History YMMV / TheReconstruction

*** [[BonusBoss Asarik]] has a similar move, "Torment". Doesn't deal as much damage, but hits everyone. Mercifully, he doesn't use it very often.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: It was not very nice of Lord God to torture [[spoiler:Donz]] to death. But this was the guy who [[spoiler: decided to plunge the whole planet into an apocalyptic cataclysm and was barely stopped short of wiping all of its life. All this because he was so vindictive about his job that he couldn't bear Six Stars proving his predictions wrong.]] If it wasn't for him, there would be no Lord God.

** [[spoiler:Skint]] being inducted into Six Stars. In the final chapter, long after it had lost any practical meaning, the group produces the documentation and have him sign it to officially become a member. The game itself also goes through with the formalities: the silly little fanfare that accompanies characters joining the guild and a [=name/race/class/description=] screen which is completely pointless because [[spoiler:it's clear Skint is moments away from expiring from his wounds and you won't be using him in any battle]]. All of this is done to allow him to [[spoiler:die peacefully among friends, which is an important thing in Shra beliefs]].* KickTheSonOfABitch: It was not very nice of Lord God to torture [[spoiler:Donz]] to death. But this was the guy who [[spoiler: decided to plunge the whole planet into an apocalyptic cataclysm and was barely stopped short of wiping all of its life. All this because he was so vindictive about his job that he couldn't bear Six Stars proving his predictions wrong.]] If it wasn't for him, there would be no Lord God.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Santes delivering a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Blessed Corps of Do'Ssha.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Interlude 1. Especially the stealth section.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:

** [[spoiler:Skint]] being inducted into Six Stars. In the final chapter, long after it had lost any practical meaning, the group produces the documentation and have him sign it to officially become a member. The game itself also goes through with the formalities: the silly little fanfare that accompanies characters joining the guild and a [=name/race/class/description=] screen which is completely pointless because [[spoiler:it's clear Skint is moments away from expiring from his wounds and you won't be using him in any battle]]. All of this is done to allow him to [[spoiler:die peacefully among friends, which is an important thing in Shra beliefs]].
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVIDDHwed50 The title theme.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4qzypZgxpU All the music]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74eqUU9Lhd8 in Fortifel,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc3sSK2GjaI full stop.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Ov7RgAltk Do'Ssha has some]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MgECwJuGsg pretty great]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw4EdLPHTkw themes as well.]]
** The music that plays during TearJerker scenes is suitably heart-rending.
** The theme of chapter five's boss battle, especially when it suddenly descends into a slow and mournful passage, fitting the mood of [[spoiler:the boss basically staging the battle and letting himself be killed by the party]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSJtA4MbRs The world map theme is surprisingly epic.]]
** The FinalBoss theme, [[http://tindeck.com/listen/xtmn The Blues.]]
** The battle music for the final dungeon, [[http://tindeck.com/listen/uhmn Naught To Lose.]]
* GameBreaker:
** Qualstio's "Stifling Heat" passive skill, which combined with maxing out Flame Burst raises its chance of inflicting Disable to almost 100%, making bosses laughably easy. Unless you focus on his passive skill branch and the Flame Burst spell when levelling him up or do a ridiculous amount of skill point grinding, though, you won't be able to get it until [[EleventhHourSuperpower very late in the game]].
** Santes, Santes, ''Santes''. She has both potent healing spells and a powerful direct damage spell. One of her early passive abilities grants her a significant Agility boost, too, so she can attack and heal pretty quickly. It's unlikely you'll ever want to remove her from your party throughout the game's entire duration.
*** She's also the only caster who can Rush[[note]]or, at least, the only one who can do it ''well'' -- Yfus can too at higher levels, but the effect is pretty negligible[[/note]], plus she can advance the skill chain at the same time.
** The full-party buff spells (Rising Morale, Blessing of Wit, and Refreshment) are extremely useful as well, because they effectively regenerate both {{Mana}} and HitPoints. They are balanced out somewhat by the fact that the party members who have said skills tend to be [[SpoonyBard weaker]] or [[StoneWall less useful]] than other party members, however.
*** The exception to that last one is [[spoiler:Kulkumatz]]: Lani has [[StoneWall little in the way of offense]], which is bad in a game where the best defense is a good offense, while [[spoiler:Falitza]] is [[SquishyWizard frail]], has [[SpoonyBard incredibly gimmicky abilities]], and her one offensive ability is rarely useful. However, [[spoiler:Kulkumatz]] is well-rounded, durable, and capable of dishing out nearly as much damage as other characters, in addition to having the full-party Regrowth spell.
** ''[[DiscOneNuke Perfect Frenzy]]''. It deals ludicrous Body damage, killing off all non-boss enemies with light armour in one hit. It can leave [[GlassCannon the character who uses it]] vulnerable to attack, though.
* GoddamnBats: Skywatch birds in Chapter 4. They come out of nowhere, are extremely hard to dodge and have an annoying knockback attack that can greatly lengthen fights with them. Probably the closest thing this game has to random encounters.
* GoddamnedBoss: The Hemofalcon, in spades. Not only it's a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere, but the fight starts with the battlefield crammed with Blood Hawks as its flunkies. Blood Hawks have a long range attack that pushes back a character and disables all their abilities for a turn -- and there's almost as many of them as your party members. For extra fun, Hemofalcon has an ability that disables the whole party's abilities. You'll spend most of the battle trying to run back to the front line and waiting for disable to wear off.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: It was not very nice of Lord God to torture [[spoiler:Donz]] to death. But this was the guy who [[spoiler: decided to plunge the whole planet into an apocalyptic cataclysm and was barely stopped short of wiping all of its life. All this because he was so vindictive about his job that he couldn't bear Six Stars proving his predictions wrong.]] If it wasn't for him, there would be no Lord God.

*** Emphasized in [[spoiler:his portion of the ending, where, when asked his name, it looks like he's about to say his typical "Dehl. Dehl Sikohlon," when he catches himself and says instead, "Dehl. Just...Dehl." However, since [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Xopi finds and forgives him a few moments later]], he may snap out of it by the sequel.]]

*** HellIsThatNoise: The ''area'' music for the final dungeon, on the other hand...

** [[spoiler:Skint]] being inducted into Six Stars. In the final chapter, long after it had lost any practical meaning, the group produces the documentation and have him sign it to officially become a member. The game itself also goes through with the formalities: the silly little fanfare that accompanies characters joining the guild and a [=name/race/class/description=] screen which is completely pointless because [[spoiler:it's clear Skint is moments away from expiring from his wounds and you'll not be using him in any battle]]. And all of this is done to allow him to [[spoiler:die peacefully among friends, and important thing in Shra beliefs]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: It was not very nice of Lord God to torture [[spoiler:Donz]] to death. But this was the guy who [[spoiler: decided to plunge the whole planet into apocalyptic cataclysm and was barely stopped short of wiping all of its life, and all this because he was feeling so vindictive about his job that couldn't bear for the Six Stars to prove his predictions wrong.]] If it wasn't for him, there would be no Lord God.

** The world map theme is surprisingly epic.

** The title theme.
** All the music in Fortifel, full stop.

* NeedsMoreLove: Definitely. Despite being nominated as a featured game, it still fell below the radar for the most part, and seems to have barely caused a stir. [[BigNameFan Craze]] says it best:
-->"I have a question, citizens of [this site]: Where are the comments for this fantastic game?"

** StoicWoobie: Dehl, ''so very much''.

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:Havan.]]
** [[spoiler:Pazzato and his ancestor arguably count, given how casually they murder Metzino and Sara, respectively.]]

*** She's also the only caster who can Rush[[hottip:*:or, at least, the only one who can do it ''well'' -- Yfus can too at higher levels, but the effect is pretty negligible]], plus she can advance the skill chain at the same time.