I was really hoping I would like this game more. I love the combat and the story is really interesting. The combat in particular is something I respect a lot, because it takes a lot of guts to make weird feeling combat for the sake of backing up your themes. For most games, those two things would be enough to keep my interest for the whole game. However, to me it feels like a solid 70% of this game's gameplay isn't about either of those things, and is instead about wandering around Shibuya. I don't know what it is about the exploration in this game, but I hate it. Maybe it's because I never figured out how to actually read the map. Maybe it's because I keep accidentally walking into and out of shops because the movement is a little weird. Regardless, whenever it came to do the whole "walking around" thing, it always made me want to play something else, and I'm at a point in my life where I don't really have enough time to play something with a bunch of low stretches between high peaks.

Reviewed on Jul 06, 2023


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