Looks gorgeous, has a killer soundtrack, quality character writing, and an engaging story - but unfournately suffers from half-baked, unrefined gameplay, tedious grinding, and a messy final act that prevents it from becoming the classic it thinks it wants to be. This one especially hurts cause the concept and art are so great and I love indie RPGs but this was clearly too ambitious for it's own good in a lot of ways.

There is, though, a great animated series lying underneath here, one that has a fun mythos, really likable characters, and a focus on pacifism and diplomacy that keep the conflicts morally grey. It's a shame that the game it's attached to, while occasionally rising to great things, is mostly just ok.