LoD is a great game, in my opinion. It was the first and one of the few RPG's I've ever played. The backgrounds look amazing from what I remember. And I like the combo system they have when attacking. The plot didn't make sense to me, but that's because I was my English was very limited when I played it.
Did anybody bother to try the additional characters that you meet along the way? Or you just stick with the first people you meet and their replacements?