Yeah, what can I say, I found it rather mediocre to disappointing. But the praise I heard on the internet for this game, that it had such a great story, world and characters and EVERY roleplaying game fan absolutely had to try it out... the story was very generic and offered nothing special, but it wasn't bad either, just mediocre. The characters were very entertaining except for that one sexist douche whose name has already slipped my mind...Kyle? :/

Overall I wonder why it was hyped so much, probably because of the anime sequences which weren't common back then but otherwise I found it rather ok but not really outstanding. The battle system also seems cool and tactical at the beginning, but you soon realize that the positioning of the characters is almost totally irrelevant, especially since the enemies hit you across the field anyway....well yeah, you can play it but you don't have to.