▁well - written ▁in - game ▁dialog ue , ▁and ▁the ▁latter ▁imp eded ▁by ▁problems ▁with ▁formula ic ▁writing ▁despite ▁some ▁late - game ▁tw ists . ▁Simon ▁Park in , ▁writing ▁for ▁Official ▁N intendo ▁Magazine , ▁found ▁the ▁characters ▁lik able ▁despite ▁a ▁predict able ▁story ; ▁N intendo ▁Power ▁shared ▁points ▁of ▁pra ise ▁with ▁other ▁review ers , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁pra ising ▁Z ael ▁and ▁Cal ista ' s ▁rom ance , ▁saying ▁that ▁it ▁held ▁the ▁game ▁together ▁during ▁some ▁mid - game ▁st umb les . ▁R PG amer ' s ▁Alex ▁Full er ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁story ▁was ▁great ▁despite ▁it ▁using ▁well - w orn ▁cl ich es . ▁Multiple ▁critics ▁gave ▁high ▁pra ise ▁to ▁the ▁British - vo iced ▁local ization . ▁ ▁The ▁game play ▁was ▁generally ▁well ▁received . ▁Fam its u ▁pra ised ▁the ▁battle ▁system , ▁saying ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁friendly ▁towards ▁cas ual ▁gam ers . ▁Mac Donald ▁like wise ▁pra ised ▁the ▁battle ▁system ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁combat ▁systems ▁I ' ve ▁played ▁with ▁in ▁any ▁R PG , ▁Japanese ▁or ▁otherwise ". ▁Wal ton ▁found ▁the ▁battle ▁system ▁fun ▁and ▁enjoyed ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁side ▁qu ests , ▁while ▁D ag ost ino ▁was ▁highly ▁positive ▁about ▁the ▁game ' s ▁successful ▁efforts ▁in ▁moving ▁away ▁from ▁genre ▁tradition . ▁J uba ▁enjoyed ▁the ▁multi player ▁and ▁pra ised ▁the ▁game ▁for ▁moving ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁genre ' s ▁traditional ▁battle