I found this such a drag a lot of the time; although ultimately found it reasonably enjoyable in enough parts to keep going in order to see the end. The good: the turn based tactical combat is excellent, the 2D/3D art is gorgeous, the branching storyline choices are great and the signature group decision making system was unique and memorable. The drag: most of the major characters are completely forgettable JRPG stereotypes, the voice acting is embarrassingly amateur and incredibly dull, and much of the moment to moment writing and pace of dialogue is SO SLOW. A few other nice things to say about the overall story though; a few side characters are refreshingly quirky and interesting and the overall Game of Thrones esque political storyline is quite enjoyable. I really had to force myself to keep going with this game in order to see the ending, but found it hard to play for more than an hour or two especially during some of the long “cut scene” chapters in which you are exposed to A LOT of bad dialogue.

Maybe i just haven’t played enough JRPGs to be blind to some of these common faults with the genre.