So it seems there is a bug if you skip straight to the cove. Theres 2 scenes both of which take place in the oldlight kingdom areas that for some reason require switch 15: on-board to be triggered before they play. That switch only gets triggered in the in the intro which gets skipped but for some reason not turned on when you skip straight to the cove. Wasn't too hard to open up the game in rpg maker and just set those events to play without that switch (since theres literally no reason to have it require any switch be triggered) but still, hopefully it gets fixed.
Theres also a few other annoyances I had to manually fix like only being able to make the gloves and turn them in right after mar liore and somehow I missed fighting carlisse so I manually brought myself to that map to fight her.
The game is awesome though. The maps are some of if not the best looking maps made in rpg maker and the music mixed with that really give the game its own unique feel. I especially like witchdale and the cove's songs. It's a bit frustrating you can't grind earlier but at least it lets you eventually and I ground all the way up to 30 in clarion and ended this version of the game at 33. This did make some scenes a bit frustrating. I fight several old light goons and effortlessly kill them all ending the fight with full hp and mana, cut to outside the scene, mercy is exhausted and collapses.
I did like that at least they acknowledge when you beat iscah in shivesworth even though that too was frustrating since I wiped the floor with her in battle and then "fought to a draw" according to the cutscene. I get it though, the game already has so many branching paths. Pro tip, dagger best weapon since it lets you steal hp with siphon while doing damage. Get the svarza holy text in witchdale and up your health, attack, and mana with SP and you are invincible. Can even equip the gold bracer for more invincibility but I slap that on doggo. Frostbrand is also OP once you reach the point of the game you can grind in just because it effectively doubles your hp gain. Late game its easy to farm sun, night, and moon essence (hawk, everywhere, and mar liore respectively). Couldn't find a great earth or sea farm.
I had so much fun with this game and now I'm bummed it seems theres nowhere to get the weekly version. Seems like some routes of the game are finished in it. I hope we get sooner rather than later.