Agarest: Generations of War Reviews

I want to like this game. I really, really do. But god is everything about this game tedious. From the fights being slow and grating, to having to grind for literally EVERYTHING. Money, weapons, skills and levels are all things you have to spend HOURS to gain. Even the cheese methods are obnoxious to use. The game is also hard as hell even on normal mode. Meaning you can't skip grinding at all. You HAVE to put in that time to gear up and level if you want to progress in the later half of the game I like the art style and music. especially the music. The story is rather basic for most of the campaign, but if you push through the grind and punishing difficulty there is some rather interesting plot points that occur later on. Would I recommend this game? I would say.... maybe? DO you like hard as hell JRPGS? Do you like grinding all day and even find it therapeutic? Do you have a lot of free time to do said grinding? If all those answers are yes then I'd get it on sale, with the caveat that you don't blame me if you don't like it or quit halfway through. I love the music so so much that if you do get it then you have to buy the collector's edition with the soundtrack. Its fantastic.

I'm a huge fan of games that do pairings and stuff that have gameplay impacts (Fire Emblem 4 and 13). This game has that and when it's not doing fan service it's got an pretty good story. Gameplay is eh. Would invest 50 hours again.