This is the hardest game to review because you have to understand that the gameplay and everything else need to be judged completely separately. The gameplay is... as terrible as everyone says. It's not good. It's tedious, unengaging, and was a terrible idea. It's not a 1 out of 5, it's a 1 out of 10. And that's certainly a reasonable dealbreaker in. You know. A video game. But understand, literally every other aspect of it is perfect. The world is engaging. The areas are beautifully rendered. The scenes are cinematic, and the choices of when to guide you to partially interact are perfectly set. They pull all of the desired emotions out of you flawlessly, effortlessly. And the characters. God the characters. I adored every one of them. I was ridiculously invested in their struggles, and the balance between the world-level struggles and the small personal moments. I beg everyone to give this game a chance. Just grit your teeth and power through the idiocy that is the gameplay, because the story is so damn good.