Hey, guys, you may help me out.
I have little time to spend on games these days so I try really hard to maximize my experience. Now I am really enjoying Persona 4 for the PS2 and it is helping me out till Tales of Graces (Wii) and Tales of Vesperia (PS3) come out next year.
My question is what follows: should I spend my time in Tales of the Abbyss? Do you think it will make my experience with Graces less enjoyable? Too much tales can be bad?
Could anyone tell me if Abyss is as good as Symphonia?

I've been wondering wheter Tales of the Abyss is as good as Symphonia or not for a while and I would love to know what people who may have played them both think.

Thanks.

I was hoping somebody could help me out on that one.

I enjoyed both :)

I didn't like Tales of the Abyss at all the little I played it, but I've decided to give it another shot. The thing that really ticked me off with Abyss was unbelievable loading times, especially when directly compared to Symphonia. Hopefully I'll be able to overlook this on my second try at tackling this game.

Tales of the Abyss is FAR better then Tales of Symphonia IMO. Its an amazing jrpg. I'm sure you'll love it.

I expected this to be started by ^^^that guy.

Tales of the Abyss is my favorite Tales game so far, but Tales of Symphonia was a fantastic games as well(too bad the sequel was a blunder)

Ok I need help... Wat in the world makes ToA a milestone in the series??? Ive own and played nearly every Tales released in West and I consider ToA to be the most uninspiring one created yet... Jade Kurtis was the only saving grace for ToA

Ok, so far no doubt I should try it out and that's what I'll do.
Thanks to you all.

You are not going to regret your decission, I assure you. Tales of The Abyss is better than Tales of Symphonia in my opinion and is an awesome game. The only problem is the loading times: it can be very stressful.