I didn't like the idea of not being able to buy healing items at first. It began to grow on me though, once I saw how easy the gardening was. They used that in Alter Code F, too. It copies a lot of the game system from WA 3.
Secret_Surfer wrote:I am not familiar with these games, however, the "western" bit you mentioned did attrack my attention.
Well, I'll explain it a bit then.
These games are set on a world that suffered enormous environmental damage in an ancient war. The world is slowing turning into a desert wasteland, which is used to add a lot of "old west" style towns and themes. For instance, the main characters tend to use guns (called ARMs, as in the game name) that look like something from a western movie - shotguns, rifles, revolvers, etc.
Wild ARMs 3 is the most western of the series. Almost the whole planet is a desert area in that one, so they made a lot of old west themed stuff like trains and riding around on horseback and so on.
They always work in some scifi stuff too, like aliens or levels with a technology theme. There's usually an element of fantasy (magic or someone using a sword), but they laid off of that in WA 3 for the most part. There's a little of it here and there.