i agree with you and to add to what you said the game basically took the freedom you have in most rpgs where you can go back to older stages. grand pulse was a change but it didn't have the human factor that would make it fun and lively.
and yeah the battle was fairly easy and it seemed complex but after a while you find how simple and stupid it is. the battle had so many limits to make the game harder not by being actually hard.
the whole game just felt ...
i think there is a big misunderstanding here so let me clarify:
The game is indeed about 4 hours (took less than that the first time on normal) but that is without including the cutscenes so with the cutscenes the game is around 7 hours. I died a total of around 4 times or so.
On normal the game is kinda easy as i have never used cover system, haven't tried harder ones but you can play more than one way. when i first beat the game i was ranked first in th...
you are about correct the whole thing is around 80 (took me 78) and the story is about 20 hours with no skipping.
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