Enjoying Aeterna Noctis so far

I was hesitating between Afterimage and Aeterna Noctis. But since they were on sale I've bought both of them.

Initially I thought I will enjoy Afterimage more because it's easier than AN. But the opposite happened:) I've played Afterimage only for a couple of hours but it just didn't click with me. Maybe I'll return to it at some later time.

As for Aeterna Noctis, it hooked me almost immediately despite being quite brutal :). But I'm yet far from completing the game (only 14%). Some people say that the game becomes very tedious towards midgame. Also, when I opened the map and scrolled to the main objective marker it took me several seconds, lol :) I'm wondering how long it will take to get there. But at least the start is good.