I have been defeated, I put this game off for so long, purposely playing it at a time where I feel like I needed to play 'the best Jrpg ever made' and I'm so dissapointed. I think this is the strongest I've ever felt about a video game. I am angry, bored, depressed that I spent 20 hours on this game. It is dull and drab and I burnt myself out dragging myself to its conclusion just to get dick slapped with 6 more sidequests I need to complete if I don't want to instantly die to the final boss.

I cleared the first phase on Lavos for no reason, because you can just jam a spaceship in his teeth and the 'sidequests' (which feel pretty damn mandatory in terms of plot and progression) are the longest and most detailed sections of the game, I just wish they came earlier when I still gave a shit.