I'm personally not interested in it due to my comedic distaste for the french (it's not xenophobia if it's your own blood right) and the Paper Mario Action Command gameplay style but it cannot be denied how amazing it looks and how unlike so many other RPGs made by western devs who grew up playing these games, they don't seem to have contempt for their inspirations like say, Sea of Stars
Thank God I'm not French as far as I know(strictly joking), I'm Black/Puerto Rican. I'm not sure I'm super into it myself, but I am impressed with it's style. I think the combat reminded me more of Legend of Dragoon but I guess Paper Mario is a more apt comparison. Can't speak on Sea of Stars as I have not played it, but there was quite a time in western game journalism, not just American that had such seething for anything Japanese it's insane. I do find it funny they tried to say that the Balloon guy in the party was "cute". I wouldn't describe a creature that looks like an Olde God or Golem like that, but go off I guess. And more variety in the style of games coming from first party studios is good.
That's how you know Budokai 3 was peak when even the racists at X-Play gassed that game up. But so many of their other Japanese reviews are crazy looking back.
I hope the studios that are directly involved with MS don't get ****ed over like the Hi-Fi Rush guys at Tango did. Or the guys who were forced to make a Multiplayer game. We already have Sony making that mistake 12 times over because Jim Ryan is a blight on the industry.
Why would I want to play a video game about cheese, baguettes, wine, surrendering, and snobbery?
I'm assuming you must stab the Evil tree lady who determines who dies with a Baguette. Also for some reason all of the English voice acting has vaguely British accents and not French accented English.