A rare mixture of full on SRPG and Grand Strategy even if it's a bit light on the latter category. Brigandine was a fun time and I'll be revisiting it to play as the other factions.

The gameplay loop and monster leveling is addicting, and what characterization exists is good, the world itself is fully realized and the music is great. However I feel some potential was missed for even more characterization and motivations. The Republic was who I played as first and Eliza and her immediate seconds in command were all great.

But several characters just... existed, and from what I know the original PS1 game goes way more into particular character relations not unlike Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The gameplay is very strong here though so whatever shortcomings I find are remedied with the sheer fun and massive customization future runs allow.

Great game, brings back Old brigandine, but better version