UshiromiyaEva posted... You know it's funny to me how everyone complained a out the childhood secrion when this came out, but on replay the child section is actually some of the best story content in the game.
The first chunk after the time jump honestly has tons of potential as well, I was kind of shocked how much I was digging it last year because I had such mild feelings about the game in my memories. When there's party conflict the game is strong.
The game COMPLETELY falls apart and becomes a boring pile of nothing almost exactly once the party is fully formed, though. After that, it's just predictable generic mediocrity all the way until the end. Sure, it's not anywhere near as bad as the last chunk fo Xillia or the last 30ish% of Zesteria, but honestly I think the dull mediocrity might be less engaging than the absolute train wreck stuff in those games.
Gonna go with a 5.
Pretty much my feelings word for word. I'll also go with a 5.