Ah... this one.
Let me tell you a little anecdote...

I hadn't even had Steam for very long when I started playing this game.
I wanted to do everything I could in it, but it was very daunting. Tales games can get pretty complicated and non-linear sometimes if you want to do all the side-content. I'd come to this from Tales of Vesperia, so it was several steps back in terms of combat style ad all that.... so it felt kinda uncomfortable.
I reached a point where I wasn't entirely sure whether I'd screwed up sidequests or not. I was trying to follow a guide and accidentally went the wrong way because the instructions were terrible... and I got completely lost. Well... I ended up parking it. I parked it for AGES... years even.

Then at some point I decided I couldn't tolerate there being so many incomplete games on my account, so I went through them all one by one. And this one was the last. The one I'd parked the longest. The most insanely daunting 100% of all the things I'd left unfinished.

Well... in the end it wasn't too bad. I did start the game over from scratch, but the second time I followed everything through perfectly. didn't miss a step... and got to experience a pretty fun story. Not as good as Tales of Vesperia, but still pretty good. And I felt satisfied when I finally got the 100% for it.

Still.... the sheer amount of time and effort it took has put me off committing to any other Tales games since then. Take that as you will.

Ah... this one. Let me tell you a little anecdote... I hadn't even had Steam for very long when I started playing this game. I wanted to do everything I could in it, but it was very daunting. Tales games can get pretty complicated and non-linear sometimes if you want to do all the side-content. I'd come to this from Tales of Vesperia, so it was several steps back in terms of combat style ad all that.... so it felt kinda uncomfortable. I reached a point where I wasn't entirely sure whether I'd screwed up sidequests or not. I was trying to follow a guide and accidentally went the wrong way because the instructions were terrible... and I got completely lost. Well... I ended up parking it. I parked it for AGES... years even. Then at some point I decided I couldn't tolerate there being so many incomplete games on my account, so I went through them all one by one. And this one was the last. The one I'd parked the longest. The most insanely daunting 100% of all the things I'd left unfinished. Well... in the end it wasn't too bad. I did start the game over from scratch, but the second time I followed everything through perfectly. didn't miss a step... and got to experience a pretty fun story. Not as good as Tales of Vesperia, but still pretty good. And I felt satisfied when I finally got the 100% for it. Still.... the sheer amount of time and effort it took has put me off committing to any other Tales games since then. Take that as you will.