A dramatic improvement over the main game that fails to do as much damage control as Torna did for Xenoblade 2. The logical connections to the franchise universe are made more clear, but I didn't want any of that in the first place! It's fucking weird but mostly very funny to make Shulk and Rex dad guys. Junya Enoki is great as Matthew here but he's also literally just playing Itadori Yuji. All that's really achieved here is getting to the caliber of shitty Chrono Cross, down to having very similar farewell scenes at the end. The modifications to the exploration and combat is a cool mix of old and new, but it fails to enrich or remedy the ludicrous gaps in the main game. Future Redeemed mostly highlights what really should have been in the game in the first place, in the sense of more obvious callbacks via environmental objects and narrative details, neither of which would be an issue of further dev time. The length of this expansion is its saving grace and, along with Torna, is a constant testament to the fact that Monolith should be making shorter games.