Liked this game at first but soon discovered it's too repetitive and too long for its own good. I actually like the combat but it never evolves beyond the beginning. The combat also has some weird quirks about it, for example you will get hit most of the time if you try to do a slide attack from below an enemy. The story is significant I guess but didn't really grip me. The game is bizarrely slow. Cutscenes linger in place for tens of seconds for some reason (mostly when npcs go offscreen). Getting a key item plays a jingle then leaves you standing for 5 extra seconds.

I'm not very hype about this game. I didn't know it had anything to do with Illusion of Gaia. I'm still interested in trying that game, but not very soon.