Right now I’m a little over half way through this game and….. I really don’t know. I give it obligatory points for being GODDAMN BEAUTIFUL, and it has a fantastic soundtrack…. But man, I just don’t know.
Death Matters! Death Doesn’t Matter! Dying in battle usually feels like a gentle slap on the wrist with an “oh, you” from the game, while making the wrong choice during what feels like boring dialog can permanently remove a bro from your team. Wut?
The plot doesn’t always make any sense. There’s a spot barely an hour into the game where I was forced to go save someone who was being an idiot. When I get back it feels like maybe an hour had passed but someone managed to arrange a hunt and get murdered? A plot that is lame or contrived is still better than a plot that doesn’t make any goddamn sense. There is also a pair of characters that I am completely unsure if they’re dating or a father/daughter pair – aaaawkward.
There’s a lot of waiting for time to happen. Between battles there are beautiful scenes of …walking. While we wait. For more battles and dialog. And its mostly meaningless dialog – well at least it was meaningless until I accidentally murdered someone with a choice that felt like it didn’t matter. Oops.
Aside from all of that, it’s a good strategy game with a surprising amount of attempted plot. I’m certainly planning to finish it, so I guess my complaints aren’t too terrible.