This game....just really fell flat. It hasn't aged well, and with no real way of playing it aside from getting a ps3 or emulation, the amount of time I waited to finally get to it combined with how lackluster it is really made for a let down of an experience.
The thing is there is a good game in here somewhere. Perhaps it's buried under:
- The cringe dialogue
- The horrid aftertouch sequences
- The clunky combat system that's supposed to feel fluid and nuanced but instead is just frustrating
- The long playtime
- The appropriation of japanese culture with white voice actors

This is an easy skip - it may have been cool or stylish at the time of release, but it really, really is a flawed game.