could be great.....
i am going to be frank, this game as one fatal flaw which will make me never play it again, and it's the atrocious save system. You can only save in a handful of places, and if you get to certain spots of the game, (coast town), there ISNT A SAVE, and you can't back-track because a really tough boss battle is in the way of you and the save. The only choice you have is to attempt the beat the next part with no chance of saving, which takes hours of leveling up, not to mention it is INCREDIBLY difficult. oh, and if you die, the last 2 hours you put into the game is lost!
Instead of having a save system, WHEN YOU DIE YOU START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CURRENT MAP YOU ARE IN! Every RPG has a save spot in every map, so why doesn't this? I have played this game 6 times now, and every time I die in the mansion due to a lucky hit, or the power going out, or whatever other bull$%#@ reason there is. That is why instead of a 9 or 10 it only gets a 7.