty much useless. Metal rain was good, though. Shuriken was a good, if somewhat underpowered, "hit everyone" attack. Battle stance and fog were good for harder battles. Wind strike was rarely used. If I figured out which enemies were weak to wind, it might've helped though I didn't know what might be weak against it.