This was a fantastic game so I have to give it a 9. I was happy to have imported when I did even though it's now coming out in NA.

*Probably shouldn't count my rating*

I've only played it 20 hours. I'd give it an 8.5 so far. Close to a 9, might get there depending on how I like the 2nd half. In order to get a 9 it has to smack move over the head with wow, ZOMG this is amazing, and aside from the environments it hasn't done that yet. It's a great game.
Good Characters
Good Story
Good Combat System
Great Sountrack
Humongous and beautiful enviornments and towns. I don't think I've really seen any game this huge in a JRPG. Maybe, DQ8, FF12. Maybe I'm just delusional. I'm using dolphin so the environments are spectacular.

It's the best Xeno-game. with probably my least favorite story of them all imo. Xenogears, Xenosaga 1-3, other than maybe xenosaga 2. But, it's gameplay is leagues better than any of them imo.

The only things that really sticks out as a negative. Is their battlechants are quite more annoying than usual.
And my other complaint with pretty much every JRPG in general other than Demon Soul's or SMT games. It's too easy. But I heard it's more difficult later.

Finished the game this week after playing for 170 hours. I wouldn't have played this much if I didn't like it so much and this definitely reflects on my score.

My rating: 9.7

Pros:
Great characters
Great story
Amazing and beautiful world design
Great combat system

Cons:
Should implement a better comparison system for armor
Is there such a thing as too many sidequests?

9/10

Pro:

Characters
Story
OST
Voice Acting
Graphics

Cons:

Low difficulty
Over abundance of quests
Lack of things to do in areas outside of the repetitive quests

It was good. I gave it an 8 on my wall. The VA grated on me after just 2 hours so you can imagine how I felt after 50+ hours of the game. The sidequests could have really used some refinement. You'd be surprised but a lot of the time less is more and the sidequests were just awfully generic and tacked on. The combat was ok but wouldn't have seemed out of place in an MMORPG, more depth to it would have been preferred. The world was large but barren, really could have used more life to it. Also the character models are disgusting even for a Wii game, this is only exacerbated when you emulate your copy of the game at 1080p. Even with these criticisms it's still the best JRPG on the Wii by a long shot.

Great, you pick a game NA gamers have yet to play! :P

I think me and wagram are NA gamers :D.

Great you pick a game NA gamers who wait for idiotic reasons have yet to play. 

I'd not count mine unless you need it for the 10th score haha, not that it makes a big difference because my score, is close to what everyone else gave it.

But I've played games, particularly JRPG's where like you said the story could pick up significantly or run out of steam.

I haven't played and I don't really know what it's about but it looks like another Lost Odyssey. I'll just use my impressions of that game for this game.

Looks good, music is beautiful. It's the kind of RPG you don't see a lot of these days. No crazy gimmicks, just good solid gameplay. The story is everything I could have hoped for. Also, that one chick is really hot. That's always a bonus in my book. What's up with that skimpy outfit!? There was a pretty sad part that made me realize how serious the story was. When that bad guy/girl was finally defeated, I felt like I had truly accomplished something. The characters I had at the beginning had grown so much and learned to work together. I have to give this game a 9.5/10......whenever I play it. Is it out in the U.S., now?