I decided I didn’t like my initial write-up of Expedition 33 and have decided to rewrite it.

The game is excellent.

My first time through, I rated it well, but honestly, I didn’t truly get it. I dodged most of the time, and character battle mechanics only half meshed with my brain. It was enough to reach an ending, and while I enjoyed it, I felt like I had to keep playing.

When I started my second game, I decided to parry only, and from there the experience actually went from a “good game” to an excellent one. It’s hard to explain why, but trust me when I say that if you’re not doing parry only, you’re not really experiencing the best the gameplay has to offer.

Up there with the best JRPGs, unironically