Above all else, this is a celebration of the Japanese role-playing game. It's Dragon Quest IV with a little more sparkle to it, a short-form writing and structure exercise by the team that made it to try and stretch the genre's legs, to go further than the fantasy RPGs that had prevailed in the mid-90s. JRPGs have become more diverse in the years since, but it is telling that in 2022 this game and all of its toying with genres doesn't feel old or tired. Feels like we could definitely use more of this type of thing.