What an incredible experience. One of the few games that requires you to engage actively with its complex story to piece it together, and it does a phenomenal job drip-feeding information amongst all of its character stories. When the narrative becomes overwhelming, the tower-defense sections provide much needed relief. A true storytelling achievement whose existence is mesmerizing

It's broken. That's it. Not even playable. Took me 15 minutes to get through menus. Yikes.

Even Hiroyuki Sawano couldn't save this game for me. Its compromised open-world system stifles exploration and sidequests (which are quite interesting), the user interface is a horrifying mess from top to bottom, and the game just feels lifeless despite the thought put into the flora and fauna.