This game hurts me inside. First off I'll say what I enjoy about this game (it is shorter than what I dislike :3). There are multiple greatly written characters in this game. Juna is a character where she hits a perfect spot for me (when her writing isn't completely revolving around Rean). I fucking adore more human character writing like that and it completely caught me off guard. (Most) of NC7 are really fun to be around that it was a great breath of fresh air. But onto the disliking part, there more than I want to admit. First off, the story. Its uh, not good in my opinion. It at least a perk above Cold Steel 1 that this game feels like it has a direction, but what it spews is some clown ass stuff. 2nd off, this game is so insanely easy. Again, played on nightmare and every fight just evolved into
SPIRIT UNIFICATION -> SLEDGEHAMMER -> ARCANE GALE -> WIND BLADE
Rean and break are so insanely powerful that it is making the beginning of Cold Steel 4 feel harder cause they aren't a real option LMAO. 3rd one is ironically back to the character writing. Yes I know I just gushed about how Juna was mainly written, but every new character have this really unfortunate character ideal that they all need to impress Rean Schwarzer omg Rean I love Rean. It makes everyone feel more shallow cause they all have to impress their almighty overlord Rean. Also Musse sucks. 4th and final one is HOLY SHIT THAT ENDING WAS AWFUL. It goes to a genuinely sad and great scene into the worst ending of all. I'm glad I was able to play this game but I will never do it again

Beat: 10/9/23