Tales of the Abyss review
Story: It is very much a Tales game in that i just throws you into the world leaving you to figure out how it works and the character motivations feel like it belongs in a Tales game. The idea of knowing your own fate is an interesting idea, but it is done so with so much needless filler, and character action from some of the hero's just feel cruel(We will get to the Designated Hero soon)
Gameplay: When you get the ability to run anywhere in the battlefield the game turns into easy mode especially once you get you mystic arts and abuse the FoF mechanics.
Characters: When I was playing the game. Never have I wanted the main character to die so badly. he constantly complains and endangers his friends in the first 15 hours in the game. And the villains motivations do and don't make any sense some you root fore some you just wart say what the heck are you doing. Also the Anise the little girl in your party is needlessly cruel to Arietta a tragic villain in the game, and yes i Know the MC gets better after those 15 hours but he was a exact clone of the MC in the second trilogy of those horrible dot hack games.