I really enjoyed it. The story is pretty good and it is verrry long. I really lost interest in turn-based RPG's, but I was able to play through this one (first one in many years). I used to love this style of game, but now I just can't stand waiting for the battles to go through each turn.
There are some items you can get from "secret" bosses that make the game kind of a joke towards the end (secret, meaning they are not part of the main storyline). For example, I equipped one item from one of these bosses on a character that makes him absorb fire dmg instead of taking dmg, and there was a boss that does a massive fire dmg attack. So basically my whole squad lay there dead from the fire blasts while I slowly killed the boss with this single character because he couldn't die with that item....
I also found that trash leading up to bosses was usually considerably harder than the bosses themselves. All-in-all a great game though, hope you enjoy it!