Story was enjoyable enough. It seems they are slowly learning to pace things properly, but they really should shake up the "meet new agent -> meet NPC -> explore some area -> NPC turns out to be super evil -> drama unfolds and resolves almost instantly -> beat up some ethereal -> evil NPC gets BTFO" formula, I can't even count how many times this has happened by now.
Yuzu and Alice are both fantastic. Alice is stupid cute, she's like a mix of Corin and Lucy. Yuzu is delightfully bratty while being a good girl, even though she's too embarrassed to admit it. Isolde is cool, and I was surprised by how much I liked Komano.
I was surprised by the first person segment. This opens up a whole bunch of new possibilities. I also hope they do more with the in-engine cutscenes to alleviate the black screen text issue.
The two new enemies we got are really fun; I specially like Heretic's Jester thrown dagger attack that rewards you for paying attention to the sound cues.
The new Tower is great, and the theme is fucking INSANE. When I realized that the song got more intense the better your ranking was DMCV-style, I unironically pogged out like a retard. This is the kinda CUHRAYZEE action game shit I wanna see more of in ZZZ.
The new beach area looks amazing, the upcoming event seems like a guaranteed banger, and the JK's swimsuits make me feral. Overall, really good patch so far. Also helps that I luckshitted both Yuzu and her apple in 10 rolls each LOL