I liked this far more than I thought I would. Honestly, after 5 I had zero hopes. However, I was greeted to a decent story, combat updated in a few ways I appreciated, and characters that are pretty okay.
That said, this definitely lost points for a lacklustre endgame, and an oversimplification of the crafting systems from previous entries.

My first review below a 2, since even the worst games I play I still manage to beat. I just couldn't bother with this one. Everything about this entry to one of my favorite series' is a slap in the face.

Insanely bland, and a blight on the franchise.

A fairly solid game, but overshadowed by its PS2 predecessor.
Taking a full .5 stars off for Lymle however.