Potential for Plenty of Character Development
Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Sleep on Lost Sphear
The main character of Lost Sphear, Kanata, is your stereotypical JRPG protagonist. He wants to help others and has a pretty good attitude about shouldering the responsibility of destroying the “White Fog” that’s slowly destroying the world. He’s joined by Locke, an uppity preteen, Lumina, an older sister figure, and Van, a mysterious and brooding individual. Each of these characters fit a pretty standard JRPG character archetype.
However, it’s worth noting that I Am Setsuna also featured plenty of JRPG archetypes. That game used archetypes to establish character backstory and mannerisms almost immediately, so that the plot could begin developing the characters as the player met them. Tokyo RPG Factory even used archetypes against the player, by having characters respond to plot elements in an unexpected way. Lost Sphear’s seemingly average and boring ensemble of a party is probably similar. We’re willing to bet that these characters are written to be so ordinary so it’s all the easier to watch them develop and grow more complex as the story goes on.
