I'm now about 3 hours in and it's great to get back to an old school JRPG after such a long time away. I think this is the first game I have played where many of the main voice actors are British. Did NoA just use the dub from England? I don't mind, I actually kinda like the accent.

The real-time battle can get confusing and I have no idea what to do with the "chain" when I get it during battle...I thought there would be a "chain" button to select?
Also, there is a bunch of stuff going on in this game...it seems every time I do something, the screen pops up telling me about a new feature or item. I like the affinity aspect of the team working better together as you build up the relationships.

One thing this game should be commended for is the handling of sidequests. If you run into somebody in town, and they ask you to get them a trout for dinner, its a sidequest. When you eventually stumble across a trout, the sidequest ends immediately with a pop-up telling you that so and so was very happy and gave you this in return. You don't have to run all the way back to that person and actually give him the trout! This is fantastic...especially after games like Skyrim or those damn folks on the Citadel!

I'm hoping people who have played this one can help me decide what to do. For the past few weeks, I've been on the fence in regards to picking up a used Wii for the sole purpose of playing this game and Last Story. I've been in a terrible rpg drought lately; nothing seems to keeping my interest. Is this game as good as the reviews make it out to be?