@moschidae well thank you! honestly it might be partly thanks to people like you who have that more personal review style that i felt confident enough to do something like this, like, your bg3 reviews are really good, love to see passion on this website!!

i remember being a little put off by the combat when i first played it years ago, but nowadays it's like, so clearly cleverly handled (especially after slogging through chrono trigger's combat a few months ago, a combat system that is only saved by fact that it lets me suplex every enemy in the game with ayla) and genuinely the most fun i have with RPG gameplay on the ps1 next to ff7 (even if og ff7 combat is like, kinda bad admittedly, it activates my syndromes and that's all that matters)

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i feel like that whole ending would legit just be better without dialogue cuz it's so beautiful aesthetically in visuals and theme and sound design and music, it's all so good. that said i think i like the chrono trigger integration more than most just cuz i love the idea of there being some sort of consequences to crono and gang fucking with time travel. could've been more evenhanded tho, they literally just dump like 15 wikipedia articles on the player. personally the aesthetic experience of the last couple levels and endgame bosses is just so good that i don't even care that much that it's a mess
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