I'm going to repeat what everyone else has said: the writing is top notch, the characters are fantastic and the game has a great sense of humor. The combat system is actually really good, except the one glaring flaw the plagues this ENTIRE game: 5-10 seconds wait after doing anything. Just about every action you take both in and out of combat takes a long wait for you to get back into the action. Personally, I couldn't stand it and I stopped after the boss fight with the giant sentinel. Between that boss fight and the trash with multiple stare bears, which take 4-6 hits to kill, which also reset your ATB (for lack of a better term) meter when they use their stare attack, which also slows your ATB meter, which all of those things COMBINED with the 5-10 second wait between doing every little thing, made this a real slog that I couldn't bear to keep going through. Not to mention, when you're exploring outside of the battlefield, when you get on an elevator it takes about 5 more seconds after you get off to regain control of your character. If you go into a new area, it takes 5 seconds to regain control of the character. If you open a door, if you pick a lock, if you go into a cinematic... you get the picture.
