Some nice touches here.

Not made a project in 2k3 myself for a hot minute but you made some cool stuff like animated battlebacks and things that I didn't know were achievable in that engine.

Having played both Paradise Blue and more recently Dungeon Antiqua, I can for sure see the influences on your game here.

But I have to tell you, this game to me feels a lot harder than both those games and I got stuck at the start fighting too many OP monsters. Not only their levels, but 6 of them fighting my level 1 team was a bit overwhelming.

I may come back and have another go at some stage but this is a really cool old style RPG and I appreciate you making this.