Ok finally beat the first Utawarerumono.

I want to gather my thoughts some more and rewatch some scenes but it was good. I see why people hype the worldbuilding up, crazy in depth and engaging. The cast was fantastic and I was never bored when any of them were on the screen. Music was great too and really set the atmosphere.

Some negatives though, my GOD is the game long. Like idk if I'm slow at reading visual novels or what but goddamn bro almost 90 hours, because of this I feel like some sections dragged or were unnecessary but it is what it is. The ending was ok, I felt the beginning half was stronger but it wasn't bad. The final fight did have me crying though, the music and voice acting hit my soul!
All in all a pretty nice experience and I'm curious where it goes from here, a lot of set up happened for the future installments.