Woo hoo! I think that this would have to be my 2nd favorite Final Fantasy (tied with FFIX). It was excellent in the fact that the characters, for the most part were well defined, the music was absolutely gorgeous (thanks again Nobuo san!), and the CG movies were fantastic. I would like to say that the story line was first rate, however, it wasn't (to put it bluntly). The idea was there although the plot wasn't very strong. (It seemed like one big "plot filler".)Oh, no, don't get me wrong! The story was great, however I often found myself wandering around, wondering what to do next. O.o There were hardly any side quests, if any, and if finding all of the guardian forces was supposed to be a side quest, I cry for the creator because you were never given any hints at that sort of thing. I mean, it's nice to go off on your own in a game and not have everything spelled out for you, but in this game, you were almost completely on your own (especially on the third[the end] and fourth discs). However, despite that, it was an excellent game (although, I didn't really like the junctioning system. It was alright, but there was just something . . . "unofficial and scattered" about it.) O.o BUT, I really loved the ending; very sweet, dramatic, funny, and it even kind of summed up what happened with everybody at the end. I mean, Zell got his hot dogs!: How much more detailed do you want to get? Hee hee! Doozo, you have to play this game! Arigatoo! "^.^"-*