definetly could be better, but has amazing ideas and could definetly be worse
also the concept of cassettes only affects menus and the names of mechanics literally nothing else
amazing music tho
also some of the battles were fucking miserable what were they thinking
also the monster designs were mostly pretty bad tbh, the art left a lot to be desired, the different artstyle gimmick for bosses was rly cool tho, shame they didnt do it for the last boss they could have made him look like hylics 2

first fire emblem and also first tactics game i finish im awful at these
overall fun and had some great and really strong moments
some interesting themes come out half baked, the inconsequential questions are really stupid, and some twists are really dumb and come out of nowhere
gameplay was fun but while it helped me be able to beat the game without struggling too much, the balance is not the best some of your units are so extremely beasted they can just solo everything just let enemies run into them and die
sorry for criticizing too much i can write a lot for problems and not a lot for positives most of the time, and it doesnt mean i have more problems then positives and stuff

not my first game of the year just didnt finish before the new years
great story just at the same time very poorly written/handled
+ characters kinda fucking sucked villains included (exceptions apply: poppi is my sweet baby i love her more then anything and gramps and dromarch were also pretty great they are old man yaoi)
+ gameplay was pretty fun :)

would say more about story but i dont wanna write a giant disorganized mess in here maybe ill do it some other time

wish it had more substance, pretty shallow once you are used to the artstyle, also the artstyle loses some of its effectiveness by being made almost exclusively of random blobs that mesh together and leave no impression and feel almost lazy, but it gets points for its unique gameplay, the extremely well made animation and art, and its very weird and unique way of handling battles (very hard encounters, never lets you feel powerful, no easy encounters at all, but no consequences for failure and almost always a complete restoration right after)

(also the games consumable balance is bad, spells almost always do more then consumables, and while consumables make up for in better numbers, those better numbers are mostly not needed, only time i used consumables was in the crazy batshit last fight)