I liked it too. It reminded me of the things I liked about Firefly, where the audience got to explore each character and really get to know both them and the group as a whole as opposed to just one or two characters.

I'm playing through FFX right now for the first time and there's a marked difference in that the story seems to focus entirely on Tidus and Yuna. While I'm enjoying these two I keep wanting to get back to Lulu and whatever her apparent issues are.

I'm hoping any future games will provide more character development with Vaan and Penelo and interactions between Fran and anyone besides Balthier.