It's ok, I've played like 18 Tales games and it's one of the only 2 or 3 I bailed on and never finished because the gameplay was so bland (think FFXIII but better). I've heard the story is good, so eventually I'd like to get back to it and see the tale through (no pun intended).
If you're gonna play 1 modern Tales I'd either go with Vesperia (great story for first half, lol Tales story for 2nd half, decent battle system, gorgeous graphics, 50-60 hour meaty full content rpg) or Graces F (weak story but it moves at a decent pace, awesome battle system, 30 hour smaller world/adventure rpg + 5-10 hour epilogue expansion).
Or you can wait for Zestria and see if it combines Xillia's good story-telling with Graces good combat.