A combat system that always felt a bit dull to me with "bullet sponge" enemies abound. The generation of gaming where gotta be big open world devoid of anything of interest. Barely anything to find, most exploration is entirely pointless. Desperately needed tuned and trimmed down into a cleaner game.

a very excellent JRPG which breaks a lot of conventions. for one, there's nothing about an empire, royalty or dragons. for another, the story is good, as are the characters. some of the gameplay design choices are subpar; that all combat is essentially reduced to stat-based gatekeeping takes away a lot of potential depth, though the world itself is a blast to explore.