I just made it to chapter 7 of ES, I think I'm almost done. Fuck getting 1000/1000 on it, why torture myself? The game started off nicely, but the dungeon design (which peaked in chapters 2 and 3) now sucks... not to mention you fight the same 2 (out of like 8 total) enemies per dungeon, using the same exact tactics. The challenge is nil, the story isn't that gripping, not to mention some of the cinemas went on for like 40 minutes... like the whole bit at the end of chapter 3 with Claves. Yeah, there is no way ES is even fit to clean BD's toilet bowl.
Graphics rock, it's the best looking RPG as of now, though LO might change my mind.