I finished the game a week or so ago, like the original, it was pretty slow-paced and monotonous for the first few hours, but once your clan members have a good selection of skills the game gets a lot more fun. The law system was more of a nuisance to me than anything, I found I was wandering around the map waiting for a day with decent laws before I would take on a mission.
I liked the race/job system, but I found it heavily favored humans, especially since they were the only race who could learn the almighty Double Sword ability (which lets you learn 2 skills at once, or one skill twice as fast).
The game seemed imbalanced by the end, moreso than the original. There were very few challenging battles, and the only challenge from some of them was making sure you stole every rare/unique item before killing everyone (the last time you fight Ritz's clan)
Overall, I thought it was a great game with tons of flexibility and replay value. I hope Square Enix decides to make another Tactics on a home console soon.
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