i knew i'd have a good time with this game but wasn't expecting to absolutely fall in love with it like i did. an amazing time through and through. i'm a big kingdom hearts fan but i hate turn based rpgs so this remake always seemed very appealing to me. the kingdom hearts mindset made the combat a little awkward at first but i ended up loving it (i still prefer kingdom hearts combat to be fair... but this game was still super fun). my biggest barrier was i thought it would seem very padded and long (from my understanding this 30ish hour game is the first like 6 hours of the base game) but i never felt as if it was a slog. i started and beat the entire thing within 3/4 days and had a blast doing so. i was a little worried i wouldn't love the story or the characters much but i was very wrong! so many characters are amazing here and there are so many fun and great character moments. i won't spoil anything but the chapter 16 option was one of the funniest bits in any game i've played. i had this idea that it was going to be very gloomy and take itself too seriously but there are so many silly and goofy character moments that really shine. i very rarely cry at video games but i was tearing up near the end of this one. so excited for part 2!!!