This game is completely carried by its story and characters, and that's perfectly OK because the story is THAT good. Like, aside from (unpopular opinion alert) Magilou, who I find annoying at times, I legit can't think of any party member I actually dislike. That's genuinely impressive. I won't say anything about the story to prevent spoilers, but be prepared for the ending, which is very sad.

In terms of actual gameplay, it's a bit bland (not that the dungeons helps it in that regard) but still enjoyable enough for me to go through the whole game