Imagine Path of Radiance but more annoying map designs, most of the Dawn Brigade characters blowing and a really obnoxious structure overall. Nearly everything after part 3 chapter 6 felt like a really bad joke and I still can't believe the game dropped not only in quality of plot but also map quality.
Still, it retains a lot of the cool mechanics from PoR, adds forging, gives you more time with OP units like the royal laguz and some of the lore diving is neat. But a good chunk of this game could have been removed entirely with little consequence.
Nephenee is still cool though