General Impressions: This game literally brought out my Terraria farming instinct. What's that you ask? In Terraria, I had to get a Blindfold item. Took me about 2 hours to get it and I liked doing it. This game brings that on a regular basis with cards, rare items and the sorts. So the Grinding from Grindea is done well here. About the combat, I'd say it's confusing since the Two-Handed skill tree is made to hit multiple enemies with a few hard-hitting spells, meanwhile the One-Handed skill tree is made to hit one enemy at a time.
Using that knowledge, Two-Handed people are going to farm items faster on their first playthrough. I haven't played as a Mage yet because I simply don't enjoy spells and the likes, but I did try it once and the fire spells looks devastating. Lightning and Earth were disappointing though.
What I Liked the most: The Story. Despite it being a game about grinding your way to 100% Completion, it still managed to have a pretty decent story. Although it is a bit straightforward and obvious, I still had fun doing it.
What I Liked the least: The Pets. Although they bring extra bonuses (and extra cuteness) if you feed them enough, they didn't feel like they did anything. I couldn't find the will to sit for 2 hours, farming things to feed them and then give them it. I didn't care enough about the bonuses. It felt mundane and boring.
Confusing Elements: The menus are fine, they are quite easy to access and look through and the aesthetics are amazing. Though I wish the first menu that explained our character, our date of birth, our Collector card. I wish we had control over that. It doesn't make sense that we get to be a random guy. I want to get close to my character but I just can't when I didn't even decide when he was born.
Optional Content: Side activities are disappointing due to the fact that this game is about grinding. The one side quest I had much fun with was the one with Santa, where he ate pastry and divided into smaller Santas. That was a great quest. Another side activity that was fun was the Treasure Maps. It challenged our minds and knowledge of the areas.
Fishing was great but once you got all items in one area, there is no reason to fish anymore. Same with the Arena. I know we'll get more challenges in the arena but there is no replayability. Right now, once you get the crown, you don't have to go back in the Arena.
Want to fight the Green Giant Slime? Go in the Collector's Boss Trophy Room.
Want to fight the Red Goliath of a Slime? Play Arcade Mode!
Things I want the most: Customize our character to the fullest. Allow us to give our character a date of birth, which star he was born under, that sort of thing. And more clothing, T-Shirts, Shorts, Capes, Shoulderpads, more of these to make our character more unique other than a Face, Hat and the colour of our Scarf.