haven't played this game in like... 15 years or something. still pretty fun

Ambiguous tree names. Buxom ninja women. Dorky dwarven proverbs. Impractical dog mounts. Scalding hot coffee.

This game has it all.

I am amazed how good is 2003 year JRPG at writing and level design compared to our current year JRPGs, it makes me sad.

+ Very enjoyable characters, main story. Skits between characters are really good and it gives them much more character development.
+ Level design in each dungeon with puzzles are really enjoyable too, nothing too obnoxious or complicated.

- My biggest issue with the game is the gameplay itself unfortunately, this is a party based action combat game, which u have to rely on ai party members to do some of the stuff, and they are not good at that.
You choose a strat for your mages to stay behind all the time and spam spells, but they just run into melee and hit with their staff even when they are full mana. You tell them to cast xx spell, and they dont do it for some reason, i had to tell to do specific stuff 4 times back to back before ai did it.
This is just one of the annoying things, i dont want to go into more details but if you can endure this, there is a good story, world and characters waiting for you to explore.

I would still say, it's worth your time.