Lol ^_^
Yeah, there is a lot of hate for
Shining Resonane Refrain (see? bolded again!) and I get why some people dislike it. However, there is a lot to love about the game. I could talk for 30 minutes non-stop about why I think the game is great... and I actually did it!
I should definitely make English versions of my videos. They're useless to almost all of my ERA friends. Well, I'll leave my 30 minute Portuguese rambling about the game here anyway in an attempt to move
sleepless_swan and make him reconsider his (WRONG! VERY WRONG!) opinion on the game :P
First things first I'm not a guy (it's even on my profile) and second of all you won't move my opinion of the game, I've played it and could very easily list everything that's wrong with it.
- All the characters are boring and one-dimentional with questionable voice acting (English) throughout.
- Story is fairly generic.
- There are a lot of useless fetch quests and "kill this monster" quests incorporated into the story for arbitrary reasons.
- The ally AI is completely braindead, with your healers often running into obvious danger even if they're set to heal only.
- There is only one town in the game, which is pretty small and littered with fetch quests (many times NPCs will repeat the quests they give you).
- You will be running through the same areas over and over again since all of your quests start from this area.
- The "dating" mechanic is pretty disappointing, repeating the same scenes over and over.
- Many of the bosses are damage sponges, and a couple of the dragon fights spam aoe status effects over the entire field so you can't escape from it.
I could list more but I'll leave it at that, I will say that the combat had some potential had the enemies not been either stupidly easy or sponges. You're free to enjoy the game and that's good for you but you're definitely in the minority from what I've seen.
