Unquestionably GOTY for me. It’s also the best game I’ve played in years. I am not a diehard rpg player but have played plenty since the 90s. I describe it as a love letter to the best jrpgs made, but without the long drawn-out stories.

I haven’t even hit act 2, but I am having a really good time.

Playing on expeditioner (normal) and have been having fun with the combat system - some boss fights require practice.

Soundtrack is incredible. I find the soundtrack a little loud compared to the voices on occasion, however, and had to turn this down a smidge.

The story is also well set up in Act 1 from what I can tell.

IMO, it’s pretty good. I’ve really only got two criticisms. I don’t like the active component of combat in my turn based games, but that’s pretty minor. My bigger gripe is that I think the last act of the story sucks.

I was so strong at this point that boss mechanics were purely optional to me, I was capable of one shotting everything.

Also a lot of the human characters do things that made me dislike them in the final act.