The soundtrack alone was a guaranteed 3 stars even if everything else had been terrible. That said, the rest is a mixed bag. The gameplay feels better and some of the characters are entertaining. Unfortunately, Hugo just kind of exists and Lora, while likable, isn’t anywhere near as interesting as the game thinks. Considering that she’s a driving force behind one of the main villains of XC2, I needed more than what I got to buy what eventually happens.

On that note, there were only two plot threads I wanted Torna to address and both answers are kind of weak. It did confirm something I already felt from from the vanilla game: Pyra is a completely unnecessary character and the main story would have been perfectly fine if Rex met Mythra from the beginning.