I found Brave Story, on the PSP, really refreshing, despite its simplistic battle system. I can't put my finger on it, but it was way more enjoyable than the Legend of Heroes game which I am currently playing on it.
I'm working my way through Tales of Destiny (PS1) right now on my PS3. Its my first Tales game I've played for any significant amount of time (although I actually own several, including Vesperia, but not the the Wii one yet... long story).
I find the real-time battle system a little... wacky, although it is decently fun. I am dreading my first boss fight though -- I'm gonna get slaughtered, I know it. I despise the ATB system in FF -- I like to take my sweet time pondering, but the Tales system seems to remove most of the stress I have with FF's ATB.
