Radiata Stories is ok if you are all for RPG.
The world created is also vast & you could trigger funny & different cutscene depending what time you were at the place. Yes as you play there is a clock running & tells you the time & you could roam the forest of sewer of city at midnight & if you are luck enough you could recruit someone powerful or find some items. This game spent a lot of time on recruiting people to join you forces but in sense of other areas of battle & self leveling up is as per-normal, nothing new.
However, the story is a little slow & not engulfing as other games. If you are to get any RPG game before the release of Final Fantasy XII then this could be a playable game for time passing.