This game is not the affront to god I always heard it was.
Gameplay wise I think its great, one of the best ATB systems I've used. The Dressphere and grid system, while a bit more limiting than I would have liked at times, were fun to mess around with. I like that each girl, despite using the same dresses, has different weapons, animations, transformations, battle quotes and victory screens.
Story wise I can't say I enjoyed it and ended up with 90% completion. I found the story to be mostly dull but I think a lot of that has to do with how it presents itself in its mission like structure. Lead to more swift tonal shifts and out of place moments than not.
This isn't the Yuna you know from Final Fantasy X and Rikku is more comedic in comparison than I remember as well. I wouldn't call it character assassination but if the plot wasn't so directly tied to FFX, having new characters taking over the whole thing might have went over better.
In terms of music I think it was mostly forgettable. One or two tracks I liked and a few I really disliked such what might be the worst chocobo theme I have ever heard in a FF game.
In the end its decent but the gameplay does 99% of the carrying, especially if you like job systems.
Gameplay wise I think its great, one of the best ATB systems I've used. The Dressphere and grid system, while a bit more limiting than I would have liked at times, were fun to mess around with. I like that each girl, despite using the same dresses, has different weapons, animations, transformations, battle quotes and victory screens.
Story wise I can't say I enjoyed it and ended up with 90% completion. I found the story to be mostly dull but I think a lot of that has to do with how it presents itself in its mission like structure. Lead to more swift tonal shifts and out of place moments than not.
This isn't the Yuna you know from Final Fantasy X and Rikku is more comedic in comparison than I remember as well. I wouldn't call it character assassination but if the plot wasn't so directly tied to FFX, having new characters taking over the whole thing might have went over better.
In terms of music I think it was mostly forgettable. One or two tracks I liked and a few I really disliked such what might be the worst chocobo theme I have ever heard in a FF game.
In the end its decent but the gameplay does 99% of the carrying, especially if you like job systems.