I'm pretty far in and I'm expecting the metascore to be in the 80s. At first I really wasn't getting into it, but I'm enjoying it a lot more now. Still, there are some glaring flaws - dialogue and voice acting is pretty bad, with a lot of cringeworthy moments (almost everything Jessie and Wedge say with Barrett not far behind). The characters are way too on the nose; nuance and subtlety don't exist in this game at all. Almost everyone is a straight up caricature. The combat is serviceable but it never feels quite as tactical or tough as it should be, plus the hacking and dodging away between actions gets stale fast. Side quests so far have been incredibly lazy - go here and defeat a handful of monsters and return for a reward along with some fetch quests with zero challenge. The pacing is a bit all over the place as mentioned but it never drags. Environments are very restrictive - Square wants you to only do very specific things 99% of the time and there is little sense of freedom to explore aside from the aforementioned shallow side quests.
But there is still plenty of good to be found - Visually it is outstanding as expected, music is also exceptional and the overall presentation is polished and tight. There are a ton of throwbacks and series references thrown in along with a lot of expansion on the original game's lore. Character models are really well done, if a bit silly (but that's to be expected). Summons are handled well and there are plenty of options for customising and upgrading your characters and weapons. This is hard to explain but it does have that proper "feel" of being a Final Fantasy game. and there is enough going on to keep me entertained and wanting to progress further.
At the moment I'd have it between a 7 and an 8.
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I am even doing side quests which I normally avoid due to time constraints when I play games. 
