One step forward, one step back. That's my feelings for this game. Gameplay is better than it's predecessor, Blazing Aries. But story is worse. Not in the "fall from grace" category but still a decent fall. They went from a classic joyful adventure to defeat all evil to a generic noble lady in a military school wishing to combat corruption. Especially in Lacia, other than our FMC, others just feel souless and 2-dimensional. Aries has friends, comrades, while Lacia got none of that. Or maybe I haven't played long enough, cause 5 hours in and all the boring genres of this game is coercing me into just getting a full save from someone else.
Well my ranting aside, if you haven't played Blazing Aries, this will give you a great experience, but if you have, you will probably feel disappointment from playing this game.