Hey look at that I finally finished this game. So, this game is very close to being a near perfect game for me. It is missing or lacking in a couple of areas that keep it from being a 10/10 for me. The story, while being slow at first, eventually picked up and hooked me with the ending being a perfect way to conclude the events of this game but also set up for the future. The ending is a heart throb that will pull on your heart strings. The combat is good, I don't have many complaints. I do wish the styles were more fleshed out and had better combo options. It also isn't great that you have to grind for hours to gain more moves, I wish they took less time to obtain. This game at times did struggle to keep me fully engaged but that may be more of an issue on my end. The cutscenes and mandatory side content at times drawed out the game a bit too much for me. There was also these weird comic book style cutscenes that appeared like 4-5 times and were really weirdly spaced out. Maybe I would have better appreciated some of the elements of the game had I played the series in release order but I still enjoyed this game a lot.