Thread:Seieireppa/@comment-26820196-20150818205256/@comment-1419424-20150818205842

It's my second-favorite handheld Tales title... although that's only my huge personal bias towards Innocence speaking.

It's actually by far the best handheld Tales title, and better than many console titles tbh. The battle system is a bit easy and abusable, but that's due largely in part to the free run mechanic. I'm only saying this because Graces and Zestiria have the best battle system in the series, but Hearts R is perfectly playable. Story is decent, if cliched as hell in parts, and the characters are very likeable, although that's because Tales as a series is through-and-through a character-driven series rather than story-driven.

Also, if you've played the original Hearts (for the DS) then you'll appreciate the various additions, such as Chalcedony being actually playable, but it's perfectly enjoyable on its own.

Incidentally, certain parts and characters will make more sense if you've played Innocence R, or rather, they'll ONLY make sense if you've played Innocence R, but this is exclusive to the postgame EX dungeon stuff.

I say go for it.