nintendo_fanboy on 01 April 2009
If you really don't like the battles, you should let it be. Let me tell you though that I played both Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Symphonia, and I hated the battle system at the beginning of both games. I think that when you start the game, the battles are not fun yet, you are often very close to die and you don't know to make the good moves yet. After a little while though, you have enough HP and skills to win most battles easily and you start out trying all the great moves and combos.
So my answer is: If you already reached that point and still didn't like it, you should forget about the series. If you have just played it for a little while, you should invest some more time because you miss out on a great series otherwise.
