A surprisingly good game
Not as cinematic a presentation as some pop stuff and the game does not hold your hands and forces you to think and fend for yourself but who decided those are good things anyway and you are free to make of it as you wish. There is a good production value and a good amount of freedom with a sensitivity for people who want to dive in deeper as they see fit. It feels like the developers wanted to make it so you feel more involved in it more than most recent RPG's.This game is accessible and enjoyable, teaching you its rules through your own curiosity and the atmosphere created in the game stays with you long after you closed the game.
Graphics - 8.5
More than I expected in almost every department - technology,performance,art and design,and beautiful light scattering. The only issues I had was with the VERY VERY DARK NIGHTS...and I mean you won't be able to see your character - pitch black ...which is a shame because I was looking forward to seeing the beautiful forests and vistas I've seen at the daytime with the moonlight scattering through the trees and lighting up the dark. The second issue I have is that you will have to find some alternative ways of forcing AA because the game doesn't officially support it.
Audio - 9.0
Again I had gotten more than I expected to get...there are professional voice actors doing most of the work here to a respectful degree of polish. The music is very good and it sets the tone of the world very well...I just love the ambient sounds of the game and they make up a large portion of the audio....the sounds of the beach while hearing the strum of a Spanish guitar is just one of many fittingly intimate-dreamy "sonic scenes" in the game...
Gameplay - 9.0
A tough first two hours of getting used to a system that at first seems to think you slept with it's mother last night...it might seem hard on you at first until you finally get it - for the past few years you have been fed vanilla games that only need your time to get through them - not here...you need skill. This is a fighting system that actually feels like a fight...and this time in a good way - you strategize allot and save your game often - you need a learning period but in the end you feel like you can take on anything.
Value - 9.5
This is a game that is pretty much takes replay-ability for granted...This game ,by design, is an evolving one where you can make interesting and unplanned choices and the player is made to choose between paths that he will eventually be taking - the player might even choose without even noticing it until later ... The value here is of a long term relationship ... no ... sorry .... I could never manage one anyway so I wouldn't know about that subject
Overall - 9.0
Great game...Highly recommended