it took me like 4 months to beat this game cause i was NOT motivated to play this shit at all but after finishing it i can safely say that it is a masterpiece and probably the zenith of the medium
has some of the best storytelling i've ever seen in any form of media ever and the music is straight up fantastic
only gripes i have with it is that the combat is not my favorite (while not bad at all, i'm just not a fan as i've played more enjoyable action games) and that the world just isn't as enjoyable to traverse through
it's not my favorite game that dropped in 2017 but it is one of the greatest to ever do it and i WILL be tapped into replicant (eventually)

it expanded on what made the teal mask good and made it better so all things i like about that apply to this. the terrarium is cool asf to explore, the new elite 4 are cool, and so is the battle system, and kieran and carmine my beloveds

my only gripe is the BP system. unfortunately im a bum who didnt have anyone to do the union circle with while playing through the story, so i would grind those shitty 20 BP quests for a long ass time just to fucking upgrade the terrarium. i got people to play it with now so im not stressed anymore but it bothered me then so boowomp
and the game still runs like shit a year after release lmaoooooo