I hate the term "movie game," but I would probably consider this to be more of a movie game than the majority of games that people give that label. It took me a bit to get into it but once I did I was loving it. Potentially the best looking game I've ever played, it's hard to choose a highlight between the graphics, combat, and characters. It definitely suffers from a lot of JRPG tropes and the story/characters are infuriatingly stupid at certain points, but it's not enough to bring it down too much. Seeing the characters grow from the beginning of the journey to the end was done perfectly.

I will add that Hard Mode is absolute nonsense. Prohibit using items, yet the rewards for doing pretty much anything optional (side quests, exploring) are still just items. Not a balanced experience at all, but I still begrudgingly beat it.