Topic: Nihon Falcom games on NS2

Oh, nothing like that. What I mean is that the dungeons themselves are rated, with better rewards the higher your rating. And your are encouraged to play them as fast as possible, because it generates a better rating both directly and indirectly. However, you can't fail a dungeon ( there is no max time allowed ), and you can replay a given dungeon as many times as you wish, and even the ranking system itself is fairly lenient ( I earned an S rank on my first try at least half the time ).

Outside the dungeons themselves, the game has no Persona or Atelier style time limits. You can't do every "social link" in a given chapter, but this is conventional "can't do every side quest in a single playthrough" design. You are never put on a non-narrative clock for completing events, and learning about your party members and NPCs is optional and purely about bonding with them as people.

@metaphysician, ah okay, that makes sense 😀.