I love Tales of Symphonia, this game has once again relit my love for RPGs. As far as Gamecube goesm the only other RPG i have played through was Skies of Arcadia, and though it was a very good game, it did seemed a little outdated.

My favourite character in Tales would be Raine i think. Don't really know why, probably because she is always at the back offering aid to the rest of the team during the really tough boss battles. Her spells have really helped keep the party alive in the tough moments lol.

As for the thing about Kratos being kinda cute, sorry I don't realy see it