This game has a bunch of problems and their presence at the front and center of the experience will be difficult for a lot of people to look past.

Long loading times, constant graphical glitches, annoying crashes that are difficult to move past and a very, very undercooked story.

But this game really enchanted me. I might be biased because I also loved Infinite Undiscovery, a game with a similar score on Backloggd.

The game is janky, so so so janky, but somewhere in there is soul, at least I think so. The world design is so beautiful and interesting in nearly every outside (and most inside) areas.

It wasn't a huge surprise to find out the soundtrack is composed by Yasunori Mitsuda of Chrono Trigger fame, as I had been humming the battle tune whilst not playing the game for days.

The combat "feels" sort of nice, a hex grid with ATB system. But you don't get a full party until quite deep into the game and the battles end up taking way way way too long. (I would recommend turning the difficulty ALL the way down and just skipping as many fights as possible)

The game isn't written well, but it also is at the same time, the characters.. feel very well thought out? They are very JRPG-ish but as I said, it's undercooked - like the most beautiful spaghetti sauce you ever had, but the spaghetti is far from al dente.

Pretty good characters, world, music, I enjoyed the vibe. It's indescribable to me, but if you can look past jank, or even better; enjoy it - then this might be the JRPG for you.

Massive props to Midgar Studio for punching way above their weight with this one, with such a small team it is crazy what they managed to pull off

Ysoris was my fave and every line of his had me smiling.

4 stars because I absolutely love janky JRPGs with a lot of love between the cracks