EX Stories are essentially additional side stories intended to further expand upon the characterisation of some of the game’s main party members. Each story takes place in a new dungeon called the Area of Aspiration, which houses several unique and interesting rewards. As each EX Story only took me around half an hour to complete, they’re not the most in-depth pieces of content. In fact, the Area of Aspiration itself is one of the more simplistic dungeons in-game from a design standpoint. But overall, they’re satisfying and rewarding distractions to take part in during the intermission period between chapters.