Revisited this game. I remember playing it for the first time in 2022, and I really wish I could go back lol. I was so addicted and would spend the entire day just powering through all the accumulated sidequests. Fully online classes were still a thing, and I'd remember that most of my profs just gave asynchronous activities so I'd play the game during the day and study at night. Not a very healthy way to live but those times were simpler. This game really was its own thing. Of course the NPC pathing and combat isn't comparable to what we have today, but the level of immersion this game gives you isn't very common with the what we have nowadays.