there's so much to talk about.

the constant clashing of ideals between "them" and "us", the lenghts one must go through to achieve their ideal, fighting fate in ways never seen before, hammering the fact that freedom is the most frightening gift for people who have been enslaved as far as they can remember (for the latter, DR really puts in perspective how immense that change of way of lives is). so much love and care went into treading these subject that i can't bring myself to rate this game any lower despite its flaws

the first half has alot to be desired from its antagonists, up until orphe; but still, it wasn't boring the slightest since there's no padding in the game; the pacing and execution of each arc made up for everything by tenfolds . The music is spectacular, most of it from free to use rpgm music but very neatly chosen ones; the one created by SHADE though, absolute masterclass after masterclass. Soo much soul went into composing them, BLOSSOM being my absolute favorite as i tie it to my favorite duo in the game; this allows me to talk about the cast now. oh my god this cast. NONE OF THEM feel wasted the slightest from each side of the game; never becoming irrelevant later on which is something that plagued most jrpgs i played beforehand, i'm telling you this game was made with unrivaled passion and love for the genre and stories as a whole

It really achieve what every story about opression and equality desperately seek and never achieve (thus leaning to a centrist end most of the cases). not only did DR avoid taking this route, but its execution of it is nothing but magistral. hard to talk about any of it without heavily spoiling the game, but see for yourself. i wanna add though, the way it connect to its sequel (that released before DR) is so unique and is why the game works so well, to a translation of king exit one day!