I started out loving this game. At first, it felt like I was playing something truly special. The kingdom-building aspect is highly motivating, and the cities are well-designed and charming. However, the longer I played, the more its flaws became impossible to ignore.

Here’s my rant:

- You fight the same enemy models at Level 1 and Level 150—they just change color. The same goes for the dungeons, which lack variety.
- The overworld system is boring and feels like a downgrade, reminiscent of Final Fantasy VII from 1998—but worse.
- The party characters are dull and lack engaging backstories. Even after 100%-ing the game, I can only name two of the party members.
- The DLCs are absolute garbage.
- The fantastic animated cutscenes from the first game are entirely missing. Instead, the game features sparse, lackluster cutscenes with almost no epic or bombastic moments.
- There are barely any voiced lines, which makes the story feel less immersive.

Overall, this isn’t a bad game, but I decided to give it a negative review because I simply wouldn’t recommend it to a friend.

Beautiful game. The art and music are so great.
If it weren't for the grind and difficulty curve issues, the game could have been perfect. (Mostly it's the weird difficulty of managing an army in chapter four and in the last chapter, the penultimate battle. It's pretty weird because the final army battle is easy enough).

Don't ignore the side missions, or you'll be frustrated by the end of the game because you won't be able to understand why you have a level 30+ army but can't complete a mission when the game asks you for level 21. (You need to make sure you get people with shields for your army, otherwise you can, like me, swing to a level 30 army when the game requires 21, and agonize because the game doesn't even tell you there is such type of warriors, and in 50 quests - I could only get 1 of them).

Game sucks