This is a cautionary review to warn all gamers that there are some games that should be avoided at all costs, and Mimana Iyar Chronicles for the Sony PlayStation Portable is such a game. The game is a translated Japanese fantasy role playing game (RPG) with a dash of harem/dating sim game play.
Basic game play is fairly simple; you have control over one character - the protagonist Crais - with other members of your party controlled by a very inept AI.
During battles, you hack and slash at stereotypical RPG monsters such as jellies, shell monsters and giant crabs in a wide horizontal battle field. Your AI-controlled companions meanwhile stand around and get pummeled by monsters until they final decide to move or you come to their rescue.
The action centres around a hub town that is surrounded by dungeons and caves you have to crawl through to complete mission objectives.
The repetitive dungeon crawling would be fine if there was a map system to help with directions.
The characters don't develop beyond the stereotypical in the game, which makes them boring.