january 2021 replay:

yeah this is still a 10/10 for me. theres like 2 or 3 hours of filler near the beginning of the game (hence why game review sites panned this one so bad, cuz they played like 4 hours in and dropped it) but after a point like 5 hours in the story goes from ok to pretty cool, and a few hours after that you just get 10 hours straight of probably one of the best stories i've ever played in a game with like zero filler the entire time. this shit is GOATed

edit: if you are gonna play (or replay) this tho, definitely check out the skytemple patch that lets you use moves with l+abxy, such a small fix makes the game play so much better

march 2022 edit: sorry no more 10/10 because ive played more games that are much more consistent in their quality but this is still really fuckin good. definitely worth a playthrough if you're even marginally interested