The story is kind of banal and the game pulls a X-2 with the cast becoming 10x more cheerful and joking around than actually having character development. It's cute I guess, but feels really out of character from the original and not in a good way. Like X-2, the plot can't decide if it's going for light and charming or deep and serious.

The gameplay is okay, but it's obvious SE doesn't really know what it's doing with RTS style games so there is much to be desired. The end game also gets frustratingly difficult due to arbitrary difficulty spikes where the game just throws you into missions with maxed level enemy units. You do finally get to see classic summons though.