Had this game on my wishlist for a long while so decided to finally buy it during golden week. Extremely fun, short and somewhat interesting story.
Difficult enough so you don't mash attack and win every battle, which I appreciate. The battle mechanics stack perfectly, so well that you will usually find yourself with multiple teams for specific gimmick.
Important battles are spaced out enough that you can develop your team for them, and you don't even need to grind a lot thanks to level badges (essentially rare candies) and skill reseters.
Only complain I could have is that the main content can be rushed pretty fast. I only stopped to "farm" when I was looking for a specific monster for a synergy and do some small side content.

This game honestly infuriates me. I really loved playing it in the beginning and the art style has a lot of charm, but I find myself unable to relax at all with this game as you have to ENDLESSLY grind. I’ve spent hours re-speccing my monsters, maxing out equipment and exploring every nook and cranny. When I first encountered a boss that required me to grind endlessly, I thought to myself — surely I won’t have to do this every time going forward right?

I was wrong.

As soon as I finally get past a boss, I finally get the ability to explore and enjoy the game a bit again only to get my ass handed to me and being forced to grind again.

Needless to say, I’m on the literal verge of quitting this game after 57 hours. And that’s infuriating.

A very fun game, it has been very combat/team-building focused, which I love. The exploration is basic but engaging, the story is interesting, though the story telling is left to be desired. Something happens, so I'm suppose to care because everyone else in the game does, but there isn't any character development to get me to try to care. There is an attempt at some character development, but it's grating.

The story telling is a weak point, and I don't want to say the core mechanics are shallow, but a player could certainly expect more depth is this genre. The level scaling seems oddly imbalanced at times, like the team you're facing might be the same level as you, but will deal way more damage then you could dream of.

What is here is plenty solid and a damn good time. I highly recommend it, but don't expect Metroid/Pokemon; expect a simple indie version focused more on the combat and team synergy.