For a complete FFn00b such as myself, I am enjoying this game alot. 70+ hours in, I'm pretty close to "hte end", but I intend to do all the hunts so I'm sure I have at least 30-40 hours of game left.
The Gambits system is a double-edged sword Greg; it's great because you can customize it, but it only makes me wish I could customize with MULTIPLE ACTION CLAUSES, such as:
IF MP = < 10 & ALLY = KOed, PHEONIX DOWN
or stuff to that effect. I'm well aware that the order of importance allows this sort of things, to an extent, but only having a dozen gambit slots makes for so much changing of gambits that it's hardly a convenience so much as an annoyance.
Just my rant, overall I love the battle system, I agree it's got an appeal to it, think I'll go slay some monsters now. =D