I enjoyed both games, but just to let people know there is also a Spanish translated one as well. This link takes you straight to the English version but you can google for this and the other game easily enough.
Starting this again, just a heads up to new players: -Your starting location gets you nothing. You have to move to the first area and enter it to start gaining any xp or progress.
-Also if a location gives so much xp, it will divide it down to one among the top of the group, so even after you get an ally, if you want your ally to level up you'd have to put them on the top of the party.
-And one thing that isn't explained well, characters need a certain, I believe it was a "potential" level? to equip items like weapons. If I recall correctly most of the time that potential level can be represented by strength during the early game, but I think it's actually a stat that is hidden until a little bit later on when you can distribute it between stats. I haven't made it to this in my new run so I may be remembering it wrong.