It would've been so perfect. The game up to this point is so good. And then when you think the game is going to end because you've reached the point of no return and you're going to fight the last boss and everything's gonna be great... chapter 5 happens.

And then chapter 6.

And then you skip to the final chapter, and you have no idea what is going on or what the characters are talking about because you missed all the backstory.

And then it ends.

And you go back to the main menu and see the "true title" (i.e. the stupid one.)

And now I'm really, really, REALLY bummed out. Sorry for rambling, but this game ends so poorly, it soured me on the entire game, which is a shame because it's an awesome game. I was almost ready to put it up there with my favorite JRPGs. It was so close, too. This game did the equivalent of doing an amazing race all the way through and right before the finish line decided to do a 180 and go the wrong way while giving everyone the finger. I don't even have to the will to get the true ending. Holy shit, the end of this game sucks.

Sounds like a common trait of JRPGs. How long is the game in terms of hours?

Yeah, once it started recycling content I just eventually lost interest and stopped playing, I didn't even finish - didn't skip to the bad ending or keep playing to get the true ending...I just slowly got burnt out and stopped playing. My 3DS sat in its cradle and gathered a layer of dust as I forgot about it.

On the bright side, up until that point I'd played about 70 hours and loved it. But ugh. I don't think I'll ever finish it, which is a bummer, because I would have liked to see exactly what was going on.