I don't know why this game got so much hate from Magazines but I found the game to be quite entertaining. The fighting system took some getting used to at first but after some practice it became simple and fun. Though I do admit that I wish there was more in it and it was a bit more polished.

The little side quests were also interesting as well, they were nice ways to gain experience and have more to do. The hostess bar side quests were pretty interesting. The most pointless side quest(?) was the massage parlor which I thought was stupid.

Most of all I thought the story for the game was very powerful and it kept me playing the game from beginning to end. It was so interesting that I pulled an all nighter on the game until I beat it which only took me a day of course. Making this one of the games that kept me interested to the point that I would pull an all nighter to beat it.

Overall I say the game was pretty fun and I'd buy it once the price is cheaper and I would also DEFINITLY buy the import version as well, there is just TOO many things in the game that would make excellent Japanese study material.