The introduction is painfully long, around three hours. The game is story driven more than anything else. The battle system is somewhat intriguing but it wasn't enough to drag myself through the boring cutscenes and story breaks. Story didn't do it for me, battles didn't do it for me, & the characters were bland and uninteresting. It seems like an RPG for people who don't know really know how to play RPGs. Read all the good reviews and was excited to play, might give it a second chance another time.