I love the story and characters. The pacing and world building is near perfect. Voice delivery and timing can be off at times but overall the voice performances were charming and memorable. It's aged incredibly well. I was scared the gameplay was too basic at the beginning but it really opens up, the sphere upgrade system is genius. The end game encounters and bosses aggravated me a little but thanks to some cheesy tactics because of Rikku I got to the end with zero grinding required. The ending is something that will stick with me for a quite a while, it concluded beautifully. Recommended for any JRPG fan.

woaaahhhh

worse than the first in a lot of ways but stylistically so unique and thematically (prob) more ambitious with very ambiguous results. the new protagonists and cast members fit the series incredibly well, and all the returning characters continue to be just as fantastic as they were. This game could also be like twice it's length if it wanted to, but the individual story paths are purposefully very condensed to what the 25th ward is dealing to the characters, which comes together very nicely in the end. I cant really tell if the inclusion of the third route was a great choice, as even though every story in this game is unique and serves a purpose to the plot, I feel the more interesting sides of the story could have been further expanded, making the chapter to chapter experience more enjoyable. The final product is still fantastic, but doesn't quite feel as complete as TSC. the OST is also worse but in a very interesting and almost offensive way at points, which ends up being way more entertaining then it should be (most the OST is still great, only a handful of tracks feel too out there). This game also lacks the diverse multi-media approach of TSC (which I assume is either due to the fact that this remaster is of a mobile game which likely made certain outlets more difficult, or that they were aiming for a more consistent "polished" feeling that TSC, being very rough around the edges, lacked), which was a shame as they always came across super unique and charming, albeit very technically jank at times.

the silver case has very easily become one of my favorite game series that I've ever played through. the constant balance of out of place and strange humor paired with psychotic storytelling filled with different complexities and hard-hitting themes delivered in the most unconventional way possible constantly impressed me throughout the 3 games. this delivery paired with some of the best visual style and aesthetics I've ever seen make for a genuine fully unique experience that's still stylistically unmatched 20 years later. it's further amazed me that the actual gameplay in this series is really not very good (FSR...), but the complete experience that the games provide strongly override the obvious weaker points throughout the trilogy. This series immediately hooked me with TSC, and I imagine it will keep my attention for a long time to come... generational series...

Tokio Morishima is actually the goat as well

Correctness>Placebo>Matchmaker

kill the past