Probably one of the best action rpg's of the past decade, and definitely one of the best Final Fantasy's released in years. Meme catastrophe this is not, as I found myself so genuinely engaged with the story and characters that I scrounged for as much info on them as possible, and the gameplay was so addicting that I replayed the game on each subsequent difficulty purely to get more time with it. DLC being locked behind said difficulty and a janky equipment system is the only real mark on one of my top games of the year.