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This is a gem of a game. I'm new to the genre of JRPG, I've never played a Final Fantasy game so the closest I've come to something like this is Mario RPG. Like most of the games I play lately, this one comes highly recommended by some of the names on C3 that I trust the most and the recommendations are well deserved.
Turn based, timing based battles, a rich story, and a large, explorable overworld are the big plusses this game has for me. The story has twists and turns, but hits enough of the "right" beats that it's not just unpredictable for unpredictability's sake. The humor is a usually a little too meta for me, but the drama is really well done. Down to the side quests and the various NPCs you meat and help.
The meta-ness is the con for me. The game pulls story points from many existing IPs, but for the most part those points are almost tropes of the hero's journey. There are a few things that stand out as something that was obviously from a particular game or movie, but that's forgivable. For me the meta humor is almost too much. Naming characters things like Captain Klee'shaƫ (Cliche) and giving a character named B'st (Beast) a move called Altered B'st is such an obvious wink to the player that it feels like the game didn't trust itself to carry it's own story.
A little research after the fact shows that there are a ton of French puns that you would only get if you speak a bit of French, those are actually pretty good and make sense seeing that the primary devs are from French Quebec.
None of the meta humor or puns make the game unplayable. In another rating system this would probably actually earn more like 4.5 stars.
The initial ending of the game is a solid ending that ties up loose ends and is narratively satisfying. If you over prepare like i do then the last few bosses seem a little weak, but I'm used to that since I try to go in ultra buffed.
I'm looking forward to finishing the side quests and getting the alternate ending, but I'm happy to have finished the game at this point and have enough to rate and review.