The game looks gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous; the music goes from "ok" to phenomenal; the battle system has some cool ideas and is very simple to understand. And the plot of every character is pretty good. Nothing incredible but gets the job done. Even more when you reach the secret final chapter and everything is put together.

With all this said, I still don't know how they managed to make this game sooo slow, repetitive and plain boring as it is.
If you are a die-hard JRPG fan, I'm sure you will love it.
Otherwise, be careful. Don't be fooled by its reputation and amazing graphics: you are about to swallow a 90 hours-long sleeping pill.
You have been warned.