the epitome of excess and exhaustion.

ive lost count of the amount of times i felt this game wasted my time, whether it be from getting stat checked every 30-45 minutes when i just want to play the main game, or making up said stats by doing tons of stale white bread side quests in a row, all while running through environments i would say are Way Too Big. the game's structure kills all the tolerance i could have for most of what its putting to the table tbh

combat is fine i guess, some of the encounters have an allure to them and i like challenging myself and playing with all the different characters, but way too many major fights end up with me face rolling every art (used appropriately obviously) and barely scraping by, except in an "i cheesed the game" sort of way instead of one where i felt like i did anything fun. its really formulaic and all about working toward Big Finisher that lets you burst the enemy for free.

i dropped it before i could get to the interesting story bits i think but man i switched to casual mode (combat was a little more fun) and i still could just not fathom playing another 20 hours of this game. doing myself a service here