I finally bit the bullet and decided to actually try this game, and it's honestly really good so far. The only real complaint I have is about the grind, and how the scaling of enemies seems to be way higher than your party (namely starting from the desert, where all the mobs have way more attack, defense, and speed than anyone you have to the point where you have to rely on heal spam and bleed/poison to kill stuff) and how slow leveling up characters is in general. Otherwise, the gameplay is decent, the story is good, the art is nice, and the "content" is certainly high quality too. Great time so far!