Nice enough game, with all elements of a good RPG in it. Dislike the small characters though. Too much levelling up needed and too many random encounters. Didn't find much replay value. Also too short, especially for price tag. Disappointing after playing star ocean on PS2.

Very good looking game let down by constant random battles which reward you with a stingy amount of xp.
You could spend hours leveling up only to find that you will need to level up again half an hour later. Anyone who has played a rpg before will know they will have to level up every now and then but this takes it a bit too far, almost to Suikoden territory!
And the AI is stupid too, they will use all their special attacks on weak pointless enemies then run out of mp, you can change this in the tactics menu but then it moves to the other extreme where they rarely use special attacks at all. Not even on a boss!
This is very impractial on a psp, because when you do decide to level up the constant loading of battles drains the psp battery very quickly.
Its a shame all this gets in the way of a really good story.

To get through the waiting period for the new final fantasy and star ocean 4 i bought this game and i must say i was really surprised about the quality this game offers it looks, feels and sounds great i haven't advanced in the story that much yet but i already like it very much definatly one of the few good games for the psp. Must buy.