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So let me ask, did you learn the game's lesson?

Upon confronting Odio, you get to face an abstract face and upon wrecking the eyes and mouth, the true target comes forward. When you defeat that, you will need to decide whether love can conquer hate. Should you choose that there has been enough death and carnage and choose to leave, Odio will throw one more tantrum, making the characters fight their chapter bosses. I believe the bosses are the same strength that they were back then, but everyone has grown so much since then that they win with ease, even if they are without their team.

In the SNES version, this would be where the game ends, but this new version gives Odio one last hurrah where all seven characters must unite to give Oersted some redemption.

With this, hopefully you can understand why people are so disappointed by the failure to translate Pogo's lone word. Odio (Latin for "I Hate") and the first word being its polar opposite pretty much made the theme of this game. Odio subjects all of them to horrible things, extending the chain of hatred, and each one of them refuses to yield and become like him. Even after confronting the man pulling the strings in each of their eras, they remain firm in their resolve and ultimately, there is nothing Odio can do anymore to any of them. Oersted achieving some redemption here is new, but it does help resolve how everyone can return to their homes.

Gameplay-wise, I think this is one of the better examples of 90s era RPGs. Sadly, the individual narratives are a little lacking since we only get a couple hours for each of them on average, depending on how thorough you want to be in some chapters. Instead, we have to fill in their blanks.

Sadly, if there were to be a sequel to this, it would have been made already. I do not trust modern Square-Enix to be able to deliver on something like this. By some miracle, we got this piece of gaming history, and now the world is able to enjoy it. I think the best way to play it will be the inevitable PC port, but if you can't wait for that, the Switch version is strong on its own.