pretty fun game for the most part. struggled to enjoy through the first half and took a long break from it, but once I picked it up again, I enjoyed the second half of the game a lot more. Chai is a fine vessel, but its the sidekicks that are the stars. Peppermint, Korsica, Macaron, and CNMN are great and once they are all together, lots of fun is had. Peppermint and Korsica are totally hot, love them as a couple. 808 is adorable, and I was in awe when it did the Twin Peaks dance. plenty of other good references as well, most obviously of course is Vandelay.

Some pretty good boss fights: Korsica, Mimosa (LEFT SHARK), Roquefort are kind of the standouts, others are not so memorable or good.

a big problem I had with gameplay is that at points it just devolves into QTE: the game, especially when all the mini bosses are introduced into combat scenarios. other times when you're just trying to push buttons or something and you have to go through a QTE song and dance, its just a bit much. so while you don't have to be good at rhythm or on time throughout most of the game, eventually you have to figure it out or lower the difficulty, or you just won't be able to get past the avalanche of QTEs in the second part of the game.

The last level was a lot of fun, beginning with the awesome hero shot of the team walking through the fog, and carried along by all the friendship and the great song.