i absolutely love the series, right now i'm playing Sacred Stones, and will be getting the GC version very very soon
and yeah you really gotta think carefully with each move...one slip up is all it takes for the enemies to kill someone in your party, it's especially bad when you've spent 1+ hr on a chapter, then you'll be doin your best Darth Vader Ep III impression
i, like most people, refuse to let anyone die....except for Oswin in the very last battle against the Dragon, RIP, i really didn't wanna start all over again since i literally needed only one more attack to kill the boss!!! i'm so sorry Oswin, RIP (see what this game do to u? there's some great characters in there)