It was a fun romp, but I'd be hard pressed to play throuhg it a second time. The entire section leading up to Gran Pulse just feels artifically elongated to pad the length of the game, and even the awesomeness of Gran Pulse was somewhat dampended by the fact that you spend a good 20 hours in the same area. But it was such a fun area!
Overall it was very good. It has an awesome battle system (though incredibly tedious against enemies with high health - they should've designed the enemies around the system better), a beautiful artstyle, and great graphics. However, the dialogue can be pretty cheesy, and the characters for the most part lack any realistic sense of motivation driving their actions. They tend to act rather bull-headed, with their actions driven entirely by emotion, emotions I often wonder why they even have. It can be quite silly on the whole, but the story was interesting enough to keep you playing through the game.
