insanely fun nice spin on the combat too

grew up playing this game on the xbox 360 <3

I really enjoyed the battle system of this one. The action combat is real time mixed with ATB bar that depletes whenever you strike or block. You get the freedom of customizing skills to fit your play style. Each garb may also come with a unique passive or locked skill. But I have to complain some garbs seems totally useless or quite ugly though. The instant stagger when you successfully blocks for some enemies feels rewarding, making incentive to master enemies moves.

Many ppl are stressed out about the time mechanic but I find it ok. I'll suggest using a guide when lost. Just keep using EP for Chronostasis when you want to save time, and kill monsters to gain EP back and repeat. With that, I was left with 3 days finishing all main quest and most side quests.

Since you only play as Lightning, it may get a bit lonely but you also learn more about her inner voice and emotions as she questions her state of mind. People that does not understand her character may find it harder to understand how the plot unfolds.

The PC port for this one has no problems on running game smoothly. Only issue is that the keyboard mapping is really bad, I suggest using a controller.