Well, I picked up Eternal Sonata and am trying to give it a shot (I was in the mood to try out old games I missed). Sadly it was not what I was hoping for, but the game is still beautiful and succeeds at what it was shooting for. The gameplay is very simplified, though the battle time system gets a bit wonky sometimes. It would probably make a good intro game for people looking to test out ATB, or for people new to RPGs in general. There is no stat allocation, it is all automatically done on level-up. The music and visuals are wonderful, though!