Every aspect of the game is incredible, with great characters and story as well as the worldbuilding and combat. Not normally someone who enjoys turn based combat however Materia system is incredibly complex and leads to a lot of fun combinations. Didn't really use summons that much as they felt ether too weak in most cases or too strong in the case of knights of the round. the exploration slowly opening up as the game progressed was cool to see and see how the locatios are connected and how to get from one place to another. I enjoyed how certain characters were optional and how every character had a ultimate weapon and final limit break as well as how characters who aren't in the party still leveled up at a slower rate which made it so you can switch out at times. random encounters were slightly annoying towards the end of the game after I had basically max characters but it wasn't to bad. All in all this is a near perfect game that everyone even those who aren't fans of JRPG's or turn based games should play.

Outside of final fantasy this is probably my favorite turn based game I've every played. It is not usually a style of game I like however the combat being changed to have timing for additional damage or defense, as well as removing random encounters and the need to grind enemy's made the combat feel incredibly fun. The story is serviceable however the ending is incredibly disappointing and the true ending required a lot to get to and wasn't that much better. enemy's had a ton of variety and most of the special and ultimate moves were cool. Another good thing the game does with gameplay is allow you to switch which party members are in the fight without having to waste a turn or pre set a lineup which in most rpgs I've played ends up leading to certain character being completely left out.