This game is honestly a masterpiece. KEIZO's 15 years of work really paid off, he made something truly special here. It's been awhile since I couldn't put down a singleplayer game, and since I played something where the pure passion of the developer was tangible while playing. Story is excellent (though I'm a sucker for time travel and the butterfly effect, and we ignore how cringe chapter 4 was) but more than that I just love the compelling sense of adventure it provides, and just how ridiculous the scale of it gets. Gameplay is fantastic and incredibly addictive, I never got tired of experimenting with new builds. There's tons of ways to consistently get a bit more powerful, and there's a lot of incentive to collect all of the weapons and gear and level them up - they're always useful since you unlock skills that can be used with any build. Also this game is BEEFY. Every time you think the story is coming to and end it just keeps going, and going...but at the same time it doesn't outstay its welcome. Just the main story took me almost 70 hours to complete (though I really took my time grinding and making sure I didn't miss any secrets because I was having a ton of fun). Postscript really took me by surprise, because I wasn't expecting it to introduce new mechanics. Also while the DLC doesn't add too much to the story - if you enjoyed the combat you'll have a lot of fun with it, and I wasn't ready for it to be over, so I was happy to have it. Very highly recommend playing it on at least hard mode, because while the game isn't afraid to kick you in the ♥♥♥♥ - it's SO rewarding when things click for you and you finally beat that bastard boss that was giving you trouble. Absolute must play for any lovers of oldschool JRPGs and well worth 2x the price. While I certainly wasn't expecting it, it very quickly snuck into my top 10 favourite games of all time. Actual 10/10

"This Isn't Even My Final Form": The Game

Fun 2-d fighting action RPG game. It's grindy but there are a lot of cool ways to power up by using different weapons, skills, and techniques. Start as a guy wacking spiders and slimes with a stick and end up a god slaying maniac with screen wide magic spells dashing around like a madman slaying everything with your mystical armor and weapons. It also has amazing parallax scrolling and some of the most beautiful 2-d graphics ever. Some nice characters and an interesting story round out a great game. Very much worth the price.

9.5/10