Huge, expansive, immersive, awesome.
Gameplay 8/10
Only thing not to like is the combat, it doesnt have much feedback, much force to it, it seems pretty weak actually. Everything else though is great, you can play this game for two weeks and not even touch on the story line and have a great gaming experience. Loading times on the Xbox are horrendous though.. But I still think this is one of the best RPG's ever.
Graphics 6/10
Theyre okay.. the water is pretty awesome. Everything else seems a bit muddy on the Xbox version of this game though. Nothing is very sharp or crisp and I was a little dissapointed since it looked so amazing on the PC. Very diversified enemies and armor types though, veery diversified haha, this is the most expansive game I have ever played.
Sound 9/10
Very cool soundtrack. Not much variety but rarely gets old. It changes to a more darker, louder, deeper music when you engage in combat with another enemy and is good for changing the mood. The voice acting is also done pretty well. Sound overall is just awesome.
Value 10/10
You could probably play this game thirty hours straight, (with twelve mountain dews), not touch the story line at all, and still love the crap out of this game. Its really amazing how much fun you can have just exploring the ten mile island just going through forests and dungeons leveling up and gather huge stocks of expensive items. Then sell them at the nearest market, buy some new armor and weapons, and head b ack to the last dungeon where the level fifty guy killed you. Its just awesome.
8.1- Graphics dragged this game down quite a bit but its on of those games where you just cant stop playing once you do. If you are at all into RPG's please oh please get this game.