slight spoilers of enemy types ahead the story is fantastic let me say that first if i were to just rate the quality of the story it would be a 5 but sadly it has a game attached to it where all of the fault lies. firstly the primordial enemies shout attack shouldnt be in the game it instantly stuns you and its impossible to avoid forcing you to take damage when otherwise you could have dodged it. second, the dodge is awful it barely has any immunity frames if you dont get the dodge counter which has some really akward timings. third, the story will sometimes force you to use adol solo which doesnt sound like too much of an issue and wont be if you use him throughout the game but if you chose to use the other character of that damage type you're pretty much screwed with under leveled gear & character. the game does passively level background characters so its not the biggest issue but it is annoying to force players to use a character that is severly under par for where the player should be. another issue i noticed with the dodge is that you cant dodge out of skills which ends up making you take a ton of damage as the enemies start attacking faster and more frequently while stunning far less often overall my opinion of the game is it gets way less fun as you keep playing it due to the difficulty being more frustrating instead of fun and some mechanics just not being all that great the story is fantastic and carries the game through all these issues but the gameplay has a ton of small issues that build up to make it pretty frustrating in the later half (after you kill the giant squid i forgot its name)
