Simply a beautiful RPG game. One of the best games ever.
The storyline in this game is one of its best aspects. It's not just a basic straight out storyline where you basically know your goals once you get into it. There are many twists and turns in this game. At the beginning, you want to break the seals and save your world, and pretty soon you'll be travelling in a new world trying to collect Summon Spirits. Though I don't want to spoil much in this game. Your character is a guy named Lloyed who was raised by a dwarf. You will meet many other characters such as Genis, a half-elf, or Collette, the Chosen. There are more, and everybody has a very deep background. This game does a great job of tying together those backgrounds and putting a lot of depth into this game.
The graphics for this game is pretty good in my opinion. There are a few scenes where it's more like a movie and the graphics are just awsome there. Though it's only near the endings of each disk. I'm not going to complain about the graphics at all.
The sound in this game is also really good. The music seems to fit in very well most of the time. From time to time, you can hear the characters speak.
This game is pretty long. On the back cover, it says that this game is 80 hours long. I doubt it would take many people that long to finish the game, since I beat it on my first try in 45 hours or something. In my second, 25-30. Though that's still pretty long. Once you finish the game, you might want to either go back to it right away or stuff it somewhere and return to it later, depending on you. There really aren't many sidequests, though this game still has a lot of stuff in it.
I believe that if you own a Gamecube and want a great rpg with an excellent storyline, I definetly recommend this to you. It's just simple a great rpg, and my final words are, get it. Or at least check it out.