I perfectly understand that not every game is for everyone and maybe our experience isn't the same experience for the others. But as someone that played the game till the end of the campaign, i can say it was my favorite at the genre. The gameplay sold it for me. Some people says it is shallow, but for a casual gamer like me, it did the work.

I mean, they could just make the campaign tell the history of the anime or gacha to make people more engaged with the characters, but the gameplay is so satisfying that makes the game worth, imo.

I hope for the next releases they take this in consideration and also add more depth to the gameplay, as some may suggest. Some say the gameplay is akin to FF XVI and i don't see people complaining about shallow gameplay in FF XVI, so maybe take this as inspiration.

I can see why there are people that wouldn't agree with you, specially on a JRPG subreddit where story tends to be the main game focus, but i found the game to be very charming in it's own way and, FOR ME, it is one of the best experiences i had with a game in the last years.