I totally agree finaloblivion. the character build up and focus is awesome in this game, everybody is interesting! everybody is interesting! I really have no idea why this game gets criticism. and I love that nobody gets forgotten along the way, unlike Freya who got pushed aside after the cleyra/burmecia stuff early on. Amarant and Irvine, the latecomers barely got any screentime other than directly after they joined in. outside gagazet, kimahri was pretty useless too, but FFX was another game that did characters right, so that's good too. anyway my point is, characters are awesome and totally make this game.