Seriously, the game is wonderfully engrossing. I found myself caring so much more about the story than the actual tactical side of things and, honestly, I think that that's kind of the point. The characters are cartoony, of course, in some ways, but suddenly you'll find all of these hidden depths and all of these moments for self-discovery on everyone's part. People are flawed but work to improve themselves, people come together to fight against a common enemy, seriously, it's just lovely. As for the tactics, well, as I say, I think that the story was more important than the tactical side of things when this was designed or they wanted to keep it somewhat simplified so as to also attract players who just love a good story. That being said though, simplified though it might be, battles are still challenging and fun. I definitely had to use the No Fail option on one of them and I was at my last hit point practically with the last battle. If I was going to say that there's maybe a downside, it's that, with the combat being more simplified it almost makes it *more* difficult? There's no chance of missing which is great for the heroes...until the monsters attack, and there's no real way of healing either so you have to be VERY careful where you finish your turn. Honestly though, I loved this, it made me feel warm inside at all the right moments, creeped me out at all the right moments, and even surprised me numerous times. And, because SOMEone might write about it being "too political", let me say, as a cisgender white male...I loved that. I loved that the main character is a POC girl, that there's a non-binary character, that there's an immigrant who explains that there's more to their culture than people think, there's queer representation, and I LOVE it. I just hope that it can make even more people feel welcomed and I'm so glad that it exists. Thank you.
