That is a great article, very honest. I empathise with the notion of plodding along defeating wave after wave of nobodies. I am a huge RPG fan in general, J or otherwise, but if I am not gripped within the first few battles that lends itself to switching off quickly. The stories are very 'meh' for me, I do not play video games for engaging stories and it is very rare one will peak my interest. That being said stories are important to drive the 'reason' to play. I do enjoy the ...
That is pretty cool, even if the game seems a bit mediocre. There must be some magazine out there that previewed it that could shed some further light perhaps?