The EXP you get is insufficient, I beat the armoured ogre at lvl 44 before I could get a try at some of the more advanced skills. Also skills are much less important than good equipment as towards the end you get such good stat bonuses from equipment.
It's boring when when games increase difficulty by boosting the stats of your enemies rather than their AI. It forces the player into cheap tricks like spamming grenades for the momentary invulnerability. Hardened mode can't be beat without XP grinding, etc. Aside from that good game. 4/5
Consumables drop far too often, and it's rare that they are ever used. Also the level scaling makes it so you don't really feel your party get stronger. Aside from that it's a pretty good game.
I thought it was too easy, I thought the final boss was just a halfway thing. As with all BT games the lag is a problem but only really seems to happen when enemies use heal rays. Super machine-guns are overpowered.