Another Star is an 8-bit console-style RPG crammed into a single 128×128 tile sheet, yet it still manages to bring you a vast world to explore. Secrets are hidden everywhere, and you never know what you might find on the next screen. Those who take the time to explore instead of merely rushing to the next objective are certain to be rewarded.
Just because it lacks the depth of chess, don't expect to breeze through the entire game without thinking.
In this battle, the player is presented with two types of enemies: Bubbles and Blood Oozes. The Blood Oozes are formidable enemies that have the ability to suck your HP right out and use it to heal themselves and other enemies. But, on the other hand, while the Bubbles don't deal much damage they do have the ability to poison the player, which can knock off up to a quarter of your max HP at the end of each round.
Now the question to is: how will you respond? Will you use Water magic, the Blood Oozes' weakness, to wipe them out first, even though it won't affect the bubbles? Or will you use Fire and Lightning attacks to end the threat of poison from the Bubbles, even though the Blood Oozes will shrug it off? Or maybe you will simply stick to your normal attacks, counting on your party's combined power to defeat them all, hoping that the enemy party decides not to use their abilities? Or do you just happen to have an item in your inventory that you can use to give yourself the upper hand against both at the same time?
You'll face numerous encounters like this throughout the game, giving you a reason to pause and think each time you face a new enemy party--at least until you're strong enough to steamroll them.