Odin Sphere

[Benstamania]

Picked this up today, anyone else playing it? It's getting rave reviews and it's also apparently already "rare."

 

[sandwraith]

Played till the "Pooka Prince" arc before my semester started. The game borders between ok-challenging then when you reach bosses it becomes "***k you". Not to spoil anything but for my copy while playing as the Valkriye girl your "final" quest has you fighting the Queen of the dead who fancies herself an SNK boss, the screen goes through a humongous amount a lag which is annoying because the boss doesn't seem fazed by it.

Heres a few tips if you intend to go through with the game:

1) Plant seeds as often as possible. Good for EXP and Health. Do it while revisiting cleared areas where it should be easier.
2) Alchemy is important. Many potions help to ease environment ailments.
3) Revisit cleared areas often. EXP and money are hard to come by so you should really stock up. Also bag space is a pain so buy bigger bags to store your items as the game progresses.

Wait till you meet Wagner the Dragon. Now he's a real *****.