How good is ToS

[Lee-yoshi]

Sounds fairly similiar to Symphonia then.

You explore the main map, like a huge giant who can stomp on towns, and when you either encounter a enemy or arrive at a town/village, you change screens into either walking around the town normally, or into entering a battle scene where you play in hand-to-hand combat with weapons, magic, etc. Team on Team (You control one character mainly, but can control the other 3 AI's either with use of a strategy, or menu to get them to use an item, etc.) to assist in fighting the main enemy.