Old-school love.
The end.
No, really, its a great game...I just don't recommend it for non-hardcore RPG gamers. Don't expect mercy and do not expect a walk in the park (or forest...whatever).
The "Short and Simple":
In the game you spend a lot of time traversing 3d tunnel-style woods with dangerous critters, and huge orange scary things that will kill you. The ultimate goal is to be able to explore EVERYTHING, kill EVERYTHING and collect EVERYTHING so that you can make the best armor, items, and weapons and take on the toughest orange scary things. Because of this you may spend some time walking up and down the same damn hallways, killing the same damn baddies, but in the end that's OK, because you get stronger and can get and kill better EVERYTHINGs.
For those that don't mind a little grinding so they can deal with those scary orange orbs that turn into massive monsters when you touch them, please buy this game. We must make Atlus deliver more sequels or games like this one. Besides, nowhere else in the gaming world can you use a touch screen to draw your own map, while exploring a dangerous, mysterious and beautiful forest. In the words of Zero Punctuation; "If you don't like this game, you're stupid". Ok...not really...you just aren't cool.
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GRAPHICS: 8.5 - Nice looking 3d corridors, especially for a DS game.
SOUND: 8.0 - Nothing too special, but it does remind me of the greatest SNES games.
GAMEPLAY: 8.0 - Unique and fun for hardcore gamers that otherwise don't get enough out of the Nintendo DS.
VALUE: 9.0 - Its a very long quest with plenty of content.
POSITIVES: Easy to use, unique touch-screen map drawing. Its a challenge. About the only hardcore gaming experience (short of the original) that exists on the Nintendo DS.
NEGATIVES: Meh story. Its hardcore.