Only really played to see the start of the style i love so much in the nier games and to more easily play drakengard 3 sometime later. I can see some of the seeds that will become yoko taro style of storytelling a lot of it can be hard to follow as you have to go through extra chapters and missions that take place between the main chapters and also change those same main chapters. The grounded combat is pretty bad and makes the whole game a blur which might of been the point but still makes the game hard to ge through but i did end up really enjoying the flying sections.The really bad part was getting to the last ending. Collecting all the weapons without a guide might be a good replacement to a live sentence as i dont think i would be done finding them all even if i started when this game came out. I did enjoy the endings as they got worse and worse the more fighting was done as it really drove home the point the game was making about war and fighting without knowing the other side and just letting rage take you. I also think the music also adds a lot to the themes with it sounding as chaotic as a battlefield. As a storytelling medium i give it a 5/5 but as a game i give it about a 2/5. Probably just watch the game on youtube if you interested that way you can skip playing it unless your insane and a superfan of yoko taro like i am.