Found a couple of skill issues: first, the poison skill that is supposed to hit all enemies seems to set for single target instead, and Belch may still cause the game to lock up. I can’t say for sure that Belch is causing it, but I’ve only seen it happen with that skill. Twice now, when I use Belch and it finishes off the last of the enemies, the fight doesn’t end, the other two guys try to perform their attacks, but since there is no target for them to hit if they were targeting the enemies, the game just stops. The music goes on, but I can’t bring up the menu, and the fight doesn’t end. I have tried leaving it for a while, but no good. Only way to get out is to close the game and reload from a previous save.
Other than those (and the difficulties tracking down some of the ingredients), I am loving this game, especially the relationship that can develop after cooking enough food.
Edit: To clarify since I have the game up again, the poison skill I was referring to was Venomspray. It’s granted by the Replica Staff.
Also, is the NG+ supposed to ignore all equipped items?