Recent reviews by Illan

I had my eyes on it and Sea of Stars for some time, but decided to go with this one, and I'm not disappointed.
Story is great, with a bunch of twists in it. And the characters with depth to them, it was enjoyable going along with their journey.

What I really liked about the game was the balance between its elements - exploration, combat, character management and story - I can't really pinpoint it, but it felt fresh and fun all the way until I got to the endgame where I decided to 100% it, and only then it felt a bit dull/grindy.

The secrets in the game are well made. The feel fair, maybe with a couple exceptions. You either find an npc that gives you a hint, or the there some noticeable thing that shows a secret passage, or you see the goal and can work it out from there.

The music is great. I can't say much about it, but just have to emphasize - it is great.

The world, the lore, the locations just made me feel that I'd like another game, I'd like to see what's out there and what will happen to it all.

And just to get some issues I had out there:
1. It would help to be able to open loading menu in battle. There were a few times I walked into a cutscene that was followed by a boss fight without checking that last courner for stuff, and had to restart the game and load last save to go see that I didn't miss anything.
2. The Bestiary list is not looped (you can't press up in the top record and get to the bottom) - I think all the other lists are. Except quests.
3. I would prefer game mechanics to be better explained in the game. Its fine if you don't really want to play in optimizing the build, but I had to use guides here.
4. Needs more localizations. Personally, I would like Russian, so I could recommend it to friends who don't know English well.