This might have my favourite gameplay out of the xeno games. The tutorials are pretty poor, overdrive is a mechanic you basically have to watch a youtube tutorial to truly understand how it works. But once you do the combat is awesome. The continents are all beautiful and have an amazing sense of scale. Finally getting a skell and flying over what before seemed like such huge areas in seconds blows your mind and makes you feel like a god. The environmental story telling is probably the best in the series, you can constantly see nature at work with sights such as enemies feasting on the bodies of others.
The soundtrack is also one of the most unique and standout in the series, due to being done by Hiroyuki Sawano. There is a crazy number of amazing 10/10 tracks in this games OST.
Unfortunately, despite a few standout characters like Elma, Lao and Nagi, the story and cast are probably the weakest of any xeno game.
Also mr takahashi has some pretty big balls pulling the "Its something about this planet" cliffhanger stuff considering his track record of being unable to finish his big epics.
Still love the game but don't count your eggs before they've hatched.