LogFAQs > #976648087

The gameplay is pretty whatever. It's not bad, but it's not the draw at all. If you're considering it solely for the battles, I'd look elsewhere for sure.

The story is like 90% really good, but I feel like a lategame twist hurts it a lot. It's still a good time if you like visual novels, but I've found that other VNs stick the landing a lot better than 13S did.

Just to elaborate upon the twist for those who have played it, with a heavy spoiler warning for those who haven't: The simulation twist just didn't land for me and kinda knocked the game down a tiny bit. I saw it coming for a while, but I was hoping that it wouldn't go that way. I feel like that twist has been done a lot, and other stories have done it better, so it just felt like it took away some of the stakes for no real payoff. Removing that twist would have led to me loving the game way more, though I still like it a lot.