This game is really good, the French actually made a genuine passionate jrpg, id compare it to FF10. It feels like japs made this and yet it wasn't made by them, haven't ever felt that before. We need more western devs to make shit like this and take more cues from Japan like Expedition 33s dev team did, the OST is pretty phenomenal too, never heard of the composer but I will be looking forward to their music in the future for games just like I love Keiichi Okabe. I would give the game a 8-9/10, it's probably as good as it'll ever get for a western made jrpg.
The other thing that confuses me is ex Ubisoft deva made this, I don't play ubislop but I'm kinda confused how they were able to really nail a turn based hybrid without having I assume any experience on the genre? I can't think of turn based games by Ubisoft. My only guess is the devs are jrpg nerds and know what makes the genre work.
The French made kamige???
Last note, the combat is really fun. I'm used to traditional jrpgs for most of the genre but this while not entirely unique is executed incredibly well. I like the cast too, I kinda expected western HR writing but instead have gotten a heartfelt tale on family and loss with a cast that is pretty funny and likable.
Whoever designed the art and monsters needs a raise, also 30 developers and some random music teacher off the street made this? That's it?
They are cool as fuck, make more shit like this.
Respect to the dev team, I think I still hate the French but I hate them a little less now.
To any anons interested or debating on buying it, just pirate it and see if you like it. I pirated it then bought it after the first hour. $45 for this game is a genuine good deal. No games should cost more than $60 anyways desu. Jrpg fans outside of complete purists will probably like this game.