Soul Nomad & the World Eaters

A fun game. I very much enjoyed the gameplay mechanics, although the level design perhaps leaves something to be desired. The story is entertaining enough too, even if it get a bit edgy at times (the original PS2 version was published in 2007 after all). Once you've finished the game, there's an alternative path with a completely different story, new stages and even a different set of playable characters. Also, if you prefer crisp pixels, there is an option to turn off the UI filter, which I think is meant to simulate an old CRT TV screen. Part of me want's to criticize the game for how much grinding there was, but honestly? The joke's on me as I ended up going to half of the story battles overleveled. Nobody forced me to do most of that grinding, I just couldn't resist upgrading my wizards and tanks to have preposterous mobility and attack range.

Soul nomad is a difficult game with a lot of mechanics, based off of random RNG. Like most NIS games is about power leveling but the options that they hand to you are very harsh on beginners for this style of game. I have played three hours and spent most of that time in game over screens. Story is quite interesting and the character models are gorgeous. I cannot equip individual characters but rather the room with disposable items.