compositionally excellent game that i cannot stomach because of the battle system. i don't like how slow and on-rails the fights feel, and i despise the puzzle-like design of the later boss battles. the game overwhelms you with too many destination options once you can start time-traveling around with the epoch and it made my brain shut off because every sidequest I tried to do felt like a dead end and i was just running in circles. if this were just a traditional rpg battle system instead of active time battle i would actually have the patience to finish it but nnnnnnah

i promise i'm not an rpg hater