I just finished playing mardek I & II and I have to say that this game is a masterpiece. I'm having more fun playing this than I did when I played Final Fantasy XIII
This game was more enjoyable to play and the skill system was extremely well thought-out. It reminds me some of the materia system of FFVII.
Well overall 5* game, well thought out, well made, well written, and enjoyable :D.
Also don't let the "haters" get to you. There are plenty of people out there that like as little depth to their game as possible, take a look at how popular point and click multiplayer shooters have gotten recently... Many of my friends that play CSS, CoD4 or Halo(1-3) have never played any form of campaign or followed any story related to the game. These gamers are deprived of any form of depth to their gameplay, so when they find an RPG like this they can't see how brilliant it really is.
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