I made it to the ice world last night and was well into the grind session there, purchasing all best weapons and armor (for what those are worth) available in the ice town.
I completely forgot how badly 2K and EasyRPG browser build handles saves and I booted it up this morning to a heart sink when 'Continue' was displayed in grey T-T
The start of the game is most interesting in terms of mechanics. Since the pool of Troops extends longer than what would be deemed 'standard', I got slaughtered by Ghosts, Kobolds etc and wiped twice before getting an encounter of Bats so I could level up and give myself some survivability.
I loved how (at least to start with) the game forced me to almost exclusively devote my healer to actually do her intended job rather than whack an enemy for 3 damage because I was in lazy grinding player mode just spamming attack.
Would dearly have enjoyed to finish this but I'll have to put it on ice until I get over my disappointment of Atomos devouring my save.
For the record, off the top of my head:
Playtime: ~2.1 hours
Average party level: ~22
Bosses beat: Dragon