The Secret of Varonis

Fun throwback to FFL2 / SaGa 2 on the Gameboy. If you're already familiar with that game you know about 90% of what to expect here.

If you enjoyed Final Fantasy legend 2 you will likely enjoy this. Highly recommend!

Surprisingly long, interesting mechanics, good story. Still not done. Thumbs up. The difficulty options are really nice -- "fixed" battles is the hardest option, where there are only a fixed number of encounters in the game, so you have to be very, very thoughtful about where you're spending your resources. In a Final Fantasy Legend type system where there's no XP, it makes it a totally (I think??) unique experience.

Super good jrpg. Sometimes, it turns out all you need to make a great game is to just eat another game's homework (in this case, Final Fantasy Legend), throw in a healthy dash of QoL, minor refinements to the mechanics of that game, and there you go. Really enjoyed having a unique set of requirements for "leveling up" each character class, the Gameboy aesthetic and soundtrack, the atypical setting and characters, and a difficulty curve that never felt worse than "moderately challenging".

Enjoyed the game.

This is a well done game. It plays like the old final fantasy legend games but has several quality of life features that can be toggled on or off. Can be played on older computers and the steam deck.