+ Gorgeous Art/Animation
+ Great Soundtrack (And its a really beefy soundtrack too. Around 200 songs.)
+ Fun boss fights
+ A ton of environmental variety to keep things interesting
+ Surprisingly effective Nostalgia Bait


- Mediocre writing
- Forgettable characters
- Lack of QoL in random places (Likely for the sake of that "classic" feel.)
- Tedious checklist for True Ending
- Combat grows repetitive for non-bosses
- The "Lock System" is very inconsistent.