Only a few hours in but I felt compelled to leave a quick review to give this game the thumbs up it so clearly deserves. It's completely blown me away and deserves all the positive attention it can get right now.

It's an extraordinarily well crafted experience, visually stunning, mechanically fresh and emotionally resonant. You can clearly see the talent behind it. I was genuinely surprised to learn that some of the developers were in fact ex-Ubisoft developers, It's incredible to see what passionate developers can create when they're free from corporate chains.

Ironically, they've well and truly outdone their former employer in every way despite only having 1/70th of the manpower available to them. The world design is breathtaking and the soundtrack is phenomenal. A true work of art and exactly the kind of innovation the industry desperately needs more of.

My God, this game. This is what I imagine Final Fantasy would be if Square Enix had continued using turn based combat. The combat seems like the natural evolution of what modern turn based should be, it's absolutely god-tier.

If I had to describe what this game is like, I'd say it's a faithful combination of the following games:

- Classic Final Fantasy
- Persona
- Legend of Dragoon
- Sea of Stars
- Metaphor ReFantazio
- Etc

If you like any of those, you'll love this, and if you don't like turn based combat for some reason, try this anyway, because it's the most engaging turn based system I've maybe ever seen.

The visuals are GODLY, the music is DIVINE, the characters and voice acting is all top tier, and the story/world building will blow your mind.

10/10 - Exactly what I wanted !

When 33 French devs escape from Ubisoft to build their own game they proved that the real issue with big studios isnt lack of talent or heart but horrendous corporate leadership.