Finished my first Tales game last week, Graces f.  I don't know what I'll start next.  I might start Xillia next.  

right on!  was Graces F fun?

Yeah.  It was pretty good.  It wasn't that hard either.  I didn't go through every area in the game, but I finished it.  It got 40+ hours out of me. 

How much trouble did you have with the final boss? I was ridiculously over-leveled.

Not much trouble.  I attacked with Milla and spammed Gels with Jude until the surprises start showing up, and after that it's laughable.  I think I was at level 71 or 72 for the final battle.

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Did you notice that nobody in the game was truly evil, at their core?  seemed to me like everybody was just trying to do what they thought was right and just...all the "villains" of the game are really just heros with a distorted sense of purpose

Yeah, I did notice that and brought it up in a blog.

Well my hats off to ya so was it hard or easy I still have to beat mine to get ready for part 2 ;)

thanks Lee!  

it definitely wasn't a hard game in terms of difficulty...it was hard for me to stay with the game continuously.  I typically peter out at about 20 hours into a long game, and put it on my backlog for later....though often is the time that later never comes. =)

Interesting choice of packaging. I'd have gone with shrink wrap.

I have yet to actually start my first Tales game.  I have a copy of Abyss for the 3DS somewhere.  I will probably end up with a copy of Hearts for the Vita.

Good for you! But do these games need to be played in order or are they like the Legend of Zelda series: self contained games within the same universe.