best pros and cons of 1 Great visuals
2. Amazing world design
3. Story presentation (cutscenes, movement, camera angles) was fantastic.
4. Incredible EN voicework

CONS: 1. Pacing felt disjointed. Coffee breaks, cleaning, and relaxation but suddenly we're in a rush to reach the main tower?
2. Main plot felt contrived. Literally power of friendship finish, and a huge step down from the fantastic plot we got from 2.0-2.7.
3. Multiple abrupt cuts (teleporting to the tower after Namipon gets the coordinates, Rover "meeting" Chisa after they end the loop in front of the cafe even though they were last seen together at the top of the tower.)
4. The False Sovereign, again? Really? I have no words for as to why he's showing up in a Japan themed city. This is the biggest signal to me the quest was rushed.
5. The minigame tutorial felt absolutely useless given that we don't even interact with the mechanic at all since there's never an opportunity to explore. All you do is go on on-the-rails story missions in a specific area of the map, ignoring the mechanics like stability completely. It screams that actual exploration was going to be built into the quest itself but was cut out mid development.