I'm so glad that after all the years of waiting, the game ended up being great. In terms of JRPGs, Relink was honestly a refreshing experience. The game easily distinguishes itself from others in the genre, setting a new precedent in terms of polish, gameplay, aesthetics, and overall fluidity.

Every time I've played the original gacha game years ago, or any other gacha game for that matter, I've always imagined what it would be like if they were fully realized console games without the grindy and annoying f2p mechanics. And man, Relink is the answer to all these imaginations. If anything, Relink affirmed me in my belief that gachas will always be wasted potentials. Because look at what we could get instead! I'm also thankful that Djeeta is in the game. A game that lets me choose the gender of the protagonist will automatically always be a better game. ̶T̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶A̶t̶l̶u̶s̶

I am one of those people that never played the original and yes, I know, I really should. That said, what we have here is a phenomenal modern action-JRPG experience. It's not a super long game depending on how you play it but I ended up orignally playing the PS4 version, then this PS5 one with the added Yuffie content and played it all again on hard mode 100%ing most things aside from some of the trophies and totaling over 100 hours.

It is incredibly rare I do this for a game. The story, characters, combat system, environments, and music are all top tier and it's a lot of fun. My only real complaint is that there are a few side missions that can be a tad bit of a slog but they really don't last too long and that is just the nature of JRPGs generally and I've seen much worse offenders then this for sure.