My first "Tales of" experience!

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Every game from Symphonia to Zestria (vast majority of the franchise) uses variations of that same battle system, then Berseria changed things up a bit but in my opinion for the worse. Personally I love that system though and it's a big part of why I like the franchise so much.

But yea to those that don't like that system I can see how that would take a lot of the appeal out of the series. It seems like the next game, Tales of Arise, might have pretty different combat though, so that could perhaps be more up your alley, worth keeping an eye on at least.