Realistically this is a 7/10 game with 12/10 moments. However, I do not care because the best parts of the game (characters, bosses, music, story, etc) are the things I care about in video games most and these particular highs of this game are among the best in the entire industry, no contest. Would I have liked better pacing? Yes. Would some more exploration and fun side content make the game better? Of course. But as is this game is still fantastic for me and screw it I don’t care if “objectively” it’s a 7 or 8 out of ten this is my review and my score so I’m going 5 full stars babyyyyyyyy