There were a few things that I didn't vibe with in this game but its surprisingly one of the stronger game in the series thematically. I like the Sky the 3rd esque dungeon crawling and the idea of three routes (even if I think its done poorly). The story is pretty decent especially the true route, the way it recontextualize events in Ys 1 and 2 to the point I kinda gave a shit is commendable in itself.

Toal is a great character, not one of my favs in the series but he's pretty high up. Soundtrack is great as usual, bosses are cool callbacks. Its easily the bigger surprises in the series so far for me

Took me a long time to finish it. I do like the story more than others but towards the end it kinda falls off hard for me.

Still had a great time though, gameplay is amazing, characters are fun, I love the support/bond conversations they have. The whole Emblem mechanic is also immaculate, I had so much fun experimenting builds, they really when all out in that department which make sense as a game that's celebrating the FE series as a whole. This is my first FE game and the lore really do make me want to try more games in the series in the future.