Offensively bad seems like a little bit of a stretch. It isn't, say, Star Ocean 4 bad.
Camelot's pretty good at writing scripts, but the bigger problem is that there's just so damn much of it. The lack of character development doesn't help either.
I dunno, maybe it's just me, but I feel that a big part of GS's positive reputation (the first game; TLA is a huge step up) is that it was one of the first new GBA RPGs in a sea of ports.
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