Ludger is the man. Love when jrpgs or japanese media go the adult protagonist route. Very touching moments between him and elle. I feel this is the most anime of the tales of series but i liked it. It's not perfect and some of the side quests are boring but all the boss battles and elite monster fights were fun to me. I will say for a genre(jrpg) that in my opinion is partially defined by how good the music is almost always is, this game maybe had 2 or 3 good tracks but the rest were forgettable. Again, good game to me but I can see why others might not like it. Feels like this is tales of verion of kingdom hearts or ff13-2.