very fun and creative puzzle game with a really cool atmosphere and no hand holding, the level design is incredible and the game can be approached so many different ways. All of the tools the main character gets to complete puzzles with feel really good to use and don't overstay their welcome as you often get a new tool or concept with a good pace. This is especially important since the game has no combat and instead relies on its creative puzzles. There are a lot of really cool moments in the game and it finds a way to always surprise you. the sound design is really good and helps create the incredible mysterious atmosphere. Overall the game is solid at everything it tried to accomplish and my only complaint was that it was fairly short.

pretty cool concept for a fighting game and the execution was fairly good making a character that ages upon death while also getting stronger. I enjoyed the level design and with the plot of the game you need to replay levels to try and get through them as young as possible but with only five levels and them all being fairly well thought out with multiple paths this didn't feel like boring. the hand to hand combat might be some of the best in gaming, however the upgrade system didn't feel that useful to me and with the game being fairly difficult specifically some of the boss fights, the feeling like my character wasn't getting any better with upgrades did feel bad. Overall it is a solid and innovative fighting game that isn't super long and thankfully isn't open world, however does have a bit of a skill gap.

Every aspect of the game is incredible, with great characters and story as well as the worldbuilding and combat. Not normally someone who enjoys turn based combat however Materia system is incredibly complex and leads to a lot of fun combinations. Didn't really use summons that much as they felt ether too weak in most cases or too strong in the case of knights of the round. the exploration slowly opening up as the game progressed was cool to see and see how the locatios are connected and how to get from one place to another. I enjoyed how certain characters were optional and how every character had a ultimate weapon and final limit break as well as how characters who aren't in the party still leveled up at a slower rate which made it so you can switch out at times. random encounters were slightly annoying towards the end of the game after I had basically max characters but it wasn't to bad. All in all this is a near perfect game that everyone even those who aren't fans of JRPG's or turn based games should play.

Outside of final fantasy this is probably my favorite turn based game I've every played. It is not usually a style of game I like however the combat being changed to have timing for additional damage or defense, as well as removing random encounters and the need to grind enemy's made the combat feel incredibly fun. The story is serviceable however the ending is incredibly disappointing and the true ending required a lot to get to and wasn't that much better. enemy's had a ton of variety and most of the special and ultimate moves were cool. Another good thing the game does with gameplay is allow you to switch which party members are in the fight without having to waste a turn or pre set a lineup which in most rpgs I've played ends up leading to certain character being completely left out.