The more I think about this game after beating it the more I actually like it more. I'm still not completely over the aesthetic and VA changes (Episode I Shion will ALWAYS be the SUPERIOR version) but I really do think it does everything else quite well. I genuinely found the plot regarding Rubedo more engaging than anything in Episode I for instance and it manages to have on-foot boss fights that aren't complete slogs unlike the other 2 games (if you disagree you got a skill issue, sorry). ALSO fuck everyone who said that this game's music was bad or in any way inferior to Episode III.

I wouldn't actually give it 5 stars but rating it higher than Episode III is the funny contrarian take so there you go. More like Jenseits von Gut und PEAK amirite.