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So after fannying about with the launch config setting and getting my pad to work after three attempts (thanks menu for hiding the enable controller button as a check mark in the middle of the menu when there's a fucking okay button) the game starts with me sitting at a chair in a fairly nice cabin looking area with a character called Estelle, who's daddy is late, she seems worried about Schera, and then makes what I can only assume is lewd innuendo about practising with her staff for a bit while everyone's out. Sweet log fire though.

Wait wtf, her dad has kidnapped her a badly beaten boy as a present... erm okay. Hmmm so her dad's a bracer... and deals with monsters... and then we elbow drop the badly beaten kid who's shouting at her really strange dad, and then tells him to rest, ahahaha. This is great, wtf.

Jesus Christ they're all mental.

Beautifully drawn, nonsensical intro compreeto, and I find out the kids name is Joshua and he plays the harmonica. How has she heard so many songs of his already? There's clearly been a time lapse, but I knew nothing to begin with... why?

Wait what now her dad is his dad too, this game moves at record pace. I haven't even been able to move yet... Okay so my training is to be a bracer, and Schera is our teacher, and we're gonna have test, and pick up the Liberl (subtle) newspaper.

Right and we're off...

Okay training is commencing, Orbments are mechanical and use "orbal energy" rightio... and basically seem to be this universes industrial commodity. Bracers are the heroes guild, no surprises there, and Liberl is actually a kingdom in the west of the continent of Zemuria. Hopefully writing some of this down will prove useful later. Liberl is the tech leader and produces a lot of Septium whatever that is.

We were invaded by the Erobonians, and won cus of our orbment ship thingys k.

I'm right with you there Estelle the Bracer Notebook sounds like it's gonna be a pain in the ass, high five.

Never have I been more enthusiastic to go into a sewer looking for "treasure" in my life. Oh god more tutorials and this ones about upgrading and synergising stuff, why overload me this early I haven't even entered a fucking fight yet.

So blah blah blah, central thingy is unlocked, blah blah, needs sepith and ep and quartz and various other stuff, everyones battle orbment is unique.

Elemental value and combination of quartz creates different magic k... wait Quartz are circuits made from sepith, okay...

Useful information wind = green, Time = black, Space is gold, and Mirage is silver, everything else is obvious.

Finally I might be able to leave, go fuck yourself Melders. Wait now you're gonna make me fuck with this stuff even though I have no idea what any of it does, even though you've just made a big deal out of making the most of it being important.

Yeah... Ditto Estelle, let's rock this sewer. I gave her the water thingy and ill give her the fire one too, more attack, but less defense with more hp should be fine unless water and fire make each other weaker without it saying so in the stats screen.

Let's fight! Combats more complex than I expected, a bit tactics meets persona or something. Either way it's a good start despite being spoon fed wins at this point im sure it'll get more challenging.

Of note so far is the really nice musical score, and nice colour palette.

Success is ours and we're promoted to Junior Bracers. Now to find someone willing to pay us to assassinate Melders.
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I'm bad at Maffs.
BEDMAS Bioshock, Earthworm Jim, Diablo 2, Mass Effect 2, Ark: Survival Evolved, Super Meat Boy