This was my first experience playing through a relatively text heavy game in a language that I completely do not understand. The fact that the game has so many mechanics, but it was possible for me to basically mash one button throughout the entire story, says a lot about this game. However, I will say that it's an improvement over Utawarerumono: Zan in that it appears to have a lot more interesting concepts introduced, such as side missions, a hub area, a whole swath of mechanics which, if I understood them, would probably make the game more interesting because I could crank up the difficulty slider. I'll be trying this game again if it comes to the west.