A beautiful turd.

Around 15 hours of this, and I am BORED. It started off decent enough. I like the idea of liberating and rebuilding a world, but there's not much depth there, and i'm feeling like i've seen pretty much everything this game has to offer. 

Where the game does have some depth though, are the customization options for building and programming units. Lots of options to experiment with there. If you're purely into that kind of thing, then this might be for you.

It's not enough for me though. If the story and characters were at least decent, I might stick with it longer, but i'm not engaged in Alain and friends vs the evil mind control Empire.

Anyways, real pretty to look at. Mid.

Revisited this for their first season. First and last I think. 

The main attraction of playable Joker is locked behind grinding, and the content just isn't varied or interesting enough to unlock him; nevermind continue playing with him. 

I could maybe have forgiven the bland content if there was some kind of mini campaign story to spice it up, but there's none of that. 

Unless they improve these seasons, I can't see this surviving. Oh well! I still had a decent time with the OG game.

This was excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. There were a couple of moments that I felt were a drag, but they didn't take away from the overall experience.

Gorgeous to look at, listen to (the soundtrack doesn't have a single miss), and play.

Plot and character wise, it felt like a reunion with old friends and the spark is still there after all these years. Love and care went into this world and its characters. Emotional moments still hit hard, and the weird, campy moments are still just as weird and campy. There are some fun followups for some of the new side characters introduced in the first part. If you recently played the first part, Rebirth follows it very nicely. As for main plot additions, they were interesting, especially the ending. I'm sure it's not for everyone, but I think it sets up the third part in intriguing ways.

The battle system just fucks. It's always a blast and everyone is fun to play as. Open world gameplay wise I thought it was very competent; I don't think it's as overly bloated with busy work like some open worlds, and for the most part, all the content adds something lore wise. Side quests were an improvement over the first part. They have some nice character moments.

So yeah, I loved this. I haven't been this enthralled with a FF since X so keep it up Square Enix.