I just got a Series X and I slammed right into playing this, but what had been hyped up as a GOTY contender very quickly annoyed the hell out of me with piss-poor anime trope writing. By 2 hours in, several times I've gotten some variation of
Protagonist: "I am the greatest!" dramatic anime pose and smoke
A robot or another character: "....are you done?"
Protagonist: Oh!... heh heh! rubs neck and smiles
Like Jesus Christ I don't expect Miyazaki writing from games but this character sucks so bad that it distracts me from the otherwise great art engine. The rhythm combat is whatever. I get what they're trying to do, but it's too repetitive. I gave this game the length of a 2.something hour movie before giving up, it got a fair shot.
Protagonist: "I am the greatest!" dramatic anime pose and smoke
A robot or another character: "....are you done?"
Protagonist: Oh!... heh heh! rubs neck and smiles
Like Jesus Christ I don't expect Miyazaki writing from games but this character sucks so bad that it distracts me from the otherwise great art engine. The rhythm combat is whatever. I get what they're trying to do, but it's too repetitive. I gave this game the length of a 2.something hour movie before giving up, it got a fair shot.