I played through this game to the end, largely because it was pretty short. It wasn't bad or anything, but I honestly wouldn't recommend it to others.
Story - It's not complicated, and it is more or less complete, but it still felt a bit lacking. There's even a bit of info thrown out at one point that begged for at least a side quest, but then it's quickly forgotten and never mentioned again.
No Side Quests - Not a single one as far as I could tell. There were 3 optional dungeons, but they had no story or quest content whatsoever. Just a bunch of enemies, winding paths, and treasure chests. One of them has multiple floors leading you to a room with a door, and then . . . nothing. Just another regular battle and a few treasure chests.
Crappy Maps - They're just not good. Towns make horrible use of space. A lot of doors can't be entered, and the ones that do seem to be at random and lead to, at most, some unimportant NPC dialogue. This game really does not reward exploration. And the various dungeons are just narrow branching corridors with enemies and treasure chests almost never contain anything of value. There's like 2 puzzles in the game, and only barely. One of the optional dungeons has a ladder leading up, but you can't actually climb it. That same floor has an entire section that you can only see from a distance with enemies and treasure chests that you can't actually reach. I scoured everywhere on all of the floors you can visit, and nothing.
Underutilized Features - You can switch outfits on the fly, and some of them have special abilities tied to them, and/or they change the way certain NPCs react to you. Except that for the most part they don't, and only 1 outfit has abilities you'll use in more than 1 dungeon. Speaking of NPC dialogue . . .
NPCs Never Change - There are a few event-related exceptions, but for the most part NPCs have one thing that they say/do throughout the entire game. That girl who's pretending to sleep on her lawn? No matter where in the game you are or what outfit you're wearing, nothing changes. Those tribesmen who tell you to go away? Even after you do the quest that makes you officially a friend of the tribe . . . they still want you to go away. Even if you wear the outfit you wear the outfit the chief himself gave you.
The Ending(no spoilers) - Basically, the ending sequence begins, takes a couple minutes to get through, and then it's over. And most of that time is spent on some NPC rather than, y'know, the characters you adventured with through most of the game. You don't really feel rewarded for completing the game.
It's functional. It's not overly challenging. It has a more or less complete story. But everything about it screams that it's a half-baked effort. If you just want something that scratches the itch and that you can finish in maybe 6 to 8 hours, you could do worse. But don't say I told you to get it, because I didn't. It's not total crap, but it's well below average. So . . . 3 out of 10? I think that's fair.
