Yay for triple posts! This deserves another post though, I just beat the game and clocked in at about 43 hours. I loved it, the minor flaws of the game (the slowdown and loading times) don't take hardly anything away from the game whatsoever. The story, artwork, and music all went together to craft something amazing. I won't divulge too much info on the story as to not ruin it for Sy, Que, or anyone that is playing. I think GPW would like this game seeing as he is a fan of Valkyrie Profile and this game has some similarities to it, especially the Norse mythology. I highly recommend this game to anyone who likes RPGs and maybe even action/sidescroller fans.
The spoiler ahead is very, very minor and doesn't ruin the story just a certain gameplay element you may want to consider reading about:
A word to anyone playing this game though, I looked up if there was multiple endings based on the actions you do in the last section of the game and there is. Luckily, I managed to get the true ending, which is very fulfilling compared to some of the others. This is just a minor spoiler but it is important if you want to get the true ending which is really worth seeing. After you beat the books with the 5 characters, a new book will appear which consists of 5 boss fights and you have to pick a certain character for a boss and after that boss is defeated you cannot use that character again. Getting the true ending requires you to pick the correct characters for the correct bosses, this order is based on a piece of text you acquire during the end of the 5th characters story so it is VERY important that you read that, seeing as it gives you clues on the order of characters you should use. If anyone can't figure it out and wants me to give them some hints or tell them the order I will on a PM. I only stress this because apparently the other endings aren't nearly as good as the true ending I acquired and also if you pick the appropriate character for the appropriate boss it makes the boss fights easier to a certain extent.