this is a game of very high highs and painful lows. for every motorcycle chase or insane boss fight, there are equal slow moments in both the story and gameplay that slowed the games pace to a painful crawl, to where even someone like me who hasn't played the original yet can tell that this is dragged out. however, uematsu went hard with the ost and those last few chapters besides some confusing story elements went IN so most things are forgiven

what an amazing game exploring this massive world was so fun, although it did get a bit annoying near the end with how much certain bosses and areas repeat (like the catacombs). some of the bosses were also NUTS and had me on the edge of my seat with the ost going unnecessarily hard LOL insane game with some gripes holding it back a bit

forgot to log this but i went through this while bedridden with covid in 2021 and let me tell you it was one of the worst experiences ive ever had with media