The story and character design is the best part about the game. You know exactly what drives each character, I couldn't finish this game. the main quest is maybe 30 hours, but then all the real exploring and side quests are about the same. Instead past the 50-60% mark, it just unloads all of it on you, so it kind of feels like two games in one. For a Tales game, it definitely went a different direction, the first half of the game is extremely main plot driven, very few sidequests, it really pulls you along and doesn't give you much of a taste of the 'do your own thing' that alot of the previous games did. While I liked the ideas, particularly that of the story, the way it unfolded and the final area was kind of a let down to how epic everything felt.
It seems most people have taken to the belief that the momentum of the first 80% of the game was enough to overlook the latter part of the game. It seems most Started out very strong, incredibly interesting characters, very well written, combat is engaging and the music fits well. Started out very strong, incredibly interesting characters, very well written, combat is engaging and the music fits well.
