I love Infinite Undiscovery but it depends on how much of a hardcore RPGer you are.. Casual gamers are not gonna enjoy this especially the item creation or fetch quests.. plus there are a lot of hidden quests and items to obtain. If you don't bother with any of these then of course the game will be short.. and it will be very short if you play it on easy (I tried that for a few hours and enemies was doing 1 damage on my characters)
THE BAD
IU lacks a lot of polish and some awful camera, framerate, bad voice acting (its embarrassing to watch with some characters) poor lip syncing (some characters look like they are talking through their teeth) .. and the first couple of hours have to be the worst you will ever experience in any RPG.. quite frustratingly so.. not to mention the game doesn't seem to play how you would think it should play...also it can be pretty vague on where you have to go next which you will spend wondering aimlessly before you eventually figure where or what to do next.. plus the lack of save points will annoy you especially if you spend a good few hours levelling up only to get a game over screen.. the character AI is pretty good but it does go a bit poo about 5% of the time..
Yet despite all this I actually enjoyed IU more than LO, Blue Dragon and ES.. the real fun (sadistic fun) is when you unlock Seraphic gate dungeon and Infinity mode.. but again its really a game for the hardcore rpger especially if you enjoy wasting hours levelling up secondary skills like cooking, smithing, writing, enchanting etc..plus the fighting system.. well after you get use to it, its good.
The game has some light humour and characters just seem pretty generic but it does get dark later on in the game plus the characters have their usual fits of jealousy, emo etc.. plus the story has a few twists and this also affects the gameplay later on..
Tales is not released here in UK yet so I can't comment on it but rest assured I will get this once it hits the shelves
