Okay first things first, this game is incredibly long, especially if you are the determined gamer that has to try out all the different combinations of characters that are available (plus the option of playing as two main characters). Alright now that that's out of the world, down to the game: the music is very good, there are a lot of characters to choose from, the dialogue is hilarious (especially when the PA is initiated in towns and cities), the story is very interesting (sad at some parts, funny at others, serious at others), the battles are always interesting at the least, and finally the skills system can take up hours of hours of play time. Probably what makes this game awesome is the fact that you can practically customize your characters with the skills section, I have literally spent hours and hours of playing time trying to make my characters the best at their skills and haven't advanced at all on the story!!! But this isn't a set back, just another section to the game that makes it an extremely addicting game. Finally, for those that insist that the game is too easy, the harder difficulty setting offer a challenge, with the hardest setting being insanely hard yet very very fun! I would recommend this game to hardcore gamers, newbie RPG players should try playing something like FFVII, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, or FF X(-2) before they tackle this monstrosity of a game that literally have you enthralled for hours and hours!!!
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