Prayed they would come back strong in the sequel but it was the same thing just with a more confusing plot. Couldn't stomach more then about 5 hours of it.
The second half of the first game. If you buy it physically, you get both it and the original, which makes it one of the best deals around if you like generic JRPGs with nice looking armor. Just make sure to level Leonard as much as possible before the finale.
Underrated, especially considering the absolute drought of proper JRPGs that started with this console gen but WKC I and II are basically just a 2 disc game. And the biggest problem there is that disc 2 starts off with quite literally walking the entire journey from the first game in reverse. Every single map. All the other Level-5 JRPGisms save the concept for me though. Not a fan of the player created character and the Georama being basically just some online thing. Which is basically gone now but could be the blueprint for Granblue Relink, as JRPG that added some Monster Hunter-esque online function as bonus.
The story is a blatant retread of the first game. And the first game wasn't even that good.
A game that tricks you into thinking you'll be the chosen one but instead has you act as the background servant of some dweeb who turns out to be the real chosen one. It's like if Dragon's Dogma made you play as a pawn.