This thread title needs updating. "So good" does not encapsulate how fucking phenomenal this game is. I had a session last night in my no death Expert playthrough and I started rezing party members cause I kept dying going against one of the rules I have on myself to wipe or reliad the sace if one character dies. I was able to reload a save from two hours earlier and kept to my rules, inverted everyone so they can't be healed and got through what I was doing without a death while sticking to my other rules. The game is just so fucking incredibly designed as to what I'm doing is actually a viable way to play cause you can build for more damage output. I decided 100 lumina points each will be the cap for my chaeacters give or take a few should my bulld need one or two extr lumina and that's pretty much where everyone is for end game anyway aside from specialising one character and I'm not going to use second chance or cheater when the time comes. Story still hits even after beating the game twice I'm only skipping camp encounters that aren't triggered for the story and you don't have to engage with them in any way so that's easy. It is such an immense joy to play, it should be prescribed as medicine for many ailments.
And in stat news close to 30% of people have beaten in on PS5, the average for most games a hard number to reach since so many new players are incoming. I do reckon now that it'll pass the 40% of the very hard-core 80-100 hours RPG's, somewhere between that and the 49% of FF16. The platinum might even surpass Unicorn Overlord at 18% should they patch in the ability to get the old key later in a playthrough for players who missed it. So many people hung around in between the start of act 3 and the end, I suspect many will attempt 100%. Plat is at 6% now exactly now.
This game is also a great game to keep open while you're doing things, I urge anyone who has finished it to start an expert playthtough and use it as a kind of background game in the same way you would a Civ or Xcom game. You can play for five minutes, make a few turns or do a battle and then leave it hanging without pausing. The music is just fantastic to have in the background and every scene makes a great sort of wallpaper no matter where you leave it. Playing in small chunks does not take away any if the fun.
Last edited by LegitHyperbole - on 29 May 2025
