The game is good, never played the original but im sure I would like it! Its more like Wild Arms 3 than the original
The story is good, its about a princess that hands over a mystical item known as the Teardrop and now her and Rudy and Jack must help her get it back and deafeat the evil demons
The graphics are I have to say the worst part about the game, they should have kept the cel-shaded graphics or improved the 3D graphics, its indeed an improvment from the original but still arnt good. Their is a nice anime sequence when you load the game which is really kewl but shame shame no FMV's.
The gameplay is really the key-point. The battle system is awesome and its a traditional turn-based battle except they run around almost similiar to Grandia II's battle system. On feild gameplay is cool too, you have lots and lots and lots of puzzle's in basically in each room which is great because you have lots of stuff to keep you going then you have the tools to help you along the way like bomb's, a fire staff and a rat and of course way more stuff. You also have a ENC bar where if a exclamation point appears above you, you can cancel by pushing O. One thing I hate is the Dash ability, if you dont dash you must walk and dashing makes you run straight, it gets oddly annoying
The sound is ok, you have good battle and enviroment music but no VOICE ACTORS which is extremly stupid, you have to read lots.
Another nice feature is now you have 3 bonus characters to get, Emma, Jane and someone else I cant say, and tons and tons of opitional bosses. The game can get you in for lots of hours
Overall the game is awesome and it plays more like Wild Arms 3 than the original