This game is absolute average. It is more apparent to Shining Darkness on Genesis, in it's style. The problem is that this is a PS2! 2d characters are speaking to you in a beautiful slide show and so are the interior of every town's locations. Wait! I'm getting interested! The towns are in 3d, but is that useful ? No! Because you can only travel them in a slide show manner. This is just for the show you see. Wait, it's get better. To level up, you have to get out of the labyrinth and rest at the lodge...I just love going back tracking myself constantly, it's elevate my interest. Not convince ? To resurrect you have to get out of the...and go to the church (And you will need to do this a lot at first). The buying interface has no help for you to decide which weapons you have and which you should upgrade too. You just have to know i guess. Text letters that appears in the upper right corner, in town's location is un-readable.This one has nothing of the quality of the Wizardry series on the PC. This is the last Atlus game i'll ever buy.