Story is average IMO, but the world has depth. There is a since of history. My roommate pointed out to me how the word really seems alive. How's he put it. "In a lot of JRPGs it seems like world is simply exists for you to travel through." I'm paraphrasing him. So the story you follow during the game seems average to me, but the story of the world itself quite enjoyable.
While they are hardly the same, TLR's world reminds me of Mass Effect in that the games universe seems to have a real weight to it. It's not just a "Broadway set" playing background to your party's play. The cities seem like actual cities.








