I feel like i cant really dislike this game, as i enjoy how enigmatic it can be and it introduced me to one of my favorite artists (Tomomi Koyayashi) however i really just did not find it fun to play. The gameplay itself, while poorly explained, was fairly fun. But i often found myself becoming really frustrated with the strange difficulty jumps, particularly with some of the bosses. Im not sure how I would of gotten through this game without the new QoL features of the remaster. A lot of the game felt very repetitive and needlessly obtuse...and then there is the plot. The writing felt all over the place. The only story i kind of enjoyed was Asellus', but it felt like such wasted potential for something that could of been really really cool. T260G and Riki's events seemed okay enough but the rest were confusing... Blue's just ends randomly and i think i only played as Lute for around 15 minutes. I could not even finish playing as Fuse because this game was wearing me thin. People talk about unfinished games, but this one to me felt like entire chunks were taken out of it. It's such a shame too because this game has some of the best character designs i've ever seen, and i really wanted to enjoy it.

This was also the last game my old dog Nico watched me play. I was holding him on my lap the day before we had to take him to the vets.... when i think on my time with this game, it makes me feel kind of sick. I wish i was playing a more comforting game.