One of the first reviews I saw of this game said something like "it takes a while to get going, but when it does it REALLY gets going", and I couldn't agree more.
Early on in the game, I nearly gave up on it because I got wrecked by a singular boss, and with how slow grinding was early on, I really didn't want to do it. But after a break from the game, I went back to it, grinded a bit, and beat that boss, and my drive to beat this game came back. I'm so glad it did.
The game's combat is both really fun, but at some points rather repetitive. However when fighting a boss, it's super fun, since you have to react to unique abilities each boss has, and adjust accordingly.
But this game's biggest strength is absolutely its story. I love the world-building of this game, and how a lot of the parts of this game's world isn't directly explained, and you learn a lot as you go along. It allows for a lot of intrigue, and it makes me really want to play the other games in the trilogy to understand more of what exactly is going on. The characters really grew on me, and by the end of the game, I loved the entire main cast. And there's a whole lot of philosophical ideas placed here, and allows you to start thinking about ideas of consciousness, and what makes humanity "human" and stuff. But it's crazy that this is just the first part of an entire trilogy, and I've heard the third game is the best. I can't wait to get there.
But to judge the first part of this trilogy, I find this game to be absolutely great, with both its story and its characters to be some of the best I've seen in a JRPG. It certainly has a few flaws, but now that I'm fully through with it, I absolutely loved this game.
Early on in the game, I nearly gave up on it because I got wrecked by a singular boss, and with how slow grinding was early on, I really didn't want to do it. But after a break from the game, I went back to it, grinded a bit, and beat that boss, and my drive to beat this game came back. I'm so glad it did.
The game's combat is both really fun, but at some points rather repetitive. However when fighting a boss, it's super fun, since you have to react to unique abilities each boss has, and adjust accordingly.
But this game's biggest strength is absolutely its story. I love the world-building of this game, and how a lot of the parts of this game's world isn't directly explained, and you learn a lot as you go along. It allows for a lot of intrigue, and it makes me really want to play the other games in the trilogy to understand more of what exactly is going on. The characters really grew on me, and by the end of the game, I loved the entire main cast. And there's a whole lot of philosophical ideas placed here, and allows you to start thinking about ideas of consciousness, and what makes humanity "human" and stuff. But it's crazy that this is just the first part of an entire trilogy, and I've heard the third game is the best. I can't wait to get there.
But to judge the first part of this trilogy, I find this game to be absolutely great, with both its story and its characters to be some of the best I've seen in a JRPG. It certainly has a few flaws, but now that I'm fully through with it, I absolutely loved this game.
SunlitSonata
1 year ago