After sleeping on it and washing away the frustration of that final boss, I think this is where I land too. It’s got very cool stuff that is worth seeing, but boy playing it sure does suck. We’ve evoked game ratings, and I think for me this is a quintessential 6/10. It’s got that 7/10 goodness, but you’ve gotta warn them that it’s got a little more roughness to it than your usual 7/10. Although I will also say this this particular kind of “hard wall” difficulty is the thing I have the most difficult time appreciating in games.
Glad I revised my opinion of it from when I was much younger. Still thinking about The Shinka Ron. We’ve got a lot of September left.