Good successor to the previous titles. The integration of legitimate RPG elements was smooth, and the degree of character customization wasn't lacking. Most boss battles felt properly scaled up to the difficulty level throughout each section preceding them, with the exception of Akron. The final boss simply took too long to finish. If I'm spending upwards of 30 minutes on one battle, it ought to be broken into multiple stages or somehow incremented. This aside, the game was well designed, and the slyly embedded references to other media up this alley was brilliant. 4.6/5