I haven't played it, but my brother showed me some gameplay and his file, and he walked me through the first bits of the story.
It does start sorta slow, and he told me that it isn't always clear where to go, but the story quickly makes an unexpected turn. Doesn't seem too cliche, other story parts I saw seemed solid. Ignore the graphical quips, it's no worse than a PS2 RPG, and the environments are huge and quite detailed. Specifically character models, each armor/weapon appears in game and in cutscenes, and some of them look fantastic. Some dialogue is kinda corny, and I saw a few parts where plot foreshadowing was so obvious that it detracted from the feel.
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