Has anyone actually played through this?
I tried it out a long time ago and never got into but, but I'm giving it another chance now.
Basically, it's a Sci-fi RPG from Sega and Platinum games that's really more based on strategy and stat building than most Japanese RPGs. You're the captain of a ship (and pretty soon into the game, a fleet) running around to make your name throughout the universe. Presumably, something happens to put you on a mission to save everything known to man, but I haven't gotten there yet.
It's actually grown on me quite a bit after giving it a second chance. The JRP aspect isn't off-putting (yet at least) and it REALLY doesn't play like one. Moving around is plotting courses in your star map, navigating planets and space ports is a freelancer-esque case of selecting locations to visit from a menu, and battles are pretty awesome (and strategic). The real meat, however, come from stat building in the form of building and customizing your ship/fleet/crew (which plays out by arranging tetris-style blocks on a limited grid). I've rarely played an RPG where it feels like your isolated choices in upgrades have such a profound effect).
I'm having a lot of fun with it and don't think I'll be able to do justice with my explanation here, but maybe check it out.
