Ok, so, ok, so. Here me out. I have a confession.

I subscribed to Playstation Plus Extra. I know to those who like their games physical and collected forever, this is blasphemy. But I got a year's membership on sale and it pays for itself after, like, two games. And I've been trading in games that I finish with no intention of replaying for years. Games are expensive and anything that makes them cheaper is ok in my book.

Anyway. The first big game I've played with the membership is Neo The World Ends with You. And what a pleasant surprise! I played the first game way back in the day and this sequel is such a step up in every way. It's the most stylish looking game I've played since Persona 5. Battling is short and snappy and I kind of wish there was more of it. There's a lot of running about, chatting, eating, shopping. I feel like this game would be beatable in half the time. But the visual quality, music and likeable, mostly voiced cast mean you might not want to rush it anyway.

The game is amazing by all means, the style and charm of it are the main points of attraction to the game, I was so amazed and enamored by the style that when I started the game I legit couldn't stop playing for the first 5 hours or so.

The gameplay itself is another matter though, at first it feels awesome then it's meh and finally just kind of..... copy-paste. the longer you play the more different "pins" you see but the sooner you will realize they just have a fancy exterior and practically the same move set inside. Battles will sadly become tedious and very repetitive to where it just becomes button-mashing at some points.

overall if you're going into this, i hope you have a lot of patience as this is a really creative and passionate game 100%, just really stretched out and should've been about 20 hours ~ish.