The story is amazing. The game play is pretty good. I miss the old turn based RPGs.
The best aspect of this classic is the story. It is just well written with a nice plot. The visuals are constant and the game play is pretty decent.
As every turn based game, winning requires time. A game that can be finished in 10 hours will make you spend 20-30 hours to finish it, due to losing in the middle of the battle and starting again from the beginning.
I recommend that you save a lot. Save at every turn, and make multiple saves, because you'll need them.
The Bad for this game is the slowness. Sometimes you get frustrated because much time is wasted in a fight that is not critical to the story. So if you are not a fan of somehow repetition, I fear that you'll lose interest half way through.
In all matters, this game is great. I enjoyed it, and I hope you do too.