This game is a wonderful end, and I can only hope as time goes on the themes will resonate with me more as I forget the parts I didn't like. Frankly, my biggest issues with this game are the way sidequests work which I can't even hold against since they are fully optional, and the fact that the story was paced a bit strangely. The game likes to show massive cutscenes with large events and explanations, but I would much rather those be cut a little short and inter spliced with gameplay, rather than filling the gameplay in between with what feels like filler. Other than that, fantastic! This game may go to a 9 once more time passes and it resonates with me longer.