Yeah, I did that about an hour into it after reading up on it.Assuming you're playing the 360 version and not the PC version, if you haven't yet, installing the game to the hard drive helps loads with some of the problems.
This could go in this thread as well >_>
Lost Odyssey and Star Ocean 4.
I really like Lost Odyssey so far, it feels like it's going to have a really good storyline to it, the battle system and voice acting seem solid so far as long as the main character actually says more then I'm fine >_>
I can't really say much about Star Ocean 4 since I've just finished the battle tutorial, which took a bit of getting used to, graphics are very good apart from that sometimes they seem a bit emotionless like the voice acting. Other than that, it's another game that seems solid

At the very least they could have done some suitable artwork to accompany it rather than just smacking it on a black screen with some random light effect or a feather, or whatever. It's supposed to be a videogame, not a collection of short stories. I would gladly have traded all those sequences for 3 or 4 actual playable glimpses into Kaim's past. Another thing that bothered me endlessly was how schizophrenic the design was. Kaim and Seth looked like something lifted right out of Nomura's sketch book while Sarah looks like something from Pride and Prejudice. 
I absolutely love it, I encourage everyone to get it so it sells really well so Square Enix will make another one, because it is by FAR the best PSP game I have played so far, and that is with having got immense level of enjoyment out of Crisis Core (got through it 3 or 4 times. XD), so this game in my eyes is game of the year. 