Too much filler content.
I dont mean extra content, like crafting, etc. I mean unnecessary content to drag events out. Needlessly longer dialogue than whats needed, enemies with far too much HP, fights u cant progress until an unspecified number of turns pass, where theres nothing to do in the mean time. NPCs slowly walking around, or slow animations, etc. Even the fastest combat speed is probably 20% slower than what id imagine "normal" speed to be defaulted to. It just does far too much to waste your time before you get to the good stuff. The best comparison is FF14, and how any forced dialogue outside of a cutscene wont let u progress.
An example, but not directly in them, for simplicity;
Go forth MC, and get me the item I asked for!
(press confirm to end conversation)
And be quick about it!
(press confirm again, im rdy!)
Because if youre not quick about it, this bad thing will happen!
(press confirm again, im ready to go, lets do this!)
and we dont want this bad thing to happen!
(ok, i get it already, press confirm)
im sure you can understand why i wouldnt want bad thing to happen, so hurry!
(ok, finally! press confirm)
you could say my situation is quite unique as to why i need you to hurry.
(omg, STOP TALKING! press confirm)
(spam confirm, i stopped reading already)
pretty much my experience with this game in every cutscene. just drags on like my review.
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