Well on the one hand Paladin of the sky has an interesting, if occasionally slightly under written  story, maps as large as manamons, great music and a fascinating world, as well as distinct characterrs, hidden items and a level up system. Plus there is no denying it'll take you a while to finish so has lastability on its side.

On the other, it has a fairly uninteresting battle system which effectively plays like a rhythm action game, long and complex mazes which  get a little urcsome, as well as extending playing time through some rather overly large areas, and some patchy beats in the story.

Is it as good as Manamon? certainly not. Is it worth playing, yes quite probably. Is it worth 29 dollars? I can't honestly say.

I'd suggest playing through the demo, since as with Manamon that should give you a good idea of what is  what, and if you like the demo and want to continue then do so, indeed I probably need to play through all of Paladin myself (I got a good ways through then lost my savegame).

Then again I freely admit I tend to be generous where buying audiogames is concerned since I like to support the developers.

Imho Manamon has better writing over all, but Paladin has a more interesting world and history to explore.

As I said, if you play through the demo you should get  fairly good idea of what the game involves.

I actually need to play through the game myself from start to finish  see where things wind up, since while it has its issues, it did catch my interest and keep my attention for quite some time, even if much of that was wondering around mazes and playing rhythm action games .

Hello,
I don't even know if I'm half way in the game or not, but I'm quite far atleast. Maybe the only real probleme I have is the lack of difference between characters. They have no special hability or attribute that would create some interrest in choosing one or another. But in the storyline itself, they have pretty well made personnalities and that sounds good enough to me.
About the dragonstrike scrolls, I totally disagree with you. They are a bit chalenging, probably the only real challenge in combats I must admit, but they aren't difficult to memorize, especially given the fact that you're able to practice them. All that should be critissised to me is that they would really need some sound effects while executing the pathern, and of course when perfectly casted. But that wouldn't be really constructive to blame the autor for it, as he warned us in the manual about the lack of sounds, and we had the opportunity to consider this before buying.

Best regard,
Simon

Well honestly when it comes to the spells themselves, most of them aren't so difficult to be memorized, except those which are related to embodiments and yet that gives combat a bit of challenge.

What is the answers to the quiz that you are given in Burt's palace?
I get ask what year did the war start?
And how long did the war last?

@Mata I agree. My problem with the dragonstrike scrolls wasn't the minigame itself, it was the lack of interest in the abilities even when you did learn to execute them correctly.

Mainstream rpgs have after all had the odd minigame in combat, for example cinnamon in Mega man x battle mission had a healing ability where you needed to spin the analogue stick to fill a heart shaped meter, while massimo in the same game had a special attack which was like a hit the hammer style game with his charge shot, EG you'd see a meater fill and empty and had to hit the button when it was at the top.

So, minigames in combat don't bother me, what does bother me is the fact that firstly, all the scrolls do damage, and secondly, as Arcandius said, all the characters are the same, indeed often I'd switch characters just to insure they levelled up roughly the same way to make sure if I was forced to use one of them I wouldn't be stuck.

Then again, while the writing in the story had its off moments, EG why the hell would dragon orphans, if they're a discriminated race have a hole secret section of the space liner to themselves, and how the hell did a drunk abusive father get his own secret palace dungeon? and really the girl who's entire motiviation is that she loves Ross because she loves Ross because she loves Ross.

There are also a lot of things I like, I liked the way characters discussed things, I enjoyed the different zones and music and chances to explore, and several beats of the story really worked for me, heck I'm making myself wanting to play the game again from the start since previously I got a good ways through, but didn't finish the game.

Miner spoilers ahead!

Okay, its official now I'll replay paladin as soon as I have some time, though I might be asking for treasure and cosmic dust locations .

Previously I got to heaven and completed a couple of the towers of trials, but didn't complete the game before I had a massive crash and lost my savefile.

Yep, I know about the galactic dust, though I think in my previous play I might have missed  treasure or two.

Hey, Dark.

How do you get pass Burt?
Every time that I fight him he gets four attacks in.

Thanks Dark.
I'll give it a try.