Not bad at all. Probably the best Symphonia-style battle system I've seen in a Tales game, although the dungeons didn't quite ramp up quickly enough in terms of complexity. Interesting idea behind the story, though again it probably wasn't used as well as it could have been. The soundtrack was a horrible cacophony at the start but moved up to "tolerable" by the end. Thinking now about what to do about Hearts R - buy now or wait for a budget version.