BEST. GAME. EVER. Truly, TRULY amazing!
It was difficult to stop.
Soon, all of my thought processes revolved around that game. My grades in school started to slip, due to the fact that I couldn't concentrate on my studies. I'd be sitting in class, my teacher droning on and on about the periodic table, but all I'd be thinking about was the next Summon Spirit I had to find, and if Kratos would turn up there. My papers that I turned in had names of the characters and the name of the game doodled all over it, and I had started to memorize lines and incantations for spells and techniques.
No game has ever done that to me before -- not even the highly amazing Legend of Zelda series. Tales of Symphonia had me completely obsessed, leaving me with an aching heart after I beat it for the first time.
There is no game that I would recommend over Tales of Symphonia, for it is amazing, even if it is cel-shaded (which actually works out quite well for it). If there is any game that should appeal to every single audience, it would have to be this one.
In short:
Buy it. Play it. Love it. Repeat.