This is not an actual review, though one day it will get one, except to say that I saw this in a Let's Play many years ago and could remember aspects of it but never the name and for years I thought it was Threads of Fate but it felt off. Just now happened to find it again. Definitely have to give it a whirl at some point.
A game that desperately needs a remake - a lot of the ideas in this game are extremely creative: a pretty non-linear story, almost every character you can unlock is optional, relatively open exploration on the island, and the time loop. However, the game just mostly doesn't work, the combat feels clunky most of the time, half of the characters are pretty useless, and the game doesn't give you enough guidance to make sense of it - you're basically expected to wander around at random until something happens, but most of the plot triggers are incredibly specific to the point that I have no idea how you would figure them out without a guide. I really want to like this game, but I just... don't.