on par with drakengard in the sense of "it has a super intriguing setting and cast but is also incredibly difficult for me to recommend because of the heavy subject matters it has (also the fact that the rereleases didn't cut out the slurs gig tends to drop in his dialogue)"

but damn if this isn't one of the best of NIS's non-disgaea library and a hidden gem of ps2 srpgs. very much worth a playthrough if you feel you can handle it.