I do really enjoy the general gameplay, I found exploration fun enough and the combat part is pretty fantastic too.
The item economy is especially easy to praise, items are always a powerful option which I really appreciate.

The story though is mostly delivered through character interactions and the characters aren't really interesting, and each part of the game just flows into each other in a way that makes each part not feel very distinct.

Here's to hoping whatever Vengeance does for its characters and story is much better.

Shout outs to the SMT1 reference though with the Surt, Ishtar, Arioch sequence of fights that's really cool