badgenome on 08 September 2008
I agree on pretty much all points. Yuri represents quite a nice change from the usual spiky haired emo boy, from his look (black samurai garb FTW) to his attitude. The game has a great sense of humor and is much, much better in both narrative drive and gameplay than Eternal Sonata (which I've been playing but have put on hold for ToV). RPG of the Year candidate, for sure.
