Incline:
- Recovery time and cost on death (there's also permadeath mechanics, easily avoidable though)
- Varying monster levels (fleeing is often a mandatory matter)
- Preemptive strike and surprise attack
- Downed members fall to back row, remaining party members will be pushed to the front row (same applies for smaller party)
- 2 sets of weapon-pair for in-battle swap
- Pseudo-smart repeat of previous turn battle commands
- Instant battle animations option
:double incline:
- Auto-move on explored tiles
- Mini-map On/Off
- Unique items can be 'returned' to the wild in order to have a higher +
- Weapon & Item scarcity (fixed shop quantity, no restock; have to rely on RNG drops and caravan raids)
- Single bonus morale gauge for caravan raids (increasing cost for the same area during dungeon run) and divinity skill usage
- Choice in divinity skill selection
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- Mana pool, not spell-based restrictions
- 6 Classes (no race restrictions), 5 races (stats and base value variation)
- Fixed class skill learning & free stat point assignment on level up
- Max 5 class change (level will be halved) with limited skill slots swapping in previously-learned-other-classes skills
- Weapons are damaged-based, no strong-weak relation; a few enemy races requiring enchanted weapons
- Simplified elemental relations - Thunder > Water > Fire > Earth; Earth being the weak element.
Decline:
- You are the chosen one, with
your imperial juice the divinity skills. Cannot be swap out of party
- No meaningful C&C quests (so far), just a different few-liners response
Running on
custom avatars in 'Stranger of Sword City' (剣の街の異邦人)
tl;dr Admit it, one don't need a good story or mind recycled art assets from previous games to play a decent turn-based dungeon blobber.
Digging it due to
Rance party the 'instant battle animations' option; previously dropped their Generation Xth (can't wrap my head around a futuristic/dual deity blobber) & Students of the Round (dating sim aspects) series.
Rance VI stands mightily fine as it is, does not need a remake. Has gaypad support as well.