>>719077363
It gets a shitload of hate, because it has cheesy writing and a lack of content. It isn't a full-scale Tales game.
It has a monster catching/training system which is clearly shoehorned in to try filling in the gaps, but you can safely ignore it.
With that in mind, if you really enjoyed Symphonia, it's worth playing just to expand on that world a bit. If you have a jailbroken ps3, get the remaster. Otherwise use dolphin.