barely a video game. there are many things that are very good (atmosphere, weird characters, great music). preys on your need to see numbers go up by trapping you in uninteresting gameplay loops (e.g., (1) spin this RNG to collect enough items from the overworld so you can unlock a blob on an affinity chart so you can (2) search the internet for an enemy called odious jim and (3) kill ten of them so you can then (4) spam the same move 80 times, etc., etc.)

there are good and beautiful things to be found here. not sure if i can recommend it to anyone or myself though. xenoblade 2 approaches Being Good, but doesn't quite make it. you will play for several 10s of hours hoping that the nonsense spreadsheet filling game mechanics will liquify into An Extremely Great Time. it almost does. you will hope that the sequel will be good.