Eh why not. Rankings go.
Story: Abyss > Phantasia > Eternia > Symphonia > Legendia > Vesperia
Characters: V > A > S > L > P > E
Gameplay: V > A > S = E > L >>> P
Vesperia's story wasn't bad, just EXTREMELY boring and bland. However, the characters being soooo good made it work.
Haven't finished Graces yet, although I'm ~30 hours in and I'm not even sure if I'm 1/3 of the way through the game yet. The characters are growing on me, but I'm not very sold on the dialogue. It just seems more cheesy than usual (although I loved how corny Symphonia was so I dunno) and the skits are very hit-or-miss.
Gameplay is absolutely fantastic though, if that's what you want from the games.
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