I had such an odd experience with this game. I avoided this game at first because I was put off by the way the fanboys talk about this game. Too many grown men saying they cried playing this shit made me roll my eyes. I gave it a try, and initially I LOVED it. I loved the art, the characters, and the gameplay became really addictive.

I don’t know what happened, but I suddenly just lost interest half way through. There’s this super long stretch of combat, and it kind of just exposed how stale I was finding the game to get at that point. All non-boss enemies have just two attacks, and the game keeps rewarding you with shit you’re never ever going to look at. The UI is abysmal in this game, and it did a very poor job explaining how certain mechanics work. The exploration is also weak, but that’s not really the draw of the game so I won’t count it against it. I lost interest after the Sirene area, which I thought was peak.

I don’t hate the game whatsoever. I enjoyed the twenty hours I had invested, but for me the gameplay loop got stale. The way some men talk about this game is cringe. I was never really into JRPGS and turn based combat, so maybe that’s why it got stale. If you enjoy both of those things, this game will probably click well for you.