I absolutely loved the story and atmosphere but I found the combat to be quite a bit of a let down. It seemed to me like a standard RPG with most of the skills and magic pulled out, boiled down to just the attack command. Chaining combos together got more mileage out of it, but not nearly enough for an entire game. I really wanted to enjoy it, but sadly I just can't.

Also in retrospect it started my long standing loathing with item synthesis systems, being it was the first one I encountered and I haven't liked a single one. (FF9 was the only one that managed to achieve neutrality)