I just finished it …I think? Honestly I’m not sure because the game seems to end right in the middle of the story, and it feels weird that the only mention of this I can find is an article from 2014 that casually mentions that the game isn’t yet finished but the creators will surely provide more content soon^[1]… and then radio silence for 12 years?! Am I missing something crucial here or is everyone who bought the game somehow ok with the story just flat-out ending the moment it finally picks up some steam?

All in all it’s an interesting game - colorful environment, characters with personality and different abilities, the art style is cute, gameplay is simple to understand yet challenging to execute. But the weirdly axed story arc left a really sour taste in my mouth and, frankly, retroactively tainted the fun I’ve had so far.

To elaborate: During the story it becomes clear that you have to visit and liberate 7 temples, defeat their guardians and then clobber the end boss that is teased relatively early on and makes frequent appearances.

You can clear 2 temples and defeat their guardians, then you can clear a bunch of random tasks and HALF of the third temple and the game ends. No guardian boss battle, the end boss is never even encountered and the only thing that pops up after a brief cutscene (that can be summed up with “and then the party continued their adventure”) is that you unlocked hard mode now, but hard mode is just the same levels again with beefed up enemies - no additional story, cutscenes or levels. Not even credits or a simple “the end”. Even a cliffhanger would have been okay-ish, but what you get is a big nothingburger with a side dish of confusion.

It feels weird and disappointing. If you still want to play it, you should wait for a massive discount, because what you get is not worth full price IMHO.