Gonna keep it short, I enjoy this game, it is probably the most “Final Fantasy” Final Fantasy, almost to the point of parody at points, which is great. Combat is vastly improved from XV and VIIR, story is great and lush, pacing is good (act 3 kinda chugs along a bit but no one’s perfect), and I like a lot of the characters and they’re given enough depth for me, especially if you get into reading the lore resources they give you. Major major major problem with this game that makes it impossible to recommend to people, has a pretty on-the-nose SA scene that does essentially nothing to the plot other than to be like “dang rough world out there!” which is just not enough for me to justify it being in there, and it left a bad taste in my mouth for a while. Couldn’t imagine telling someone to play this game with a huge scene so artistically embarrassing, and this is coming from a guy who is a complete moron. Really disappointing because I liked this game a lot, but them’s the breaks I guess.

Reviewed on Aug 30, 2023


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