I personally like the game, even if it is indeed full of cliches, and has a silly, sappy kind of storyline. I loved the tricky battle system, and the music (Ok, I have a weakness for etherial choral things like the opening song). After the first time or two, set the dragoon transformations to short, and it's not nearly so annoying. A turbo controller takes care of that pesky multi thing with the items. The things I didn't like were small things like the fact that you couldn't shorten the magic effects and (SPOILER)Lavitz and Lloyd both die. That the demons gate dropped out from between Rose's legs..Eww! And the end was so sad.