Be prepared for a story in need of heavy Show-Don't-Tell editing that will still impress you.

The story is entrancing from the very beginning, but I find myself struggling to keep interest when I can easily infer whats being said in the next sentence, but they decide to describe it in intense detail. One of the beauties of some japanese works is the way their language allows anything that can be implied to be left as implied. This feels like they are trying to write a book about each characters motivations and call attention to plot devices.

With the negative out of the way, I find the characters to be engaging, the artwork supreme, and the presentation to be impeccable. I have been griping about things from the moment I started playing, but I'd still give this game a 8/10 even though I have to spam my spacebar to move past the irrelevant details.

Be prepared for a story in need of heavy Show-Don't-Tell editing that will still impress you. The story is entrancing from the very beginning, but I find myself struggling to keep interest when I can easily infer whats being said in the next sentence, but they decide to describe it in intense detail. One of the beauties of some japanese works is the way their language allows anything that can be implied to be left as implied. This feels like they are trying to write a book about each characters motivations and call attention to plot devices. With the negative out of the way, I find the characters to be engaging, the artwork supreme, and the presentation to be impeccable. I have been griping about things from the moment I started playing, but I'd still give this game a 8/10 even though I have to spam my spacebar to move past the irrelevant details.