Played some more, just escaped the Tartarus.
Man, the writing is so good but the animation is so horrible. I could make better cutscenes than this in 10 minutes, and that's a fact. No grasp on even the most basic principles of animation... sigh. They should have learned after Symphonia.
Lol at Luke freaking out over killing people. He's such a miserable failure, yet has the gall to be a pompous jerkass towards everyone. I love him already. Jade's awesome too of course, especially when interacting with said jerkass. Then Tear rounds out the trinity of awesome with her goofiness hidden behind a serious facade. Could do without the annoying little girl and squeaky mascot, but they do extract additional lulz from Luke.
And wtf Guy showing up out of nowhere. Who the heck calls their son Guy anyway? Well at least they can say well done son guy and snicker a bit, and then nobody else laughs because it wasn't funny. Then just as I remembered that one of the main characters in FF2 was called Guy, I read this guy's(snicker) status page and his last name is... Cecil. Sort of an ironic moment there.
Questions: What's the "Enhancement" stat? Everyone has a 0 in it but I got a Capacity Core that raises it. Worth it? Also what's the difference between Manual, Semi-Auto and Auto battle modes? I already used all my moves manually on Semi-Auto... Ugh unexplained gameplay mechanics.