Somehow FromSoft increased the vibes and aesthetic threefold from the first Evergrace (although they also made it a decent bit different so you might not personally agree with that) and improved almost every aspect of the gameplay and were way more ambitious and innovated a dozen gameplay systems and made this game a double prequel and did all this shit while also having a far more cohesive and comprehendible plot and story than the first game, probably because it was written by Mie Takase, the person who also wrote the Evergrace prequel novel, which this game itself is a prequel to. She's a published author who also worked (or still works?) on the Kirby novels. Yes, that Kirby.

This doesn't count as a review I think but I dunno what to say because I'm dumb and stupid. Basically this game is good, fuck the haters, plus the ost bangs so fucking hard dude how does it bang so hard PLEASE

It's also a dumb game sometimes. Actually a lot of times. Your party having a shared health pool and some attacks doing more than half of your HP upon hitting one character leads to points in the game where you just die instantly, which isn't fun, but I'm a cheater and used a lot of save states, so I don't care. This game would probably be a lot more infuriating if you decided to play by its rules, but I didn't and feel no remorse for not doing so.

Good game/10. The soul levels are off the charts, even compared to the first Evergrace.

also play the game in japanese byeeee