My first full playthrough of this classic. My brother played the original in our house back in the day and I only caught passing glances of the story but it’s a testament to how strong those party member characters are that I remembered basically all of them very clearly.

This was so much fun. The most approachable (and least boring) turn-based combat I’ve ever encountered and this remaster is visually fantastic. It’s the ideal remake/remaster because it does just enough retooling and polishing that it recreates your memory of what you loved about the original while quietly smoothing out more dated edges.

I gotta find out who is responsible for the writing/localization in this game. It’s possibly some of the best dialogue writing in all of video games. The personalities are so strong and so REAL. It’s genuinely so funny in such a natural way. It’s still so refreshing 20 years later.

Only a couple hours in but it's fun! LOVE the art style and animation. It's gorgeous to look at. The music is (of course) great. I'm not really sure if I'm great at the rhythm-based combat. It's very difficult for me to focus on timing my button presses to the beat as opposed to the actions playing out on screen. I seem to be getting by without too much difficulty but I never really feel like I'm nailing it as much as I could be. Not super high investment narratively but I'm definitely gonna make an effort to see this one through to the end.