The game is not ugly by any stretch though. The pre-rendered background scenaries are absolutely gorgeous. Like big bold painted murals from years long past. The characters are a bit pixilated but hell, as long as I can tell them apart, I am not that concerned. Let me talk a bit about character creation.
Character creation is one of the commonalties.
Last but not least you have to name your character. I can tell you from experience, this is the biggest hassle of the game. If you are anything like me, then only the most original, cool-sounding name will do. I have spent something to the effect of 10 minutes on the name part alone per character. Once you get over this hump, fighting NPC is nothing but cake on your birthday.