Ikenfell is the gayest game you're going to find in a long time, and if you can't handle that, then you might want to try a different game. Moving past that, I'd say its an extremely polished and competent turn based game, with little secrets and optional things to do sprinkled everywhere. The accessibility options are also great, and surprised me with an option to just skip the battle if I so chose. I can understand that now however, after playing the game.

This game is a challenge the whole way through, with a difficulty so fine tuned that it nearly completely eliminated my hoarders mentality that I had developed from other games. You will NEED to use items to survive some battles. This, combined with the game's interesting and varied combat range system, makes for very good gameplay. I was repeatedly challenged throughout my playthrough despite finding many secrets.

In regards to the story, my feelings are a little more mixed. The reasons the characters have for doing things are always explained eventually, but sometimes the explanation can be a little lacking and shoehorned IMO. Despite this, the overarching story (when not getting sidetracked) is good. The ending is satisfying, and when paired with everything else the game has to offer, no one should really be complaining about the story. It does its job just fine.