Yeah, I originally got excited about it because it was supposed to be a "back to basics" RPG from what I'd read. (I actually recall gushing about how excited I was in the Spira Online shoutbox. It's one of the very few games in my life that I bought brand new). Due to some futzing with save files, I never actually beat it. But, about 2 years ago, my girlfriend Morrie and I decided we should try playing some games together. So we played that.
We still never finished it though, because of the aforementioned not-goodness.
I think, actually, that my younger siblings ended up playing through the whole thing. So the purchase wasn't a total waste.