Tut.. made a thread, and then don't visit for ages.
Thanks for the tips though. And if the ones I named are JRPGs, I guess that's the genre I'm after, though I agree with Leon :-p And LO definitely has an strong FF vibe, though that might have something to do with Sakaguchi and Umeatsu, not to mention the ex-Sacnoth/Nautilus (Shadow Hearts) people working on it.. half of which came from Square anyway. Think that's why I loved it so much.
Is Tales of Vesperia out in Europe yet? I think it comes out later here. But I think I'll give that one a go since Symphonia was a great game once past the cheesy beginning.
Might have to give Mass Effect and Fallout 3 a go then... shame I didn't decide this earlier when Zavvi had them at 40% off

Bye bye Zavvi lol..