The game is awesome, according to what I've seen (I've seen someone play PoR, but never played it myself), Radiant Dawn looks a bit better, but not a lot.
The story is awesome, perhaps my favourite so far this gen, so no problems there. It isn't fully as good as PoR though (according to most people here)
The game is a bit unfair if you're stupid. You have to prepare for everything, and if you leave your mages/priests alone, they could easily be in trouble.
The game was too hard for many reviewers, as they played their first playthrough on normal/hard, and thus thought it was unfair.
Battle saves are a great addition, you understand what these are.
The cutscenes are still in. There's around 12 of them I believe.
The music is awesome.
http://www.vgchartz.com/games/userreviewdisp.php?id=261
That is VGChartz LONGEST review. And it's NOT Cute Kitten DS
