Thousands Arms takes a concept that is rarely if a all impimented in American games, and that is the dating aspect. The plot and bad guys are all pretty general and would be considered a regular run of the mill RPG except that the style of the way it's shown such as using the great japanese anime and english voice acting make it something to stand up and really take a look at. I must admitt though that if you are not into anime or even chartoons you should not by this game. But since I am, I loved this game, not becuase of it's mediocure battle system, but bucause of the japanese style humor and anime. Gameplay comprises of everyday RPGing with running around in towns and on hills and plains and inside dungons.
Monsters attack randomly like other RPG's.
But the best part of the gameplay is dating. By taking female party memebers and going on dates with them is the only way to upgrade your weapons, so you have to date. 2D characters running around on a 3D landscape. Many of the towns you can rotate looking at all sides of the town. When you get into the battles, the small dwarfish characters that you controled on the map turn into full size well drawn characters.