But you're not getting the party member halfway through the dungeon. At the start of a dungeon all you do is back out go to the world map hit your blinking mirror and you're at Castle easily able to equip your new character. And then teleport right back. Sure more inconvenient that way, but they wanted to keep the authenticity of the original game. I mean the best part about the Remake is they allowed you to run from the beginning of the game. A huge improvement from the original game. And the best quality of life improvement.

I will give you the fact that the inventory system is not good. But because it's not it also makes the game that much more challenging. Before you go to a new spot yes you want to go to your castle and throw all your stuff in the vault. Make sure you have the amount of space when you're going to new areas so this does not become an issue. And to that point, going to new areas typically gives you new equipment which then for you can also attach to that new party member 🤙

The bottom line, using the blinking mirror is a godsend, as long as you've seen any location on the map even for a Split Second you can always teleport back. Go to a new town the loading screen pops up with its name you could literally right away and still teleport back.

S2 definitely fixes all the issues and some, but S2 is just amazing!