Better than i expected
Each chapter of the game is split up into 3 or 4 battles, generally, getting more difficult with each battle won. you can enlist various monsters into your little army of sky pirates, if you've ever played a final fantasy game before you will recognise a lot of the monsters and for once its nice to have them on your side.
The graphics are fairly good although the game sometimes lags on the busier levels, maybe its my DS, i dont know, but its a problem either way. The sound quality is fantastic.
The controls for this game are very easy to use and new players to the game will pick up on them within about half an hour to an hour, no problem.
The only real problem i could pick out with this game is the back story, if you havent played the original Final Fantasy XII then certain parts of the story may be a bit blurry for you because the DS game refers back to the original several times.
I would recommend this game to anyone looking for a good RTS, its just a very enjoyable game and worth looking at if you have a DS, so go enjoy!