You will also encounter the Tales trademark “skits” around towns, dungeons, and on the overworld. You will spend most of your time traversing the overworld map and solving puzzles in dungeons, while spending very little time in cities: normally only to restock on items and to advance the story. The world is divided into three areas: the overworld field map, towns/dungeons, and the battle screen. The gameplay in Tales of Symphonia is much like that of the rest of the games in the series. This just goes to show how far voice acting has come in the last decade and a half. Most of the voice acting is fine, and in some cases perfect, but the rest is so horrendously bad that it can kill an entire scene’s impact and emotion. This also applies to the voice acting in the game. This cannot be blamed entirely on the remake, as it uses the sounds from the original game, but it is a pain nonetheless. From browsing through the menu to random sound effects found in cutscenes and battles, they are unnecessarily loud and annoying. They are so loud that it distracts you and often covers up anything going on in the background. The issue I had with the sound is not in the music, but with the general sound effects. Like every other Tales game I’ve played before, Symphonia has tunes just as catchy. The soundtrack, like most other JRPGs, is absolutely brilliant. That being said, you can still easily tell by the art style that this is a game made back in 2003, which is not a bad thing. It is widescreen and looks clean for the most part. While still not popping off the screen like most games do now, you can tell that there have been several improvements done to enhance the old standard definition version of the game. In Tales of Symphonia’s case, I can vouch for it being wonderful. You really never know what kind of quality you will get. The presentation of HD remastered versions of old games is always hit or miss. This, however, does not in any way detract from the overall beautiful story as it is one that needs to be told to as many people as possible. Though, if you are a seasoned JRPG player like me, most of the plot twists in Tales of Symphonia are quite predictable, especially if you have played multiple Tales titles. Things get crazier and crazier the further you go, so expect some plot twists. Things get better as he then joins up with Colette’s entourage as they travel the world in search of the sacred shrines to complete her destiny. After a series of unfortunate events where Lloyd tries playing hero, Lloyd is forced to leave the town he grew up in. Lloyd’s longtime friend (and crush) Colette is destined to be the savior of the world, as it is on the brink of destruction. You follow the story of Lloyd Irving, a boy raised by a dwarf on the outskirts of a town made up of humans and half-elves. They also include awesome fantasy attributes like magic, swords, dragons, and scores of other mythical monsters. One of the major fascinations people have with JRPGs is their wildly entertaining stories that span different worlds, timelines, and dimensions. I am willing to bet it is the second option. Silly ZelosĮither you are here because you love me and everything I write, or because you are just really into JRPGs. Tales of Symphonia is regarded as one of the best, if not the best, game in the Tales series by many fans. The latter is the edition given the high-definition remaster treatment, so we are getting our hands on it for the first time. It was then ported to PlayStation 2 only in Japan in 2004 where it included additional content. Tales of Symphonia was originally released on the Nintendo GameCube in Japan back in 2003 and was localized for the United States and Europe in 2004. The review for the sequel will go up in time once I have a chance to play it. This review is solely for Tales of Symphonia HD which comes as part one of the Tales of Symphonia Chronicles that also includes its sequel, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. With that said, I was super excited to hear that Tales of Symphonia was going to be remastered in HD for the PlayStation 3 because I haven’t had a chance to play any of the Tales games that were released before 2005. It has become more or less common knowledge that I am a modern JRPG super fan and that the Tales series holds a very special place in my heart.
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