I feel almost bad not recommending it, this game has so much potential, but unfortunately it's pretty much wasted by the horrible ending.
The pros:
- The graphics are very pretty, and do convey the sense of being in another world, and of setting things up nicely
- The music and the few voice-overs are very good
- The general story, up until the end, is captivating and unique enough when stacked up against other games.

The cons:
- The game is on rails. Serious rails. And it feels like it. It actually provides you with a map you can click on, so you can learn about the different regions and cities of the world, but then won't let you plot a course to visit any of them.
- The combat is actually pretty boring once you realize that every round of turn based combat, the turns go back and forth between you and the enemy. You just killed 3 enemies so it's now 5 on 3? Well, that just means some of the enemy units will go twice. It really sucks any aspect of strategy right out of the game.
- The ENDING! Wow. I don't want to spoil it, but the game builds up so much about the setting, the history of the world, the different characters....and then it just ends. SO much could have been done, but wasn't. What a gyp.

I feel almost bad not recommending it, this game has so much potential, but unfortunately it's pretty much wasted by the horrible ending. The pros: - The graphics are very pretty, and do convey the sense of being in another world, and of setting things up nicely - The music and the few voice-overs are very good - The general story, up until the end, is captivating and unique enough when stacked up against other games. The cons: - The game is on rails. Serious rails. And it feels like it. It actually provides you with a map you can click on, so you can learn about the different regions and cities of the world, but then won't let you plot a course to visit any of them. - The combat is actually pretty boring once you realize that every round of turn based combat, the turns go back and forth between you and the enemy. You just killed 3 enemies so it's now 5 on 3? Well, that just means some of the enemy units will go twice. It really sucks any aspect of strategy right out of the game. - The ENDING! Wow. I don't want to spoil it, but the game builds up so much about the setting, the history of the world, the different characters....and then it just ends. SO much could have been done, but wasn't. What a gyp.