vesperia is really good, but there's just way too much work doing everything. in symphonia, i got every tech tree, even the glitched ones, max EX gems, ALL gear, all cooking levels, figures, collector book, lv 250, like really everything over 5-6 playthroughs. my presea literally cannot take damage. vesperia was too much work for me for ONE playthrough because of the sheer bulk of stuff.
I recommend that if you play vesperia, go online and find someone else who's beaten everything already, download their file and port it to the xbox. it's not much easier than the regular file (10x exp in symphonia? lol) and the titles don't affect your stats in any way this time around.
even if you're not a completion ***, play it for the music.