I can't say I really liked the game but mostly for the story and the fact I felt a lot of the cast felt more like caricatures than there real selves. The story always felt like it was borrowing a bit too much from FFX and X-2 for my taste (not surprising since all three titles had the same director) and I've been struggling to finish the game cause I just don't care anymore what happens to any of the characters. I was a huge fan of XII and I kinda felt like RW was like watching the Saturday morning cartoon adaption of Hamlet except its the made up sequel to it instead of the original... Overall, I really didn't like the story and the new portrayal of the cast members not to mention several characters are introduced simply for fan service as opposed to actually bring anything to the plot. Why is Ashe, Basch, and Larsa here again?

Gameplay, I'm a bit more forgiving. The controls are adequate and the mechanics are sound, I just feel that the RTS battles suffer a bit too much from some of the cheap tactics in RTS specifically stages where enemies can just continually respawn out of nowhere until you meet the mission objective. The Smithing system is pretty fun and unique as well as pimping out the airship interior. Its also a bit comical that RW has a Data Log system when XII needed it far more but that's just an amusing coincidence. My only major beef with the gameplay is that I find the game it too much like an RTS for beginners with training wheels that refuse to come off.