I am tempted to agree with what Khalin said, but I think perhaps that he's a bit harsher than I would be. It would've been nice if his character has been fleshed out a bit more; not necessarily in a huge amount of depth but to give the player a better indication of what the character is actually like. As for whether or not the loner character or not is boring I think to a certain extent that's true, but Amarant is hardly in same the league as Squall. I never really used Amarant in battle except for when I had to use him and never felt he was particularly useless or dull or anything, just didn't feel a sufficient need to actually bother using him.