I tried out the demo the other day. I'm not really into the current trend of every game implementing gimmicky social mini-games, but even though BD has one, it looks like it does a pretty good job of keeping it out of the way and being far from mandatory. Also, with that said, the combat system is fantastic. It's what you'd expect from one of the "golden age" SNES RPGs like Chrono Trigger, Lufia, and (most similarly) Final Fantasy, complete with a job system that looks really similar to FFV.
If it wasn't for the price, I'd definitely pick it up and give it a go. College is hitting my wallet pretty hard recently, (there's a whole rant behind that, but it's for another time) so I don't have $40 to spare. Maybe in a few months when the cost has gone down a little bit, I'll pick up a copy. It looks like a fantastic game, and I've heard a ton of great things about it!