The game's adventure consists of a prologue and four chapters. In the prologue the story and the characters are introduced. At this time the hero and his three childhood friends Clive, Yuri and Adele are still little boys. The subsequent chapters, set ten years later, follow the hero's adventures during the civil war that has been shaking Natra for years.
During the adventure, you will have to move around a World Map of the Rognant continent, where places of interest are shown in the form of dots, such as towns where you can acquire information or make purchases and different locations. To proceed with the game, you have to move to the points marked in red, where an event occurs. Almost always, at these points there is a battle to face. As you battle, more and more locations will be accessible on the World Map. Even though you can move wherever you want on the World Map (as long as the path is clear), the battles are always faced in a predefined order. This section lists all the battles you face, with a brief description of the battlefield and the enemies you will encounter. All the items that can be found in each of them are also shown. Often, before or after a battle, there are intermission scenes, which explain the development of the plot. Sometimes, during these scenes you will have to decide what answer to give to a question and your choice will influence the ending of the game.
In addition to the normal battlefields, there are other optional ones, where you can sometimes find objects of great value. Some of them you can enter normally, but for the most part you will have to find maps in the regular battlefields to access them. Only after finding the relevant map will these battlefields appear on the World Map. Finally, there are some secret battlefields, which can be unlocked by owning a certain object. They are found in the same place on a battlefield you have already faced, but by accessing it again with this item in your possession, you will find yourself in a completely different environment and with new items to collect.
To get a 100% Weapon Find at the end of the game you need to find all the weapons and equipment present in the battlefields, both in regular and optional ones. It is then in the optional battlefields that you can find seven special prisms. When you find them, they will be disguised, in the form of dust, mud or clay, but by analyzing these items you will discover the prisms. After finding them all, heading to the Lugusta Ruins, you can obtain the Vandal Heart sword, one of the best weapons in the game. Having or not having this sword at a certain point in the game can significantly change the ending.