This was sooo close to being a perfect game. I thoroughly enjoyed playing this one.

The art and cutscenes are beautiful and wonderfully done. The monsters, the backgrounds, the mechs, everything is well done. The story is a bit generic RPG at first; extra flair towards the later half. I loved the introduction and designs of the enemies. The combat was engaging with the Overheat bar. There's no random encounters (you see the enemies on the map) and no drag auto-combat system.

You restore health and "magic" after every encounter, which is awesome. No carrying around an absurd amount of healing items or visiting an inn.

The game will occasionally screw with your party formations and put your bench warmers up front to solely irritate you. A couple of fights have lame one shot mechanics. Not fun to play against. Grinding the game wasn't bad until you get unlucky with RNG enemy drops.

The good far outweighs the negatives on CE. I felt a bit sad once I collected the platinum. Almost wanted it to continue.