The game is designed exceptionally well for an rpg the story line is engages you, the battles aren't super repeative some enemies have super powered moves you don't expect.  Plus you can only carry a limited amount of items.  The major down fall to this game is it's always been expensive 50 or 60 dollars when it first came out.  Now you can get it used for like 40 but people can beat the game in 4 hours if you really rush it and most can in under 10 hours.  Aside from that this is a rare that you will actually want to get into battles to look at the great graphics.  Plus the expected funny and challanging events make it fun as well.  A good game but maybe not worth the price, wish it were longer.