I love this game so much. Tri-Ace & Star Ocean are back from the dead and with a serious fucking vengeance. I absolutely adored every single party member and the way they all interact. The story wasn't earth-shatteringly amazing but it got the job done and was enjoyable still. The environments are GORGEOUS and are so much fun to explore thanks to D.U.M.A.; collecting all those purple crystals while soaring through the air was rather reminiscent of Gravity Rush in a nice way. The combat too feels the absolute best it's ever been in the series as well, I dare say. Any time I was getting fucked up in a fight, it felt like it was because I wasn't paying attention or just had bad combos setup or wasn't Blindsiding when I should've. I will say here that while the music IS still good, it's not the best the series has seen. Still, it's pretty serviceable. However, I also can't say I'm very surprised it's a bit middling compared to Sakuraba's past works considering he's been composing for multiple games at once for the last while now. Don't expect insane bangers like you'd hear in the SO3 and SO4 soundtracks. The visuals are pretty good in general for the most part too.

There's so much more I feel I could say but I can't really articulate it currently. Because there were certainly some issues I had with this game too at times, or at least, things I thought could be better-executed. Regardless though, I had so much fun with this game. Tri-Ace absolutely knocked it out of the park.