Well-written story interspersed with hours on end of tedious grinding. It's a pity, because I'd love to do multiple playthroughs in order to see all the various outcomes and histories based on making different choices, but I can't endure the torturous boredom it would take to get there. A lot of scenes that should have been quite climactic lost their impact due to all the busywork stuck in between. As for art, while the landscaping was quite lovely, the people were rather lacking. A lot of the movements looked stilted and unnatural, and many old faces from previous games were unrecognizable.
