/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>8832659
They player and overworld sprites might be a little more derpy, but the enemy sprites, backgrounds and scenarios are a lot more beautiful. If I'm not mistaken, they were drawn by the sprite artist of GoS, so that isn't too surprising.
As for your other concern, what happened is that the whole game revolves around the shikigami system (basically three living accessories you can equip, which give you skills to use), so there's less focus on the playable characters and the things they can do. Pretty much the only thing related to them that was kept were the Last Words. Also, character-specific weapons are gone as well, and your characters learn new skills during battle, making the game a bit more like SaGa (I think) than its predecessor.
>>8832926
You can do very well with just the basic single-target elemental spells, like Fire Arrow and such. She only starts shining when you have enough power points to put 20 in her Learning tree and 13 or 16 in her Third Eye tree, for the +40% learn attack power and +30PATK/MATK respectively.
Also, if you want to use spells, she's much better with rods than with eyes.
>>8833360
I suggest getting any of Marisa's brooms for the sweet 6 MP/turn regen, at least. Seriously, you don't need to completely avoid crafting stuff just because the materials are rare; as long as you don't try try making every single equipment you should be fine.
Still, Patchy's books suck when compared to rods, at least in raw magical power.