It's not as good as Bastion.

Isn't that a horrible standard to hold a game up to?

The combat system is interesting but entirely breakable. The appeal of being given the option to completely break the game will determine a lot of your enjoyment for that aspect. The enemy design is brilliant. The plot is weak - it juggles several parallel threads competently, but those threads don't work particularly well in the same story as each other. The characterization is fantastic. The art is gorgeous, the music is merely good.

Despite my littany of aspects that worked better than other aspects, the game doesn't feel uneven or anything. It's all quite good, it's just not transcendent or anything.

It's not as good as Bastion. Isn't that a horrible standard to hold a game up to? The combat system is interesting but entirely breakable. The appeal of being given the option to completely break the game will determine a lot of your enjoyment for that aspect. The enemy design is brilliant. The plot is weak - it juggles several parallel threads competently, but those threads don't work particularly well in the same story as each other. The characterization is fantastic. The art is gorgeous, the music is merely good. Despite my littany of aspects that worked better than other aspects, the game doesn't feel uneven or anything. It's all quite good, it's just not transcendent or anything.