▁spent ▁in ▁battle . ▁Both ▁Evans ▁and ▁Robert son ▁pra ised ▁the ▁battle ▁system ▁and ▁general ▁game play , ▁with ▁Robert son ▁calling ▁the ▁former ▁innov ative ▁within ▁the ▁genre . ▁R iende au ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁battle ▁system ' s ▁depth ▁and ▁quality ▁gave ▁her ▁feelings ▁of ▁el ation ▁when ▁she ▁successfully ▁killed ▁oppon ents , ▁but ▁also ▁saw ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁gr ind ▁for ▁experience ▁emer ging ▁during ▁the ▁later ▁stages ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁neg atively ▁impact ed ▁the ▁experience . ▁Park in ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁Bra ve ▁and ▁Default ▁mechan ics ▁as ▁the ▁game ' s ▁" central ▁- ▁and ▁brilliant ▁- ▁conce it ". ▁Full er , ▁while ▁finding ▁the ▁micro trans actions ▁a ▁" w aste ▁of ▁money ", ▁he ▁greatly ▁enjoyed ▁the ▁battle ▁mechan ics ▁and ▁multiple ▁user - friend ly ▁features . ▁Hal est orm ▁shared ▁the ▁positive ▁opinions ▁of ▁other ▁review ers ▁on ▁the ▁battle ▁system , ▁alongside ▁pra ising ▁the ▁game ' s ▁amount ▁and ▁quality ▁of ▁content . ▁Many ▁review ers ▁posit ively ▁compared ▁the ▁game play ▁and ▁style ▁to ▁earlier ▁Final ▁Fant asy ▁games . ▁Multiple ▁western ▁review ers ▁commented ▁neg atively ▁on ▁the ▁repet itive ▁late - game ▁section . ▁ ▁The ▁graphics ▁and ▁presentation ▁gar ner ed ▁mixed ▁opinions . ▁Fam its u ▁pra ised ▁the ▁game ' s ▁graphics , ▁while ▁Edge ▁adm ired ▁the ▁art ▁style ▁and ▁mon ster ▁design , ▁and ▁was ▁glad ▁that ▁the ▁hardware ▁limitations ▁faced ▁by ▁The ▁ 4 ▁Hero es ▁of ▁Light ▁were