This game improved and overhauled a good bit from the past games and has the best bosses overall. Sometimes it has an identity crisis too but it works out in the games favor mostly. Still however a great final entry for the Souls franchise.
The 3rd gen games improve upon many aspects from the prior games and the Hoenn region is still my personal favorite, this is the first game I ever consciously remember playing, and for that it will always be special to me.
I love the character customization and party building in this game, I really hope they try this formula again eventually because it makes this one so much more replayable than the others.
A very solid addition to the franchise and a great JRPG overall, I have fond memories of playing this on the PS2 and I was surprised it still held up so well on 3DS as well.