I just bought myself a copy of Tales of the Abyss from Ebay.

[blaydcor]

iclim4 said:
you could always try suikoden V.
it got story of the year, a few years back from IGN.
though Abyss isnt a bad choice,I like abyss way more than symphonia(personal opinion), and if youre looking for a nice story and superb character development, you just hit the jack pot. the opening movie is the best ive seen from any JRPG yet(the music,not the visuals, the visuals is somewhat around average)

It's the first time they've kept the original music from the Japanese edition for the US edition's opening movie. The song, by the way is "Karma" by Bump of Chicken (instrumental version though).