Illustrations are pretty nice, noticed there were clothing options but didn't really get to play dress-up because I was too cheap to buy any additioal clothes >< (still I support player customization).
Managed to make it right after the abandoned mine crossing.
-Yeah, completely missed that dungeon. Reloading a save, just two tiles of flowers, probably could use better visual clues, in particular since the map is filled with bigger features that the player cannot enter. I did manage to find the battle area in the second area.
-Yeah, the "tour" around the House of the Republic felt like it dragged more than it needed to. I would prefer if you just let the player explore on their own (doubly so because then the access to the lower area just gets blocked anyway).