this honestly plays a lot like old-school final fantasy games not so much in the combat but just the story progression and how to the world expands i know a lot of these tropes arent exclusive to ff but this one really gives the vibe. that being said the combat just wasn't for me i found it kinda of tedious and i wasn't dying to play this style of game since I already played a Tales game this year and I already played the whole of the pixel remaster and ff8 and 9 last year and this year but I am trying to finish the larger games in my hard drive to free up space and these jrpgs sure are big that being said for a definitive edition this is severely lacking in quality of life features, autoplay cutscenes/text would've gone such a long way.