Pier Solar and the Great Architects

I've been playing this JRPG Pier Solar and the Great Architects on the Wii U. A game made for the Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis for you Americans) released for the first time in 2010. You read that right, 2010. This was the HD remake for modern consoles (and apparently the Sega Dreamcast) and it's a fun game with around 40 hours for one playthrough. The game is beautiful and you can switch between 16-bit graphics or HD or HD+ (what HD+ does I can't actually say since I don't see it) and also between original Mega Drive sound or CD quality. Really good music. It plays as the old JRPG with a lot of random encounters which I have a problem with today, but it works, although at some times traversing a dungeon is just a chore with the same creatures attacking again and again. That is a minus, it's not much variation of enemies, and I can't distinguish between different versions of the same monster.

Story then, the most important thing in a RPG. It's interesting and works good enough. It begin with main character Hoston looking for some herbs for his sick father together with his friends Alina and Edessot. Searching in a forbidden area they stumble upon a garden left by the Architects for the Goamen (which I presume is short for Goat men). That is the setup and now comes the spoilers for you all. The Architects are something between gods and scientists who created the Pier Solar, a machine that makes it possible to... do anything I guess. It's rather diffuse on what it actually is or does. It can create dimensions, change outcomes, travel in time, erase people, make people immortal and other things. As you see, omnipotent power. Of course this corrupted the Architects and they had a fallout which caused a war over the fate of mankinds free will. The rouge Architect was killed and all traces of the Pier Solar and this golden age was erased to save all life. And of course it's your job to ensure that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

A good RPG that especially the Wii U really need. What misses is some voice acting, maybe deeper knowledge of the main characters and antagonist. But the most irritating thing is a glitch that seems to plague the game. When playing for a while the game seems to freeze, especially around entering different areas or initiating an encounter. I can't even finish the end credits without it freezing when going to the main screen (I presume since it's just black). I haven't seen anyone else complain about it so it might just be my console or download, still annoying though. But really, Nintendo need to fix a real JRPG cause I need to still my grand fantasy adventure craving. I know they have Dragon Quest X in Japan, but it's a online multiplayer game, I need my 50-100 hour single player experience.