It's so bizarre to me that this game has one of my favorite RPG tropes (no random encounters so you never have to worry about grinding or whether or not your level is high enough for each boss) and my least favorite RPG trope of all time (multi-stage boss with no chance to save in between rounds so if you die you have to restart the whole thing INCLUDING all the dialogue and gimmicks that're only interesting the first time through). Also, in a game so heavily focused on combat, I would've liked to see the status afflictions be explained at some point. As always, some of them are obvious, but some are very much not obvious. So learning what each does before they show up would've been helpful.
The overworld left the tiniest bit to be desired, especially when the battle sprites were as cool as they were, but that's a non-issue. I really liked Smith and Tommy. #husbands