Edge reviews The Last Story, give it an 8 (also some RPG score comparisons)

[jarrod]

Carl2291 said:

jarrod said:

TLS is also mission based, has no world map and is basically a RTS RPG.  It actually probably has more in common with VC than with Xenoblade or FFXIII.  

If this is true, then it's even higher on my radar

From what I've looked up, which I admit isn't all that much... Spoilers >.<, it looked like your traditional JRPG, but this is good news

It's not a pure JRPG at all, which has actually given it some negative blowback from the "hardcore" in Japan.  It's really a dungeon crawl, but completely realtime and squad based with a heavy emphasis on tactics.  Think PSO meets Gears of War, only designed for 1 player.