⌚ Time to finish - 36h (100% complete - I did buy 8 grindy trophies from in game store, so I guess I grinded the money for it than the collectibles, before that I had all but 8 trophies, 16 unlocked endings, and 80% quests completed, not to take away from those that true plat it). My first plat game ever, and would totally recommend everyone do it!
🤬Difficulty - starts of medium goes to easy.
🔊 Soundtrack - awesome. Some songs are still in my head. My fav is the song that plays in pascal's village.
🌄Graphics – Very bad. This is one of the worst parts of the game. Its not bad enough to detract, but there is no color. However, considering the female chars are so well designed if you are into that I doubt you will be looking at anything else in the world. :P
🌦 Atmosphere – great. Music adds alot.
📚 Main Story / Characters – This is the 2nd biggest problem with the game apart from graphics. The story could have been amazing. But the story telling is poor. Both needs to come together (story + story telling). Here the story telling falls into the usual Anime tropes, mixes way too much philosophy, assumes you know so much background info, drips info at you via audio during combat, which I cannot follow since I don't want my ass whooped. Throws bits in hidden items that you have to find and read, hidden endings, etc etc. Its a mess. I had to watch a story summary after the game to understand what happened. Even then I am not sure. Sure there is no game like this out there that marries philosophy, sociology, and sci-fi. But please do a better job with it. However i stuck to it because there are super fun pieces like combat, boss fights and set pieces that trump all this!
🤺 Combat – Awesome! Sure it gets trivial after you lvl up but i dont care. Its fun mix of bullet hell, hack and slash, side scroll, and more. I loved it. Some of the boss fight set pieces are soooooo awesome. I can picture them even now. This is the best part of the game.
🧭 Side Activities / Exploration –Definitely worth exploring. If you played enough rpgs you can guess the side quests. But i am a sucker for completion and side quests. I did up to 80% side quests and felt it was enough as finding the other 20% was getting hard and i only needed 80% for my trophy.
🚗 Movement/Physics – Super fluid. This studio is known for it. You play 3 chars, 1,3 play the same. They are fluid and awesome. Feels so good controlling it. 2, plays very differently, but i loved his style. There are a few moments where the camera gets wacky but execusable.
📣 Voice acting – Excellent.
🥇 Best thing about the game - ACTION, combat set pieces! Lots of fun Easter eggs to discover. These were so fun to do. Its clear the amount of time they spent thinking about these, maybe they should have spent it on graphics upgrade. :) I don't think those trophies can and do exist in any other game.
👎 Worst thing about the game - Story telling and anime tropes

💡Final Thoughts:

Pros far outweigh the cons. Play it, enjoy it. Live in the world and experience it as much as you can. Sure there are better games but this one still not to be missed. The combat sequences and each chapter finale are amazing. Bonus, its fun to plat. Go discover what the game has to offer including the side bonus stuff!

Reviewed on May 28, 2022


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