I have to agree, at least so far. It's VERY early yet for me, having only gotten just past the first dungeon...but so far the story has been like watching paint dry. I could not possibly be more bored and uninterested in what is happening. It feels like the beginning of some jank RPG from the 90s that nobody would remember today...only instead of our character being the hapless teenage hero who is running errands and realizing how immature and uneducated they are....we're the experienced mentor that has to follow them around and tell them what they're doing wrong.

If this was FFX, we'd be Lulu. The story isn't about us. We aren't a main character. We're the annoyed adult who has to waste their time dealing with children.

I'm sure it'll get better(it almost has to), but man this has been a brutal few hours of a slog so far.