Fans of the series, and especially the original Tales of Symphonia, may still want to give this sequel a go. They'll want to see what the first game's characters are up to, and they might have a little more patience when it comes to this kind of dialogue and storytelling. Anybody else, though, can probably find a much better RPG somewhere this season.
41 trophies to unlock with a good amount of variety. Be warned, light spoilers.
New screenshots of Tales of Symphonia Unisonant Pack (aka Tales of Symphonia Chronicles in the West) from Famitsu.
Kotaku - This past weekend in Yokohama, 25,000 Japanese fans gathered for Tales of Festival 2013 over the course of two days. And since the conversation at an event like this turns to all things Tales, we at Kotaku East decided to give voice to a few fans about their favorite Tales games and more. As you’ll see from their responses, these fans have favorites across the entire series, and they are definitely loyal to the core when it comes to Tales.
Such a fantastic JRPG series
can't wait for Tales of Xillia in August, for North America
... but not when they isnsit on only selling us a dub-only version, instead of including the original language with english subs as an option.
Tried a Wii Tales game once. Couldn't bare the voice-acting, and that I couldn't click through the cut-scenes to avoid those voices.
They seem like nice old-skool RPGs, and considering the anime-influence, it just baffles me why they would intentionally alienate a huge portion of the anime-fanbase by not including the original voices, which is a must for many anime fans.
Baba said they plan to do it in the future, or at least they're looking into doing so. But I don't see how you see it as alienating a huge portion of the fanbase. I don't buy Metal Gear Solid 3 EU edition and complain that there's no Japanese voice-acting on the disc do I? It's not like every major title from Japan is supposed to have Japanese voice-acting on it.
Mate, how many times you must repeat yourself for not buying / playing games if they don't include the japanese VA / dual-dub on the game? You like a broken record you know -_-
I'm with you man! I would love if they include jpn voices as well. But to be fair, the Wii tales game, symphonia 2, was for me one of the worst tales games. It seem to me like it was just a cash in on symphonia's popularity... And I loved symphonia!
Anyway, I would suggest that you play Vesperia on the 360, if you haven't done so yet. For me it's the best tales game yet. And even though there are no jpn voices, the English voice casting for that game is superb! (Troy Baker FTW!!!) You should give that a go, it will leave you with a much better impression I'm sure!
Yeah, i expected Tales of Xillia, Graces, Abyss, Vesperia, and Destiny 2 dominated the polls. Weirdly, there's no Leon Magnus from Destiny as fav (male) characters. Two years ago Leon dominated the polls for the most fav characters in Tales series.
surprised I dont see Tale of Symphonia on here. Most of them seem to like the recent Tales games tho so i guess there only playing what they can get their hands on.
You should check the article again. There's a fans in the article who like Emil from Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. And her fav Tales also Dawn of the New World. Besides, this polls only a sample of fans who visited Tales festival.
I'm kind of amazed at the popularity of Vesperia. Yes, the characters were fantastic... but the setting was pretty shallow for a Tales Of game, and the overall narrative was pretty dull IMHO.
xplay hates jrpg, so I don't even know why they are even reviewing the genre in the first place.
what type of hateful bs is this... i am really disgusted after 4o% in the game the story just grabs you and your char mans up this game should be given credit i have seen games that are horrible on the 360 and ps3 that dont get dogged for it. countless others and myself enjoyed tos2 skrew what Cliché and outdated too old for the times x-play hAS TO SAY. they seem to have rated the game on the first 5 hours...
can't wait to get this when i pick up a Wii
So it's better than the original then.
Wow, a 2 out of 5?!
The original was one of my favorite Gamecube games - I'm skeptical that this new one actually should get a 2/5.