The game's all right, but it would be even better with about half as much text. Falcom has a pathological more-is-more attitude when it comes to dialog. The Gagharv Trilogy (Legend of Heroes III-V) was much better in this respect. I certainly wouldn't call those games laconic, but they didn't just pad for the sake of padding. The writers went totally off the rails with Trails SC, and never found their way back.
