I didn't know it would have DLC

Tell me more pls

Go to sleep at an inn.

Bunny Statue - 20% more XP/FOL (money)

Valkyrie ring - ups atk, critical 

Book - increases all cure magic potency 

2 other items

Switch to Valkyrie Profile 1/2 battle music .

The reviewers are being generous with tri-ace. This game should be 40/100 max. Even Japanese gave it 2.5/5 on amazon.jp:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B35-Integrity-and-Faithlessness/dp/B015E13132

Dont waster your money as it will be 1/6 of its MSRP soon like the Asian market.

I pre-ordered the Collectors Edition on SE's site, hopefully I'll be able to enjoy this.

You have long since displayed a spiteful attitude towards most Western games and devs, favored Japanese games, devs, pubs and systems easily over anything Western, that type of attitude towards a different side of the world is a case of xenophobia. I've yet to find anyone else on this forum who displays the exact same attitude and behaviour as you towards the entire Western world.

If there are no Japanese reviews for the Japanese game then simply blame those people, not the West, don't even involve the West in something that has to do with Japan getting their reviews out and their shit together.

Listening to a few reviews alone isn't what you should be basing your purchase on entirely, I go by extensive (not shown just by trailers) gameplay footage, price points, all sorts of reviews, not just only the big sites, I go by certain youtube reviews as well since they tend to go in depth to places that big reviewers tend to skip. I basically do my own research before buying a game, big name reviews alone don't even begin to suffice, so those relying only on meta can do what they do but personal research and using more sources of input are better than one source.

Also some people here have decided to cancel their *pre-order*, that isn't to directly say they will never ever buy the game and even then this forum is but a very tiny fraction of people who would/wouldn't buy the game vs those outside this site around the world.

I dont even get past Step 5.  Never get to a screen for Download. 

Just the thank you for putting in the code and I hit Continue. 

Thanks for the list.  I also did the DLC stuff prior to playing the game, have stayed at inns since with no luck. 

Ill do it again and throw up an update.

Oh, and Im kinda digging the game the more I play.  Battle System seems a bit more sluggish than Id typically like and the Environments rather ugly...and it doesnt seem to bother me at all. 

Check your key items tab. You should see a bunch of key items that say when you sleep at inn you get em. If those are not there then you have an issue

A shame, I was hoping SO5 would be good. Never finished S04, will not buy this considering how competitive the gaming and rpgs markets are, and how much free time I have.

I mean it looks good but it's yet another JRPG that refuses to do anything new or different. Predictable to say the least. I'm still picking it up, it looks amazing but I understand the scores thus far. Too much of the same.