Summoner Yuna must go through her pilgrimage with her oblivious guardian Tidus and gang...wait...I meant Collette!
-Loyd is played by the voice of Tidus...which is also the main character in this game.
-Collette must go on a journey to obtain summons like Yuna did in X with chosen guardians. Auron/I meant Kratos...Aurion. (Yes...Aurion.) And if you're already catching on, he is the uber cool powerful character of the party...just like Auron.
-There is only one good magic caster, Lulu...Raine. Same difference.
-To get these summons, you have to (No lie) go through a "trial" Aka, Final Fantasy X puzzle...stone pillers and all.
-A summoner's fate is the same as Final Fantasy X's, Yuna's fate to complete the journey. (For some odd reason, I wasn't surprised by this "shocker".)
With all that out of the way, lets talk about what original thing they did right!
A very fair battle system. Star Ocean: Till the End of Time topped and creamed it, but you will spend far less time training and it still beats most RPG battle systems TO DATE. You can see the enemies before you fight them and can choose to avoid them or enter combat. Once you enter combat, you will fight in a side-scroller like system where you can freely move left and right. Just think of it as FFIV without having to wait your turn.
The characters themselves are anime-styled and have perfect dubbed voices. Each one of them bring you closer to its..."original" story. One character that screams out: "I'm going to be fan-favorite!" is Mithos.
I found most of TOS' music okay and decent most of the time, with about four tunes staying in my head once I heard it. The final two boss songs are the winners to it!
If you don't mind the blantant rips off Final Fantasy X's foundations, then you'll love this as a good RPG that's worth your time. The plot even seperates itself to its own original story after the first ten hours. Heh.
2 Points go down solely because how long it takes you to obtain summons you'll never use. That's where a bulk of your gameplay goes to. Puzzles and temple searching.