[quote name='Rei no Otaku']I'm still debating whether or not it's better than SHC. I'm not making any calls until I finish it though. I'm at the Machu Pichu ruins currently. The lack of Yuri is noticeable though. He carried a lot of SHC with his relationship with Alice.
I do really like Killer and Lady. They're actually my favorite characters so far. Not only do I love their designs, they just come across as plain cool. Also is it just me or does Killer kind of remind you of Yuri? He even uses the same type of weapon.
Gepetto I understand, but Blanca is like the best character in the game, battle wise, when you finish all the Wolf Bouts.[/quote]
Yeah. I'm not gonna make a call till I finish FtNW, but so far I'm enjoying it more than SHC. As for my Covenant party, I much preferred the party of Yuri, Joachim, Kurando, and Lucia. Lucia would buff everyone with her oils and Yuri and Kurando would have Mind's Eyes equipped, making for some dead monsters. I also never used Anastasia.
As for the Killer/Yuri thing, I think they just used Yuri's character design for Killer. I know when the game hadn't come out, I was very big on a theory that Yuri and Killer were in fact the same character, but that was quickly debunked when the game came out in Japan.