This was the strangest game I ever played. It makes the player think about the what-if scenario we never think about when playing an rpg, which is about all the monsters and places the hero makes a mess along the way to "save the world". The way you do this is instead of leveling up the traditional way to defeating monsters for exp is by collecting Love along the way. The game does a great job making all the npcs you meet along the way to gain love from unique and charming as you try to learn more from them and try to clean up the mess the hero is making to this world. my main issue with the game is that unless you have a guide to play the game with, the game is vague on how you get love from saving some monsters and some npcs. The game has a time cycle which could make some love locations have tight windows to obtain. the use of pixel art and claymation makes for such a unique and charming world for you to explore as you discover what happened and how you are to save supposed to save this world. The ending really is something special and makes the player think about their journey with the world of moon

I almost wish I played this game first instead of binding blade because it gives a much better introduction to the (mostly) modern series mechanics and gameplay. The game makes it much easier for you to not have your main units not fall behind with the bonus xp system helping everyone stay in the same level. Supports are also simplified as its much easier to level them up compared to the gba games. The story is probably on the higher up for me (as of the writing of this review) because of the simple plot and worldbuilding of the world of the Tellius. I thought that Ike is a pretty cool protagonist and has a good cast of character with an interesting world to go with the different laguz tribes. as the first game in the series to move to 3d and have voice acting it does well to transfer the same good gameplay loop and simple plot the series is known for

This game felt like a mixed bag for me as i have the opposite problems I had with yakuza 3 in this game which was the story. I felt the story felt very samey compared to the previous plots from past games. what I find interesting and im not sure if this was a remastered feature is that this ties very well with yakuza 0 as one of the characters is connected to majima. The 4 playable characters was a interesting idea in concept. but it feels spread too thin because by the time you get invested in one of the characters stories you get sent to the next character. Gameplay wise, by the time you get the full moveset of the character, you are already done with the character's part (except if you are kiryu). Also the final boss is probably the worst fight in the entire series from how annoying it is. Kiryus role in the story felt like an after thought since he comes very late into the story as he just comes to finish the job of the ongoing problem in the plot. Overall an improvement with the combat, but has a worse story with good protagonists