Reading through the reviews, I'd say it is rated fairly. Especially when considering how much hype it got ( mainly before the Japanese release, the standards were quietly lowered after that ) when all positional criticism were rejected by the die-hard fans. they needed it to be the best Jrpg out there. Specifically, better than that certain flagship jrpg... Good old times.
From what I gathered, It has issues with the quest design and pacing, thin story and characters, technical shortcomings mostly in the hub city, and complicated systems without a proper explanation... I might add the the infamous topic of lackluster character models and animation, and the questionable choice of soundtracks and lyrics "Not to sound cliche, but this world sucks" ... Yeah.
No review gave the game a full mark (Edit: on Metacritic). So these issues are hard to ignore, they do compromise the experience, Still, most of who actually played the game would agree that that game is good, or even great.
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