A boring and repetitive strategy game which I didn't expect to be so bad.
Graphics: Below a lot that the DS can handle. Square Enix has demonstrated that they can provide full 3D graphics in a strategy game, which they accomplish in FFXII RW. However, these are plain 2D, with no great depth and a little dull. 4/10
Sound: I didn't like this. The themes are classical, sure, but repetitive and they made me turn the DS's sound off. I'm sorry, but it's a 5/10 here.
Gameplay: Ok, so they could have done a lot better here. The story is soppy. I mean, you're a kid that got detention and then you are sent to the library. Ok, you get there, flip open a book, get teleported into Ivalice where you are in danger, join a party of characters, and fight together to defeat all evil. The cut scenes are made up of a terrible and non-consistent dialogue which you'll want to skip. Luso doesn't even realize he's in a different world than his until you flip through like 40 seconds of text!
However, all is not bad, since the game play isn't that bad. The weapons are quite nice, and classes make up for it. Still a little unbalanced and quirky, though. And the percent system is a disaster, because you'll miss many times even if the game says your accuracy is really high!
The AI...well, don't even get me started here. They are just so stupid that you'll feel sorry for them. No challenge whatsoever. 3/10 here.
Replay Value: After the monotonous story, you'll be able to do some side quests which aren't that exciting at all. Sure, there is a lot of replay value, because there are many of these, and actually they'll take more time than the main story. 6/10.
Resuming, FFTA2 hold nearly nothing that is on the verge of exciting or new. Instead, it present itself as a boring, repetitive RPG with a seemingly broken game play, average sound and bad graphics. Unless you're a die hard fan of strategy games, don't get this. It's overrated.