Just started this last night. It's quite different from anything I've played before and I almost stopped after a couple of hours because of the initial souls-like vibe, but I'm starting to get the hang of it, the story has started to unfold, and it's really quite good.

The world has sort of -- imploded -- there's a great evil called the Paintress killing people each year according to their age, that age goes down a year each year, and those who have one year left go off on a mission to stop her. The combat is relatively simple so far, the voice acting is very good, and the world itself is lovely.

My son has played through this game three times now. Yes, he really liked it!

I'm still struggling with some of the details of the game but yes, it's enjoyable. The music is hypnotic.

I have wondered about this so please keep us informed

The one thing I hate is that there is no map. Yes, I understand being lost is supposed to be part of the "expedition" but it does eventually become an issue, since I end up backtracking and getting annoyed. And any sensible adventurer would make a map as they travelled, so the party-line justification for no map is a bit dodgy IMHO.

On the plus side, the enemies respawn when you re-enter an area, so levelling up happens fast if you get lost.