I can definitely see why this is considered a cult classic, and I think that if I played it while I was younger I would've been more into it, but playing it now just didn't click for me.
Having each character/chapter be a different character with their own unique spin was pretty cool, but I didn't think any of their stories were engaging (except for the 8th chapter) which I think made it hard for me to love this game. Personally, I thought most of the stories were either boring or a slog to get through (feudal Japan and final chapter I'm looking at you).
This has no bearing on the game but I'm disappointed that they redid the box art to have a cohesive art style instead of having each individual artist's take, but at the same time we got a symphonic Yoko Shimamura score so ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯