Decent JRPG to fill in the void.
You'll be doing quite a bit of trial and error as you play and definitely will be doing a lot of level grinding. But if you're a fan of most Japanese RPGs then you won't mind so much, because as you get deeper into this game and you characters learn more skills/spells then that's when the game really starts to get fun.
If you want to try this game out but don't want to drop $60 on it, get it used or use gamefly 'cause you'll need to spend some hours on this game to get to the good stuff.