Thanks for the review. I played the Japanese version a bit and have to say, some points of your review are of course pretty accurate and reflect my own opinion but two of your negative points are in my eyes wrong:
✖ Long-winded dialogues (with text only)
✖ Isometric perspective no longer from now

These points are in fact on the first glance somehow strange, but if you would understood with what purpose the game is made you would maybe think different here. The game is, like I am Setsuna before, a try to bring back old retro game styles like at Super Nintendo Entertainment System times etc. Now you can complain that this is not like current games and technology is, but that is something a lot of fans are wishing for. Of course, the game has not perfect points, but yes, you should keep this in mind.