A simply incredible 2D JRPG, start to finish. Not only is the art-style absolutely gorgeous, but the musical score composed by Yasunori Nishiki is one of the best gaming soundtracks I've ever had the pleasure of listening to, rivaling even that of Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy scores, which I didn't think was possible. The soundtrack is so good that I could have played through the game simply off the back of the music alone. Beyond that, turn-based RPGs are always welcome gameplay in my book, and I loved getting back into that style of RPG after not having played one in a long time. While the turn-based combat feels mostly familiar, the inclusion of the "Boost" system was a lot of fun, especially when you're able to combo multiple boosts for some devastating damage.

My only complaint about the game is that I only found 2 - 3 of the 8 separate storylines to be truly interesting, with Primrose's story being the best of the bunch in my opinion -- the rest varied from just OK, to rather banal. Still, there was nothing inherently wrong with any of the storylines, and it wasn't enough to keep me from absolutely adoring nearly every moment I spent with this game.