using this as a review of a realm reborn

there isnt really anything bad about the game, but nothing about it was especially good.
most of the story was nothing
the gameplay was shallow
the characters, with the exception of alphinaud, were barebones
some of the patches were alright (mainly everything leading up to heavensward, 2.4-2.55) and i loved the parting glass
but thats pretty much the only parts of ARR that did anything at all for me

takes a while to get good but this games story is amazing
gameplay has some great ideas, but bogged down by how easy it is, even on hard.
once the story got going though it was impossible to put the game down, only game that i've played for over 10 hours straight before
demon fusion is extremely fun as it is in every other smt game
the ending had me bawling, which is the reason it isnt 4 or 4.5 stars