I’m going to be totally honest - I do not like the Zero series that much. I think it compromises moment to moment design in favor or memorization and speed tech for someone’s 18th playthrough way down the line.

But this game does have some genuinely good ideas. Zero’s final speech is amazing but I can never seem to shake the feeling I’ve had with any of the games in this subseries where, internally, I’m just kinda begging for the torture to be over by the halfway point.