@Soriku
Skies of Arcadia to many of us is above a game like Tales of Symphonia not because of the elements the game has, but the execution of these elements that delivered something fresh no other RPG has given us in a long time.
Vyse, for example, is not the typical RPG character with a shady past, orphan, outcast, EMO, etc. He's not even a chosen or forsaken one. He's is just a guy that perseveres no matter the obstacles and never gives up to follow his dreams and ambitions. The rest of the cast were more common and there was not much depth in each of them (thank God!).
The thing I like the most of SoA is that is not a typical save-the-world kind of plot. The developers did a great job by giving a sense of wonder and discovery with every new land, new people, new culture. It was more oriented towards the sensation of adventure than just grieves, emotions, pasts, hatred, etc.







