For my first Tales of game that I played, I really enjoyed for the most parts.
The soundtrack is absolutely beautiful (Go Shiina and Motoi Sakuraba went hard on this one).
It's kinda annoying sometimes that the game suffers from enemy balancement and dungeon design in my opinion but besides that it's enjoyable.
That story and characters are nice and well crafted.
Another positive point are Lailah and Zaveid's jokes.