It reminds me of Valkyrie Profile!
Specifically Valkyrie Profile 2 Silmeria!
So Kyoto Xanadu is a Metroidvania RPG with exploration like in Valkyrie Profile.
I don't know how many of you know or even heard of Valkyrie Profile. It is really good. Deals heavily with Norse mythology. I like Silmeria in her game. Silmerias game is really hard though and new game+ makes it even harder.
The game is a bridge that enables the plot of Phantasia.
Emil and Marta are great characters. Tenebrae exists.
Emil is mentally ill and very relatable. At least to me after I realized I was dealing with severe mental illness myself for the majority of my early life.
I love the music. The Wilderness of Sadness is legit one of the best Final Boss themes in the series. I also love that Image song the game has. That one Japanese Image Song that isn't the opening as far as I remember. I believe it is by Misono.
The plot is also not an actual Symphonia Sequel, as I said. It bridges the story so that Phantasia can happen. Due to what Ratatosk does at the end.
I hope it gets Remastered soon as well. I played this on the Wii and thus my main problem was the controls. I also find it funny how Emil opens doors. He does it like his hands are magical.
I reall love Tenebrae. His dynamic with everyone is great. I wish the other Centurions talked as well.
...Luke did have the foresight to wait for the others instead of just going with what Van wanted?
I was thinking about this and concluded that Van would probably just drop all pretenses and use our boy as a hostage to force Ion to open the seal on the Sephiroth tree.
He was planning to dispose of Luke anyway, so I can absolutely see him taking hostages when he is so close to his goal.
The more I think about Van, the more he seems like absolute scum. At least the stuff involving Luke and Asch makes him scummy. Poor boys.
I just noticed today that the music was made by the Golden Sun Composer and I really love Golden Sun. And the other reason is that I am just very interested in the whole dynamic of Veigue and his girlfriend, because he apparently keeps screaming her name so often and I want to be in on the memes. I do hope we get Rebirth someday soon. The other old games as well. I am so excited to hear the music.