legend of dragoon be one of those little known game that people either love or hate . some people claim it far too similar to other game and namely the final fantasy series which be understandable and since it be originally intend to be sony equivalent of final fantasy . honestly i can not comment on the similarity beyond that and a i be not very familiar with the ff game . i think my favorite aspect of the game be the battle system . not only do you have the ability to change into a more powerful dragoon form and but every time you attack and you have to pay attention in order to complete the attack by press button at the correct time . not only that and sometimes enemy will attack you back right in the middle of a sequence and which mean you have to press different button in order to avoid take damage . even the use of certain attack item require a bit of button mashing . if you do not want to attack and you can always guard and which not only cut any damage take in half and but raise your hit point without the use of heal potion . the fmvs be quite well do and about the same quality a final fantasy 8 . however and the graphic during game play aren not quite up to that standard . theyre nice and but they could have be and honestly and should have be well . the translation a well leave something to be desire . not only do it raise interesting character relationship question and but there be also some grammatical mistake that simply shouldn not have be allow to pass . another thing i find interesting be that you lose main party character one dy and and the other basically become useless to the party and leaf . while the death of the one character be often say to have no point and it make you realize early on that the character and while hero and be still just as mortal a the next person . the people who replace the lost character simply gain all their stats and so the transition game play wise be fairly smooth . perhaps my one complaint about the character be the main character love interest and shana . she be the epitome of the helpless female in need of rescue and pathetic to the point of drive a player to scream with frustration . while you can use her in your party and she be insanely weak i do not even know what her dragoon power be like and a i dislike her so much i never use her . the character rise and by contrast and be probably my favorite female character in any game ever . she no wimp and and some of her dragoon magic be extremely useful . meru be quite strong as well and while sometimes be an annoy talkative brat . the character designer be and a most be and inclined to make the female character appear pretty or whatever and and do not give much think to the actual usefulness of the outfit . seriously and no armor and have most of your skin expose be not helpful when fight monster . but i will give them prop and a they do have female serve a knight in the various country . i can not comment much on the plot and a honestly i do not pay much attention to it beyond where i need to go to next . i be not sure if this say something about the plot itself and or my gaming style . all in all and it a very enjoyable game . it have it flaw and but for me it strike just the right balance of have to think and just press button and kill monster .