I've landed on a 7 for this right now but I could see it drifting lower. It gets the surface details right but it doesn't take advantage of it's position to add some much needed layers to JSR's formula, so it feels kind of redundant. The trick system just lacks nuance, so chaining a combo system across an entire map feels trivial after a few hours.

Despite that though the game has a lot of charm, awe inspiring character designs and story moments that got a genuine laugh out of me. The wrapper is great even if the chocolate is just okay. That's how I would describe a lot of sega's legacy library, so maybe this imaginative world and characters will be enough to inspire the next JSR-like, 10 years from now, and the cycle will begin anew.

Or maybe the one sega's making will blow our socks off and put that lingering desire to see the true potential of this IP to bed. A snowball has a better chance in hell, but there's still a chance, right?