Years ago I tried playing stuff in Japanese and it was as “painful” as you describe it mostly. Because, this was years before I knew WK existed, so my kanji knowledge more or less non-existent. So, I settled for VN games, because when playing on a PC you can basically do dialogue extraction. And then you can do Ctrl+c/Ctrl+v and search for kanji(combos) and what they mean.
Was it slow going? Yes! Was it going for something too hard for my own level? Yes! Was it learning stuff all the same? YES! Did it get easier with the next game I played? YES! Did I learn things permanently just from playing and doing simultaneous translations? Yes!!!
Whether you’re able to continue with this particular game, I’m not sure. since I haven’t played it. Generally speaking, action games are not great. Go for slower-moving stuff until you get faster at reading and simply don’t have to look up as much.
But, there is also learning the specific vocab of a game. Basically, genre specific stuff, so once you got those kanji down, you’ll start to read faster.
I’m reluctant go give you a clear advice as I don’t know this particular game or how hard it is. But, feel your way through this and answer honestly, are you willing to put in the time needed to play it to the end?
If yes, go for it! Because you learn tons by doing so! No kidding! It’s great!
But, you do have to have the patience with going slower than you’d want to, and put in the effort of looking up stuff you encounter.
Since you’re lv 60, then at least you have a MUCH better starting-point than I did around 10 years ago. So, I think this is certainly doable.
Final thoughts, if this is a game you’re much invested in, then perhaps play it first in English and then Japanese, because there is no denying that it will be more intuitive, faster, and more easily enjoyable for you - it is what it is as Japanese is not your first language. If it means something special to you, make that experience number 1 and then learn the Japanese.*
*Full disclosure:* I'm still trying to get through *Ookami* in Japanese after giving up about 10 years ago. You just have to learn kanji first! :sweat_smile: