I just finished up disc 1 of Lost Odyssey last night.  I like JRPGs, though my love of them has been waning in recent years, and this is a pretty decent one:
 

• Save points need to die.  The whole concept is so outdated.
• If designers just have to use save points, at least offer a quick save feature, ala the GBA ports of Final Fantasy.  Sometimes I just want to go to bed
• Skill Linking reminds me of the Esper system in FF6...in a good way.  Your characters are always learning something; there's always tweaking to be done after battles.
  
• Boss fights in this game are BULLSHIT!
• The cliched characters bothered me at first, but the story takes a very interesting and touching twist towards the end of disc 1.  I think I'll probably wind up liking Kaim at the end of it.