Akvod on 09 April 2009
I haven't played Tales before, but I think that Valkyria was very original in terms of gameplay and was really refreshing in terms of story and setting. It still maintains its "Japanese-ness" but it doesn't repeat the same: save the world from an apocalypse, play a 13 year old boy that looks like a girl (and is always just confused at what's going on), and with a slightly different version of FFXII's combat system (which is just the ATB system with moving).
I'm sure that Tales is a great game, and I won't make any judgments on it until I play, but I'm confident that it doesn't beat Valkyria in terms of originality.
