Agarest is a great SRPG where you fight a long war which a normal human lifespan cannot fulfill. So you get married and have a son at the end of each generation and continue your journey. Since your party is barely human and have all sorts of races, they live long so you won't lose much of your fire power when the generation changes.

It has a nice soundtrack, great character designs, fully voice acted VN, great turn-based combat. However combat maps were pretty bland. I have played a lot of IF (Idea Factory) games and they are great when it comes to create an overall map but they kinda suck at creating a combat map. Battles could've been more spicy since it turns into a grind-fest after some time. Generally you won't have a problem fighting enemies until the generation boss, then you'll need to grind a couple levels to match the boss, which is boring because if you don't he will beat you easily. Especially the third generation boss was a headache.

And then there were exploration maps which is the worst part of the game. These maps are traditional JRPG maps where you run and randomly face enemies. However these maps were also so bland, the devs didn't even tried to make them look like different than each other so it was kind of hit-or-miss to find your way. These maps marked as quest areas and they are mandatory at first and optional once you pass them once. Grinding is not optional so get ready to return to these quest areas.

Anyway, even though the game have some down parts, generally it was quite enjoyable. Gotta admit, I got a little burnt out at fourth generation. I both want to continue to other games in the series and don't want to play them for a long time at the same time. The latter probably outweighs.

End-game achievement is at 3% so I guess you can say it's kind of a commitment to play and finish this game.

Well, 3 other Agarest games to go.