I am Setsuna Review

At first I was hesitant to buy this game as I didn't know what the quality would be like and how long the game would last for. I'm glad that I decided to purchase this game because it is a great JRPG in an old school style.

The setting of the game is beautiful and the game starts you off by making your character Endir set out on a mission to kill a certain person. When you arrive to your location you confront the person and realise that they are destined to die as they are the sacrifice. The whole game revolves around this girl. Her name is Setsuna and this is where the game begins.

The entire game is set in the snow, which looks amazing. You are quickly thrown into the battle system and you can be overwhelmed by the amount of different things that are available. Like the momentum system during battles. At first I wasnt sure how it worked, if you have a glowing star or three above your character ATB gauge then you have the ability to use momentum which enhance your attacks and your abilities once used. For instance, if you use Aterna's slow time ability with momentum mode then not only do you slow your opponents attack rate down but you increase your ATB gauge fill rate. You use momentum when you select the enemy you want to attack, you will see a bright light appear above your character and at this moment you press the square button.

When you get further in the game you can have crazy combo's available that can do thousands worth of damage. The game doesn't really have a quest log to follow so you have to pay attention during the conversations which are entirely text. Which for me is great.

The journey you find yourself on is one of sorrow. You are leading a young girl to be sacrificed so that the world can be protected again from the monsters that you are fighting during the entire game.

For me the game lasted a good 40+ hours, but that might be because I was trying to get the platinum trophy which I did but it took a lot of grinding for certain ones, mainly the fluxes. These are special parts of fights that randomly appear. It was a bit frustrating to get the last trophy but the game is excellent and You should go and buy this game and any more that are made by The Tokyo RPG Factory.