yadayada not retro i know but can we talk about this game anyway? just finished it and it's real good for the most part. loved the combat what with how they brought back and improved upon dual wielding (although it seems you can't combo with two different glyph types, not that you'd really want to what with weaknesses/resistances being more important than usual). the bosses especially were great (eligor particularly is dope) if hard, but i feel like they should've put the crab boss later (maybe wallman in his place?), because i hit him for five minutes before looking up how to beat his last phase, wasn't expecting some to be more puzzley. although i think it worked in the final fight, but maybe i'm just saying that because i don't want to dodge the fucking homing rain attack in dracula's monster form. rest of his attacks are reasonable but i don't get what they expect you to do there other than fly over him and pray.

speaking of, the story was decent if a bit obvious but y'know how albus is the first boss with a glyph? so i was expecting that to be the last dominus glyph and you have to absorb it off him to save him, so instead of doing that i beat him normally to get the bad ending. turns out that was just a totally different glyph actually, i did reset and get it though considering they let me save but it's fucked up how you actually have to kill him for a change when he literally did nothing wrong apart from the villager kidnappings, even there somewhat. not as fucked up as the actual bad ending at least. oh on that note i don't like how half the sidequests are just "get this item from a rare treasure chest in one of the areas or farm it off an enemy" but other than that, the village is pretty comfy.