I own this game and I love it.

Just because I love this game, however, I don't expect most others to feel the same way. The game is much different from probably anything else you've ever played, which is enough to throw 70% of people into the mindset that "IT SUCKS!" right off the bat.

You're not going to start playing this game and think, "WOW! THESE GRAPHICS ARE AWESOME!!!" The entire game is menu and board driven, in that, beside the battles, you're going to be feeling like you're playing a D&D style board game such as Hero's Quest or something. Personally, I think it's a good feeling game and it plays out solid. You never walk your character around engine-intensive areas with blowing trees, running waterfalls, and other empirical luxuries. Instead you'll see a colored piece, much like a piece on a board game, you'll step it around a map and explore what it has to offer. Anything that requires interaction, eg. picking a lock, attacking an enemy, will be on a luck reel, sort of like rolling a die in D&D.

If you're up for something new and have the ability to be interested in something even if it doesn't have spectacular graphics screaming in your face every second that you play like some of Square's other games. You may find this game to your liking, to the other 95% of people that play video games, you'll throw this game in the garbage.

Personally, I think the game is a fun, challenging, and enjoyable experience, probably an 8 out of 10 in my book. But my book is typically not accepted by most others, especially all of those people who think Final Fantasy VII was the only worthwhile thing Square ever released.

Theoretically, you should all buy this game whether you like it or not, simply to atone for the sin most of you commited by not going to see Final Fantasy The Spirits Within and making Square almost go out of business, SHAME ON YOU.