Never really cared all that much for the Tales series (ducks and covers) but ToV is proving to be rather fun. Yes it does have it share of mindless button mashing (pretty much ever fight) but the storyline runs smoothly, and the character depth and interaction is good to great. And with all new titles (for me anyway) there is the need to achieve.
Pity it is on the 360 which at its best is a tempermental PoS.