Recent reviews by phibzy

Great follow up to the first game. Playing the first one is a must since this is a direct sequel. Pretty much continues everything good from the first game with a few improvements.

The music is definitely a step up from the previous game, while there are also now even more orbment combinations for those people who love tinkering with their arts/stats setups for each of their characters.

Story is still great, however the predictable structure of the first couple chapters got very boring once you realised what was happening each time. There are a tiny amount of annoying cliches in there as well, and some backstories to a few characters could have been done better. There is also a feel of backtracking a lot of the time since it's set in exactly the same place as the first game, but that can't really be avoided.

Despite it's cons, I still highly recommend this game since to me the characters/story, music and combat system are what make it so fantastic.

TL;DR

Pros:
- Awesome characters
- Even better music this time around
- More arts/orbment options
- Last chapters have awesome buildup
- Improved turn related changes in combat (i.e. showing specific effects of AT Delays etc.)

Cons:
- First 4 chapters have very formulaic structure that gets annoying
- Not too much of a pain for me, but there are definitely a few points where backtracking might annoy a lot of people
- Some character backstories/motives are pretty silly

Overall Verdict: Great game, highly recommend.