New and innovative? no. Fantastic RPG? yes
Most RPG fans know the real draw to a game like this is its story and its characters and i must say both are fantastic. The story to the game slowly picks up as you would expect but the characters are so interesting and voiced just as well. You play as a quiet immortal named Kaim. He seems like a bit of a jerk at first but slowly as things progress you begin to understand him more. The dream sequences in the game help lend to understanding the travels of Kaim and even begin to question if being immortal is a good thing at all. There are other immortals and regular mortals you will come across in the game and that will join your party and they will show their personalities right from the start.
My review hasn't focused on the combat or the rings or anything like that because this is a turn based rpg. We know how that all works it has been done and it still complements a story driven game really well. The main thing this game brings is well thought out characters, a great story, and some fantastic cut scenes.
I will close this out by saying this, when you pick this game up (and you should if you are a fan of turn based RPG's) and the opening cinematics and battles all up until the credits show and you see the title of the game don't make you feel as if you are about to go for a wild ride through this game. Nothing will.