Not kidding when I say I would bump this up to 3 1/2 stars if it weren't for the soundtrack. Dragon Quest always had a bit of mixed bag with its soundtrack, but I genuinely got irritated by this games music which has never happened to me before. It has stuff I love in other RPGS like a job system, though is nowhere near as refined as others, but it really is bad when I'm better off playing your game on mute. VII is a much better VI in many ways, although it has its own issues.