I do however like how they revised the city graphics a little, making the buildings look much larger than the characters. (when I look at the original graphics I find it silly how the characters are almost as big as the buildings, I know this is done to give players a better overview but still). The character art might be average sometimes but the background art is still very nice looking and I do praise the artist(s) for that.
I also like how the designers in Generation 1 and 2 showed how equipment updated the various stats of players such as Atck, Def, Agl, and so on, making it clear for me what gear I needed to buy.
And of course the chat function, I liked that as well as otherwise you barely hear anything from the characters.
Stuff I would have liked to have seen added was, well a small info screen. I am playing PSIV now and sometimes it is really confusing to know what technique or skill does what. I had to print out a list to see which skills were heals, attacks, stat boosters, or other type of support. Just a little info text that gives a basic explanation what a technique does, and perhaps what element type it is.
And last, I really really want an item that restores technique points. Going through some dungeons you really run out of technique fast as some of the enemies are only decently damaged through them than regular attacks, but it leaves you with little points when you reach a boss.
Edit; regarding the issue of Wren, Demi, and Mieu being androids or cyborgs. From a sci-fi fan point of view the lines start to blur a little at some point, they are clearly not fully synthetic like say a CAST, as parts of them do seem to be organic. So I would be open for the idea that that they are a synthesis or both cybernetic parts (machine) and grown organic parts such as their skin (and perhaps parts of their neural network). Think the Terminator approach, a cybernetic skeleton covered with artificial but living flesh.
Aeroprism, nothing against the later PS games but these mentioned characters are not CASTs and should not be called as such, same goes retro actively changing people types like Palmans, Numans etc.
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