in my and other peoples opinion yes.
when will you like it? cannot say it.
maybe just refund it if you dont vibe with it.

i played it for the gameplay and enjoyed the story and humour.

Chapter 2 with Polin is kind of filler episode since it doesn't progress the main plot of finding your hometown/childhood friend and is ultimately only a bit of foreshadowing for much later, but Chapter 3 onward does have a lead, and from there fleshes out the time travel aspect and side characters to start snowballing the rising action with each chapter.

like in some anime it starts out tame but then keeps escalating, the main story will take roughly 40-50 hours so you are in the tame area
are you switching out your weapons to get new abilities? that makes the backtracking less painfull since you at least level your weapons
as nyu said if you do not enjoy the combat this will be hard since there is a lot of it during the course of the game

If you don't like it because of it's additive and satisfying gameplay, then don't bother playing it for the story.

I think for me personally it started getting SUPER enjoyable at chapter 4'ish.
I almost quit the game out of frustration in chapter 3 because of how unfair the boss felt but once I got past that hurdle I loved every second of it.

Originally posted by goodbye_bonito:

If you don't like it because of it's additive and satisfying gameplay, then don't bother playing it for the story.

I agree with this. I personally did find the story good and engaging, but not even close to the main draw of the game

When you press Play.

Originally posted by C H A I R M A N:

When you press Play.

nah the first chapters are pretty tame and pretty generic outside a bit of foreshadowing
but a bit later it gets soo good and stays like that for the rest of the game

Thanks for all the responses. I haven't touched the game since this but I'll probably pick it back up eventually. Seems like I dropped out right before it starts to get good.

Oh and I do like the gameplay a lot. I just personally prefer to have a good story in the games I play, otherwise I tend to burn out a bit.

Originally posted by sweet lemonade:

Thanks for all the responses. I haven't touched the game since this but I'll probably pick it back up eventually. Seems like I dropped out right before it starts to get good.

Oh and I do like the gameplay a lot. I just personally prefer to have a good story in the games I play, otherwise I tend to burn out a bit.

i am not a big story guy and i loved astlibra a lot, highly recommend picking it back up

id say the story gets more consistently good during chapter 5 onwards. Chapter 4 will be a gigantic low to a lot of people

Originally posted by VertVentus:

Chapter 2 with Polin is kind of filler episode since it doesn't progress the main plot of finding your hometown/childhood friend and is ultimately only a bit of foreshadowing for much later, but Chapter 3 onward does have a lead, and from there fleshes out the time travel aspect and side characters to start snowballing the rising action with each chapter.

this kinda

gets good from minute 1 imo