I find it difficult to pick this game back up. I really wanna like it, but it's just... It does so little to endear itself to you. The characters and their designs and side quests and most story beats feel perfunctory instead of personal or emotional or dreamlike. It's like it's going out of its way to be bland.

The lack of depth-of-field effects on character models makes the diorama effect feel cheap and unconvincing... The character models being in a typical anime-style makes them clash with the cozy, crafty environments... The visuals are badly executed.

The story starts slow and takes a long time to get interesting. The dialogue clunky and unaccommodating to voice acting. The voice direction's pretty bad, too. Turn voices off.

Battles are super satisfying. Love the mix of AoE fields and line-target attacks. Boss fights are surprisingly tough. Definitely play on Hard mode.

Incredible game

Challenging but really fun game! Felt like a celebration of Final Fantasy! Old school style gameplay that many wish Final Fantasy still had.