I loved this game at times, was burnt out at others, and somehow saved all one hundred cats. The storytelling was almost entirely skippable, but the combat was so relentlessly enjoyable, that I almost didn’t mind that this consumed sixty hours of my life. But ultimately I was very done well before I hit credits because the pacing was over-extended, making the whole experience feel like a phenomenal thirty hour experience was underneath one twice as long. I’ve loved Team Ninja’s last five games, so I know they tend to be a little bloated. But this one lacked some special sauce beyond the pseudo-historical tourism.