Gameplay is miserable. Encounter rate is sky high and the combat is not very strategic. The grid system pretty much boils down to physical attackers at front and everyone else at back. The story is pretty barebones too with a cartoonish villain, which is a shame because there is the foundations of an interesting story to be built from this. The dungeon crawling is absolutely painful as well, especially in the latter half of the game. You'll soon learn tht turning down encounter rates with skills isn't much of an option as you'll find yourself underlevelled for the next boss. The best parts of this game are the charming characters and fun music. Unfortunately, you can only bring a max of 4 of the many different characters in the game with you, and one of them is always the same. I would love to go back and see what the other characters had to offer but i don't think I have the willpower to stomach another playthrough of this game any time soon.