There are some scenes you can trigger by Connecting the talking to other characters in your group, this will either grant you some misc info, or change a trait, title, or possibly their applet (what a character likes to eat).

The Music really really reminds me of the scores in Star Ocean 3, as does the map system (blue teal map, with white dots beings npcs, green square is shop, yellow dots are party members).

But otherwise its pretty straight forward, with some battles having Special Conditions that must be met to win. It's a nice add-on, that keeps you on your toes, however Boss battles usually last only 2-5mins.

The characters seemed good, 'til you get the twins who I find to be very creepy looking, like the Burger -King-, They're just really creepy and overly cute. Vic another child character is pretty neat, Luv the scene with Vic and Capelle in the creek, that was funny.

Seems all your travel is done by foot (except when traveling between continents you go by boat).