Infinite Undiscovery: Early Impressions

I'm only about three hours into the game at this point, and I should warn you. I'm feeling pretty damn negative about the game right now. Sure, I haven't made it very far yet, and a lot of my complaints might have to do with the game being so different than what I'm used to that I'm not comfortable with it yet. None the less, I figured I'd throw up a few quick impressions, or rather a list of complaints as it were.

Story: I can't really speak to this one so much since not a whole lot has happened yet. And since it's been a couple weeks since I started the game I can't quite remember the opening. I think it was some ridiculous fight that involved chains? I dunno. Also I was assaulted by a series of gibberish when I entered a town. I had no fucking idea what those people were talking about.

Characters: I don't really feel anything about the characters so far. The main guy Capell seems like an alright guy. Aya is pretty hot. Everyone else looked pretty dumb to me, don't really like the art style and the voice acting is fucking terrible.

Combat: Combat seems like it would be pretty good, but so far it comes across as pretty clunky. There are other elements I don't like about the combat too, like not being able to control your other characters, having to draw/sheath your weapon constantly, and having to "connect" to get party members to perform a certain action. I don't understand the combo system, and surprise attacks are seemingly impossible to pull off.

Connecting: This is one of the game's gimmicks. You can "connect" to another party member. This has two functions. In town you can connect to one party member and they'll follow you around town. Elsewhere you can command your team mate to perform one of two preassigned actions. Both of these are annoying to me. In town you can only bring one character around with you at a time, and sometimes you need characters with you to gain access to items and side quest. Than when you want to complete the side quest you need to do the process over again. If you accidentally disconnect with someone than you have to go all the way back to them to connect again. And when you need to connect in battle, things get really sloppy because everything is in motion and you don't have time to fuck around with trying to get Dipshit A to perform Bullshit Move B.

Everything Else: I haven't messed around with the Item Creation system so far, so I can't speak to that. I don't like the Menu, it takes place in real time and if you don't have your weapon out you have to sit down everytime you access it. I do however like the Flute music as it's an interesting concept, and I like the Personal section in the Menu. I like that you can issue party members to Heal with the Y Button.

That's about all I can say about the game at this point. Hopefully I warm up to it a little more. Another problem might be that I have entirely too many other games to play at the moment that it's keeping me from getting comfortable and adjusting to this game. I'm not sure. I'll certainly be playing it some more in any case.