I’ve had this RPG for quite some time, but today was the first day that I felt I was in the right frame of mind to give it the patience I was sure it would deserve. I was right, it does require patience at the beginning. There’s about an hour or so of very limited interaction before you really get to do anything. (It’s one of those games with save points during cut scenes.)

But now I have got to play it I’m very impressed. I’m four hours in and I’ve worked out what’s going on mostly, I think. I can heal during battle, I’ve worked out how learn new skills and level them, all that. Haven’t been able to use an item during battle yet, but maybe I’ve not got any yet. A lot of this isn’t explained very well, or at all. But it’s great fun, with a lovely battle system and enemies visible in the (side-scrolling) dungeons before you fight.