Tales of Symphonia 2 & Tales of Vespira

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headphonics

#21 May 11, 2008, 01:44:00 am

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oh so wait, it's just suikoden 3 in manga form? that's great because i never got to finish it and i'd like to go through the story but i don't want to play through all of suikoden 3 again and now it seems like i don't have to! th.... thank you...

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#22 May 11, 2008, 01:51:13 am

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It's pretty much agreed amongst the Suikoden fanbase (and even non-suikoden fans like myself) that the manga was better than the game at the story telling aspects. Characters like Jimba and Geddoe weren't super lame and even though there were still a lot of characters it somehow managed to make them all well developed without relying on huge walls of text and unneeded flashbacks (my biggest pet peeve of manga). Overall, there was a lot more detail and yeah, it was just good.

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#23 May 11, 2008, 01:56:02 am

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oh yeah, on topic post:

ToS2 is apparently going to have a similar battle system of Tales of the Abyss which I think was criminally ignored and is the best of the current Tales games (which isn't saying much but any improvement is better than none).

On the same vein as ToS, it would be nice if they finished the last 4 episodes of the OVA. The current OVA ended midway through the game and I really don't want to play all 90+ hours of ToS. More games should be summed up in 4 episodes because they're cheaper and you can invite your friends over to throw popcorn at the tv.

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#24 May 11, 2008, 01:59:38 am

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I liked the first Tales of Symphonia probably more than I should have. The story was absolute garbage, the environments were mostly generic, and the battles were exhaustingly repetitious. However, I did have enough fun to play through the game twice. This probably happened due to the fact that I hadn't played a proper jRPG in well over 4 years.

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#25 May 11, 2008, 02:24:10 am

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We need more jrpgs in ps2. Now I recon wii and xbox 360 are fine-ass consoles but in my personal experience I had the most fun with jrpgs in the PlayStation 2 console.

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Kezay

#26 May 11, 2008, 02:38:23 am

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Already looking forward to ToS: DotNW, though it will be kind of funky what with the game not having a traditional world map. I actually kind of enjoyed ToS for its story so I'm looking forward to checking out how everything has come along since the finale to the first game. Vesperia, I really want to try though, aside from the overworld portions (which look kind of sketchy) the game looks insane. Actually, the way the characters stand out from the environment remind me of that one XBOX jRPG that was cancelled, True Live World or something like that I think it was called.

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#27 May 11, 2008, 02:51:24 am

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I'm debating on weather or not to get Symphonia 2, I loved the first one though.

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#28 May 11, 2008, 03:30:29 am

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Quote from: Kezay on May 11, 2008, 02:38:23 am

Already looking forward to ToS: DotNW, though it will be kind of funky what with the game not having a traditional world map. I actually kind of enjoyed ToS for its story so I'm looking forward to checking out how everything has come along since the finale to the first game. Vesperia, I really want to try though, aside from the overworld portions (which look kind of sketchy) the game looks insane. Actually, the way the characters stand out from the environment remind me of that one XBOX jRPG that was cancelled, True Live World or something like that I think it was called.

if you're talking about that lame mmorpg that got axed, i think it was true fantasy live online. or maybe phantasy, i don't remember.

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#29 May 11, 2008, 03:52:44 am

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Would somebody like to explain what Tales of Symphonia is?

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#30 May 11, 2008, 04:03:34 am

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Quote from: Smoothy Oakland on May 11, 2008, 03:52:44 am

Would somebody like to explain what Tales of Symphonia is?

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/1307.html

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#31 May 11, 2008, 04:08:39 am

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Quote from: headphonics on May 11, 2008, 03:30:29 am

if you're talking about that lame mmorpg that got axed, i think it was true fantasy live online. or maybe phantasy, i don't remember.

Yeah man, I think it was true fantasy live online. Was that for Xbox or 360, I seriously can't remember.

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headphonics

#32 May 11, 2008, 04:12:27 am

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well, it wasn't the 360! that shit was like six years ago, man. it got canceled before wow even came out, i think.

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#33 May 11, 2008, 04:27:43 am

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okay, so what's so special about this game? it's battle system looks just like grandia 2, and a lot of other games. and it just looks like generic jap rpg 1,205,423.

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headphonics

#34 May 11, 2008, 04:33:56 am

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it is

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#35 May 11, 2008, 04:36:39 am

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Quote from: KBJGXLM on May 11, 2008, 12:42:58 am

Because god hates you for not getting any of the more sensible consoles first?
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Not everyone lives off of daddys money

. And the PS2 still has life in it, and since its not completely gone yet, I don't see why they can't still makes games for it.

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#36 May 11, 2008, 08:43:28 am

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ToS2 is apparently going to have a similar battle system of Tales of the Abyss which I think was criminally ignored and is the best of the current Tales games (which isn't saying much but any improvement is better than none).

Yeah, Tales of the Abyss is actually pretty good, in my opinion. I was sure it'd suck and I didn't want to touch it but Sarah recommended it to me so I decided to torrent it and I actually liked it, though I still haven't beaten it. Despite being a bit anime, I think Tales of the Abyss has a good and interesting cast and the story isn't too bad either, though the game is way too long, takes like 60-70 hours to beat when they could have made it 20-30 hours shorter by cutting some unnecessary parts. Another thing which bothered me was how Abyss seems to have pretty low production values. For example, when there's supposed to be a war going on, nothing really indicates that except one short anime cutscene. I think Tales of Eternia and Tales of the Abyss are the best and the only worthwhile games in the series. Yes, Tales of Symphonia sucks. I can't understand how anyone can even like it. The characters are so boring, it's full of predictable twists and the story generally sucks, battle system is the worst in the Tales series and nothing really stands out. The graphics were pretty cool when it came out but some of the locations are so ugly and the design just sucks. There was this complete lack of any atmosphere and ugh, it was just so lame. I enjoy many traditional or maybe even generic JRPGs but Tales of Symphonia was just bad.

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#37 May 11, 2008, 11:52:54 am

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Tales of the Abyss has shit voice acting and a lame soundtrack, but it makes up for it in story and gameplay. If anything, Destiny and Eternia are the only good Tales games. I dont see how Symphonia was good at all, it was a standard jRPG and it got annoying with angels and magic and two worlds and shit AUGHH

Either way, I think ToS2 is gonna do good for reviewers cause there arent many RPGs on the Wii so they will automatically admit its good (like they did for ToS!) I just wish they would spend more time on a Tales game and not make them like fucking Atelier Iris and Ar Tornelico where they are just carbon copies of the originals.

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#38 May 11, 2008, 12:32:03 pm

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The version I downloaded actually had japanese voice acting so I have no clue what the English voice acting is like so can't comment on that. The soundtrack was pretty good though, in my opinion. Not the best soundtrack ever and it wasn't very unique but it might have been the best Tales of soundtrack.

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#39 May 11, 2008, 01:07:25 pm

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Quote from: Aten on May 11, 2008, 04:36:39 am

Not everyone lives off of daddys money .

Then what is your excuse for not getting a 360 and/ or a Wii? Especially before a PS3?

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If anything, Destiny and Eternia are the only good Tales games.

You liked Destiny? Meh. Eternia was the only title that counted as a legitimately good game for me... though the manga, anime, and mmorpg spinoff killed made me die a little inside for ever having liked it. The whole Inferia/ Celestia thing is still pretty dope though. You know... how no matter where you go, when you look up, you are able to see the other world looking down on you.

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#40 May 11, 2008, 01:09:43 pm

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Quote from: Katsuya on May 11, 2008, 11:52:54 am

Tales of the Abyss has shit voice acting and a lame soundtrack, but it makes up for it in story and gameplay. If anything, Destiny and Eternia are the only good Tales games. I dont see how Symphonia was good at all, it was a standard jRPG and it got annoying with angels and magic and two worlds and shit AUGHH

Either way, I think ToS2 is gonna do good for reviewers cause there arent many RPGs on the Wii so they will automatically admit its good (like they did for ToS!) I just wish they would spend more time on a Tales game and not make them like fucking Atelier Iris and Ar Tornelico where they are just carbon copies of the originals.

there were STILL a couple of RPGs on the cube when it released like "Baten Kaitos". I also agree that destiny is awesome but abyss and eternia blew that one away. However the ToD remake DOES look awesome, hopfully the cheeky bastards will release it here >:Ι

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