This is quite a charming game all things considered, the writing is a bit over-the-top and the characters do lean hard into LGBTQ+ tropes most if not all of the time, but that doesn't necessarily make it bad.
The story is goofy and lighthearted in a good way, the characters are cute and endearing in some of the best ways making me excited to come back to it, but what really put me off was the gameplay eventually. While not abhorrent (or even bad in any aspect) I actually think the real-time party-based combat is really fun and inventive in a minor way, making you cycle to use parts of your movekit and so forth. Around when I got the 4th character however, the game slowly became less interesting and less engaging, while the writing kept up, the gameplay just left a lot to be desired, and I made it about halfway before I got sick of the game.
This doesn't mean the game is bad by any means, I do recommend it a lot for lovers of jrpg-enthusiasts as a less-hardcore spin on the genre, but for me it just hit a wall. Overall a good time though and praises.
The story is goofy and lighthearted in a good way, the characters are cute and endearing in some of the best ways making me excited to come back to it, but what really put me off was the gameplay eventually. While not abhorrent (or even bad in any aspect) I actually think the real-time party-based combat is really fun and inventive in a minor way, making you cycle to use parts of your movekit and so forth. Around when I got the 4th character however, the game slowly became less interesting and less engaging, while the writing kept up, the gameplay just left a lot to be desired, and I made it about halfway before I got sick of the game.
This doesn't mean the game is bad by any means, I do recommend it a lot for lovers of jrpg-enthusiasts as a less-hardcore spin on the genre, but for me it just hit a wall. Overall a good time though and praises.