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The game has a really weak start.
You wake up to a trio that has no chemistry with you or one another, they're throwing all this technical jargon at you that you don't really understand. Your eyes glaze over almost immediately.
When you meet Jinhsi things start to get more interesting but it's a while until that happens and the 'figure out these four clues' shit is mind numbing.
Aalto and Encore are great characters though and it's bizarre the game discards them as quickly as it does.
I honestly think they should be your constant companions, showing up periodically throughout the story quests to support you as members of the Black Shores.

The story picks up quite a bit in Rinascita and that has a lot to do with the fact that Rinascita has a much more interesting narrative hook with Leviathan and the Order, more interesting characters who are more constant in the story, and more effective villains in Cristoforo and Phrolova.