Arco

But this put aside, the characters are endearing and the story is fine : nothing groundbreaking there, but it works perfectly and the pacing is done very well.

Combat is also properly difficult, with many battles, even against normal jobbers, taking me multiple tries.

-Exploration is rewarded and with cool equipment, secret bosses, alternate story paths, and experience

This game is well-designed, the soundtrack is perfect to the atmosphere, the dialogues are really fun and adds a lot of depth to every character.

The art style is charming, the worldbuilding is excellent, the characters are all delightful to experience and the soundtrack for the whole game is wonderfully immersive.

Combat is a genuinely unique blend of turn-based tactics RPG and real-time semi-bullet-hell (sort of Into the Breach meets Final Fantasy ATB meets... okay so I don't actually know the names of any bullet-hell games), and after some frustrations during the initially steep learning curve I found it totally thrilling.