i primarily play JRPG’s which has always been a forerunner in showing off how pretty things can be with final fantasy’s direction towards a more realistic anime fashion (essentially FF takes the anime style but blends it with a more western style by being uber realistic) while “tales” goes for making its games to look as much as game can look like an anime, it strives to be what it is and it does it very very well. i would go so far as to say that the “Tales” franchise is the best JRPG franchise that is still currently being developed. yeah so what they use the same exact music from the previous game as long as it fits the tone of the situation as well as bring in a good number of new song (and there is always a lot of new songs) also the story most of the time will take a minimum of 50 hours to complete and the game comprises of mostly story. its combat is the best in any game I’ve played probably the most enjoyable and satisfying (I’m talking in terms of JRPG’s i understand that there are a lot of other games with a better combat system) the combat requires a lot of strategy even though it feel a lot like random button mashing half the time bosses really do give you a challenge and require you to think on your feet and carefully manage you parties health because you are restricted to carrying only 15 of any given item. trust me if you want a JRPG in every traditional CLICHED sense of the word then tales is the game. oh and the story is amazing even if it cliched at times its still fun and enjoyably to watch/read as it progresses. 

sorry for the long post about JRPG’s…