In order to truly appreciate this game, you have to look at it like a piece of art. The game has terrible ground combat sections that are extremely repetitive with a jarring, looping soundtrack that leaves you feeling like you're going insane. If you manage to make it to the end, congrats! Now the are only 4 more endings to unlock. If your sanity is still intact by the time you get to Ending D, it'll be lost trying to get Ending E!

It has a grim story with a very unique but bizarre narrative, so if that interests you I would highly recommend watching a playthrough and not actually playing the game. Just a truly awful experience playing this game, 5 stars easy.

{to the tune of On The Ground- Chapter IV}

I have sort of an... odd relationship with this game. While playing it, I found myself frustrated with its clunky ground combat, annoyed by the story's convoluted pathing, the charting of the chapters splitting at times with seemingly no cohesion or continuity..
The grating soundtrack, the middling presentation, the even MORE clunky air combat sections, everything about this game is screaming at you, almost as if its begging you to drop it and go play a fun game.

However,

For some reason, I couldn't stop playing. I played all the way up until the end, and I finished this game. I thought to myself, as the credits rolled and I laughed to myself over the absurdity of ending E, "I'm finally done.. I can finally move on!"

But that didn't happen. I still think about this game.

I think about the quality of the voice acting, the darker elements hidden beneath the surface lost in the translation from the Japanese release.
I think about how unapologetically abrasive it is, how it's cast of protagonists consist of the most evil, and unlikable people in this universe, as they struggle to fight against the inevitable. No one in this universe is without sin, and the ones who are without sin can only live on due to the sacrifice of others. This world is a living hell, and the game will take you there.

The question is if, and how long you can stand living in that hell with these characters.

This game is a work of art, and I do not hesitate to consider it such.

This game really is as bad as people say it is. Gameplay sucks, music sucks, story isn't all that interesting. One of the worst games I've played. I guess one good note is that there was a character I did kinda feel sorry for but that's about it. I managed to get 4 of the 5 endings at least.(I'm not collecting every weapon that's absurd) Guess someone could argue that ludo narratively this game is great but it doesn't matter if your game is bad and has awful music in my opinion. Would recommend you play if you hate yourself

People like to pretentiously harp on about how "intentionally bad" aspects of this game are and while there is some truth to that, there is nothing intentional about the controls and camera.
Aside from that the on-foot gameplay is just even shittier Dynasty Warriors, it's tedious but nowhere near as bad as some people make it out to be. The dragon gameplay is... fine but not something that I'd ever willingly play again.
The music at least somewhat makes up for the gameplay with a cool sound collage of classical music that does a lot of heavy lifting in terms of atmosphere.
Many import story concepts (pacts, goddess, seals etc etc etc) are barely explained (if at all) and with how the verses and endings are structured it makes the story needlessly confusing to borderline nonsensical at times (ending C for example). Aside from some cool visuals and fun dialogue, there's just not a lot there and it's overall pretty uninteresting.
If this wasn't a Yoko Taro game I probably wouldn't have ever played it and certainly wouldn't have finished it.