Dimitri is the best character.
SHOW YOUR BLING AND LET ME SHINE YOU.

Asch: Shut up! THIS ISN'T ABOUT LOGIC! You can't "possibly" understand how I feel! You stole "my past" AND "my future"! Now is all the "time" I have!

Luke: Now is all I have, too!
I don't even have a past to lose. But I've still decided that I'm "me". It doesn't matter what you think. Here I am. If that's the source of the strength you're talking about, then "I WON'T LOSE"!

Asch: Well said. I will make those words YOUR LAST, REPLICCCAAAAAAAAA!

The start of my love for Tekken. Jin was the best thing ever to happen.

Cleared on Neutral Route, first run
Very solid and fun game (despite some ridiculous bits lmao)
OST is one of the best things in this game (very addictive tbh)
Will definitely come back to it in the future to do the other endings.
Also I love Walter, he's such a meme machine.

Sam is another one of those gay awakenings for me.

This review contains spoilers

"When people encounter sorrow, they try to forget it, and pretend it never existed at all. So I used the Ark to lift Lunatea's Veil." - King of Sorrow

This review was written before the game released

Get in loser, we're gonna kill some angels and Chaos. Blasts My Way and Fly me to the Moon on your phone
Also Jack says Bullshit and then pulls a phone out of his ass while playing the most edgy song ever.
I love this games shenanigans XD

This review contains spoilers

PERSONAL RANT BEFORE REVIEW:
Around the time my grandfather died 2019/20, I was introduced about this game by my friends and bf and it got me interested. Cutting forward to 2021, a week before I bought this game, my dad died and to cope with my grief I decided to play this thinking I would feel better.
I miss you dad, we may have had our differences but you're still family and this game makes me miss you a lot.
This game triggers me in aspects that made me feel anger and cry so many times over my fathers death that I couldn't do a thing (especially in the moment like where the MC sees his parents and he can't stop the inevitable), and now I argue to this day with my friends and bf about it but I feel so horrible cuz I know they like this game but to me, this is just an awful bad dream taking hold of my anger and grief. I never meant to be a bad person for trashing this game.


ACTUAL REVIEW:
This game is a good game all the way up to Act 2s finale.
Every character gets their moment to shine.
HOWEVER, this game suffers from horrible problems like the MC being the worst example of a silent protagonist, every sad scene that happens everyone is feeling sad but him, a LITERAL PIECE OF WOOD who then later becomes a LITERAL PIECE OF SHIT in Act 3 cuz haha funni time travel leaving everyone behind.

Act 3 is the worst idea ever in an RPG, never EVER use the concept of time travel this loosely, it's the worst thing for a good game and this game manages to lose its charm BIG cuz of that. Other RPGs like Final Fantasy, Tales Of and others have this but the thing is that they are much better built around the main idea and don't exactly use silly or EXTREMELY BAD ideas unless it's for a scene or two, NOT an entire Story Arc which crumbles the rest of the game.

Rabs entire side story in Act 2 is the best example of this which is a parallel to the Time travel decision in Act 3. WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A FAKE/NEW REALITY WHERE THINGS ARE ALL FINE? THAT IS WRONG. THIS IS NOT FACING REALITY, THIS IS LIVING A LIE AND ACT 3 IS BASICALLY THAT.

Veronica's sole purpose after her death is to be the motivation for everyone to move on and give her sister the strength to live strong AND THEN ACT 3 COMES AROUND AND THROWS THAT IN THE TRASH.

Hendrik, oh Hendrik you suffered the worst in here. You had everything handed on a silver platter for one of the best redemption arc ever and then Act 3 happens and this actively pisses me off.

Another factor is the soundtrack, it's fine at first but then becomes the most repetitive thing ever (doesn't help that vanilla was just MIDIs to ruin everything).

Also who thought it was a good idea to lock costumes behind the fucking casino? Especially when the things take forever to get.

I love the gameplay, I really do but every other factor in this game is making me dislike it. I give it 3 stars cuz it's good but every other factor is not helping the game.
Hate me, disagree with me, I don't care. This is the single truth I give to you.

If you are an asshole to Hank then you are banned from Krusty Krab for life.

God the meme faces this game has. XD

I FACE UP, I HOLD UP, I REACH OUT TO THE TRUTH

I believe in Bugs Bunny supremacy.

Now this is pinnacle of fan service for Avengers, X-Men, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and others.

Where's that DAMN fourth Chaos Emerald?!

Personal Rant:

Having been 5 months since my dad died, this game has been a personal purgatory to me. Wanting to see a loved one again is what makes crying so damn hard but it won't bring them back.
Instead I have to look to the now and the future.
Keep on living, even with the pain.

Actual Review:

This game is the definition if dreams could kill you in your sleep.
Rei is my most favourite character in the franchise and I will not take any exceptions. I understood her pain and grief in wanting things to stay the same but deep down, we have to move forward, carrying the memories of those who we love and never forget them.
Also Kei sections are a literal pain like ugh hate that fucking fetch quest of the pieces also hurray for more Miku 8D