enjoyable if janky exploration ultimately ruined by a horribly balanced and implemented battle system. combat has a number of elements that seem on paper like they should make for a fairly deep and strategic take on real-time combat, but in practice, the more advanced techniques either require button inputs that don't work reliably, or require keeping track of things around you that are all but impossible to keep track of due to the fast-paced and chaotic nature of the battles. for a while, you can just ignore these problems if you're willing to play it as a dumb button masher, but eventually, the game jacks up the difficulty and starts introducing enemies that can easily KO you in a single combo, at which point it's just not worth bothering