The story felt personal, concise, and interesting until they decided to add in all this random shit that ends up feeling like padding. Kasuga is an awesome protagonist surrounded by characters that take up way too much screen time for how little interest I have in them. I get that it's supposed to be taking a more traditional JRPG approach, but I fucking hate the execution here. Every boss is a fucking huge damage sponge that you'll just end up using the same moves over and over on. I never felt like my characters were ever that strong in the main story even being at or above the needed level. The job system is somehow eclipsed by both games it was intending to take inspiration from. Change your class at any time to do very slightly different moves! Seriously, what was the thought process here?

This would be justified if there was any story incentive to back this up but it's so FUCKING boring!!!!!! Seriously, this may be a contender for the least interesting main narrative in an RPG I've played. By the middle of the game, it seems like they completely stopped giving a shit about trying to present the story in any meaningful way and just make your characters stand around so they can exposition-dump on you. In most games, I really wouldn't mind or even notice, but these interactions are so fucking lifeless and lacking character that it's insane that the side stories come from the same game. That being said the side content is really good and there's not a single reason to play this game other than that. Unfortunately, that's all it is - side content.

If enjoy bipolar storytelling, tonal whiplash, memes, and think Persona should be in college: you will adore this game.