TL;DR: Highly recommend Linked Worlds if you're into RPGs with some strategy involved.

You can find my playthrough on my YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGG8_9Thpy4JIMYhd1MTP9wRKqYMqtxAQ

While I haven't beat the game quite yet, I wanted to leave a review here. I've been greatly enjoying my time playing Linked Worlds, and it offers a unique turn-based grid-style combat system.

Every turn, you'll have the option to attack, use a skill, defend, use an item, or move. Some skills allow you to not use a turn to use it (and one of these is really good, I've found). You can choose between regular skills or dark art skills, and both are good in different situations. You'll want to experiment to see what you like best, but personally I like trying to shoot things from afar until they're in my face and I start hitting them. The grid system lets you get an idea how far things are, and what you can hit.

You'll get regular levels, and you get points as you level up. This can be used in the skill grid to get buffs to stats, "jobs", and skills. You can change these up anytime you're not in combat or a cutscene, though I've ended up mostly not swapping much around. You get more pieces unlocked every certain amount of levels up to a point, and then you'll just start getting points to fill in other skills.

Story-wise, your goal is to defeat the Dark Beast who has resurrected on the other side of the world. You'll have to find your way there, and of course the route initially suggested to you... doesn't work out so well. You'll take detours, find other people, do quests for them, and a month later still probably not be there. At least, that happened to me. Shops and buildings are only open at certain times of day too, so you'll have to keep that in mind as you march east.

There are "rare" enemies to kill that the Hunter's Guild will assign to you, and while they are tough I DO recommend fighting them! You get a bunch of experience and gold for each one you kill, but you'll have to go back to the starting city to get the next one. Thankfully, there is an easy teleport, and as you get far enough shortcuts unlock so you don't have to continuously fight your way back over.

Some of the writing and grammar in the game is a bit sketchy, but as I believe the English version isn't from a native speaker, I can forgive it a bit more. That said, it'd still be nice to see it given a full look over to fix some of the mistakes.

All that said, I HIGHLY recommend the game. It's tough at the start, and some points will overwhelm you. Dying sends you back to your last "safe" screen where the game did a soft quicksave (but still, save it when you're in a screen you can do so in). The game will challenge you, make you think, and make you go AH-HAH! a lot.

TL;DR: Highly recommend Linked Worlds if you're into RPGs with some strategy involved. You can find my playthrough on my YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGG8_9Thpy4JIMYhd1MTP9wRKqYMqtxAQ While I haven't beat the game quite yet, I wanted to leave a review here. I've been greatly enjoying my time playing Linked Worlds, and it offers a unique turn-based grid-style combat system. Every turn, you'll have the option to attack, use a skill, defend, use an item, or move. Some skills allow you to not use a turn to use it (and one of these is really good, I've found). You can choose between regular skills or dark art skills, and both are good in different situations. You'll want to experiment to see what you like best, but personally I like trying to shoot things from afar until they're in my face and I start hitting them. The grid system lets you get an idea how far things are, and what you can hit. You'll get regular levels, and you get points as you level up. This can be used in the skill grid to get buffs to stats, "jobs", and skills. You can change these up anytime you're not in combat or a cutscene, though I've ended up mostly not swapping much around. You get more pieces unlocked every certain amount of levels up to a point, and then you'll just start getting points to fill in other skills. Story-wise, your goal is to defeat the Dark Beast who has resurrected on the other side of the world. You'll have to find your way there, and of course the route initially suggested to you... doesn't work out so well. You'll take detours, find other people, do quests for them, and a month later still probably not be there. At least, that happened to me. Shops and buildings are only open at certain times of day too, so you'll have to keep that in mind as you march east. There are "rare" enemies to kill that the Hunter's Guild will assign to you, and while they are tough I DO recommend fighting them! You get a bunch of experience and gold for each one you kill, but you'll have to go back to the starting city to get the next one. Thankfully, there is an easy teleport, and as you get far enough shortcuts unlock so you don't have to continuously fight your way back over. Some of the writing and grammar in the game is a bit sketchy, but as I believe the English version isn't from a native speaker, I can forgive it a bit more. That said, it'd still be nice to see it given a full look over to fix some of the mistakes. All that said, I HIGHLY recommend the game. It's tough at the start, and some points will overwhelm you. Dying sends you back to your last "safe" screen where the game did a soft quicksave (but still, save it when you're in a screen you can do so in). The game will challenge you, make you think, and make you go AH-HAH! a lot.