A 5? No more like 8.
The story is what really sucked me into this game. It's about a single father trying to find a cure for his daughter who has the black scrawl. The story has all sorts of twists and turns which really makes the story better. It is a free roaming type, with upgradable weapons, and magic. Sometimes when you beat enemies you get "words". Words let you upgrade your character, weapons, and magic even more. The boss battles are awesome. Big bosses.
The characters in the game are very interesting, and keep you entertained throughout the whole game.
The only 2 things I can complain about are 1) the side quests. They are just boring. "Take this letter to this person across the world,".....well, ok that would be fine if there were only few of those types of side quests but no. They are all pretty much that type of side quests. It's like can't I just fight a big dragon shade as a side quest? And 2) the story takes to long to start getting interesting.
Overall it is a good game. The story held my interest until the end.