The story is, of course, as described slightly clichéd, but gives me a good story that is not nowadays. And cliché is not bad! The former best friend turns against itself, but that's it. I also find the dualization not annoying, it was implemented very fair, because in the world map, you can quickly check what monsters which drop. The difficulty level you can handle ask as it loved one. Even if one is hard, evil and chaos are already a challenge in itself.
The character are all very well done, have their own story. There are outfits for each character, some minigames, many Side Quests, a successful story, great character, a super combat system challenges and a small continuation of the game, so included in the game, what happened some time later.
Anyone who has played former Tales of .., Final Fantasy, Grandia and other consorts liked, is not around it come to this game. I personally am looking forward to Tales of Xilia!