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The town, and the amount of characters and junk is just really reminiscent. So is the story, in a way, it's just a lot like a mix of the beginning and middle of it. Um, I don't know if I explained that well, but I tried.
Well, it isn't intentionally done that way. About the number of characters; I was basing that off the Suikoden series. Recruitment is a common thing in that series, and that was what I was going for. Nonetheless, I hope the rest of the story is NOT that of what you have said.
And now we're getting a bit off-topic. Please PM me if you find any more similarites. Thanks!