Dozens of mini-games and side quests for virtually unlimited replay value.
Enter a world of high quality anime cut scenes and become absorbed in a beautiful cel-shaded characters designed by renowned artist Kosuke Fujishima.
Unprecedented character-building flexibility: level up to suit your own gameplay style, build or break relationships as you see fit and marvel as the storyline changes according to your decisions.
A completely real-time, 3D battle system featuring hundreds of special attacks, combos, spells and summons to choose from.
Dozens of mini-games and side quests for virtually unlimited replay value.
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In a dying world called Sylvarant, legend has foretold that one day a Chosen One will appear from amongst the people and the land will be reborn. As Lloyd Irving, joined by his close friends Genis Sage and Collet Brunel, venture forth upon a quest to return your world to health. Enter an exquisite landscape of beautiful celshaded graphics by renowned artist Kosuke Fujishima and highquality anime cut scenes. Dive into a unique, real time battle system. Execute and combine hundreds of special attacks and magic spells. The line between good and evil blurs in this immersive, emotionally charged epic adventure where the fate of two interlocked worlds hangs in the balance.
Cool Game for ps2 this 2D game is really fun to play. the story of this RPG game won't make you bored to play, always make you want to continue playing. ;3
it has some alternative ending. so it's enjoy to play more than one playthrough to see some different ending.
the music background sound is also good :D
PlayStation 2 review. Just making sure that this is for the PS2 version of this game (only released in Japan, thus is NOT in English).
Coming from the PAL Tales of Symphonia (which is in the slow 50hz in terms of gameplay), this game is marvelous. It flows so much faster, the battles are wonderful, and it has extra features from the GCN version such as new Hi-Ougi's/Mystic Artes, and new boss attacks. I recommend this to any Tales fan! I'd suggest playing the English version first if you don't understand Japanese.
Stan_Aileron(3) on 24, Aug. 2008 06:10 (HKT)
Tales of Symphonia If you only play RPGs on the Game Cube, then you have probably played this game and thought it was THE BEST GAME EVER. But is it really that great of a game? Lets find out!
Gameplay: ToS plays like most RPGs; you walk around in towns and go to different towns by turning Godzilla size and walking through a world map. When you encounter an enemy, you go into a battle. Unlike most RPGs that don’t have “Tales of” or “Star Ocean” in their name, battles in ToS happen in real time so its almost as if you are playing a fighting game. Unlike previous Tales games, ToS’s battles take place in a 3D field, so you are allowed more movement through the battlefield... sort of. Like previous Tales games, you are only given movement left and right, so you can only move through the field in 3D if the enemy you are locked-on to moves. Although “free-run” was not invented yet, characters set on AUTO can run anywhere they want.
Graphics: ToS has pretty good cel-shaded graphics that make it look very anime. Theres not much to say about the graphics since they’re not very UBER in any way.
Sound: The music is pretty good even though it sounds like cheap midi.
Final Rating: 8.5 out of 10. This isn’t exactly the BEST GAME EVER but it’s still a fun game. ToS’s easy access to 4-player mode made it one of the best multiplayer RPGs of its time.
Orenji(5) on 19, Aug. 2008 12:47 (HKT)
ToS Tales of Symphonia was the game that introduced me to the “Tales of” series. I first played it with my friends. The first time I played this game I played as Kratos, who was able to use sword based skills as well as magic skills. The battle system is pretty much the same as how it is in Tales of Eternia, except everything takes place on a 3D plane rather than a linear one. The 3D field, and also the ability to jump backwards, made it easier to evade many magic skills. Despite the battles taking place on a 3D field, you are only allowed to move in a line, while the computer-controlled characters can move freely in any direction. This made it annoying because the only way to get around things was to move against the edge of the field. However, this did not really hurt the battle system. The battle system was still fun, but it was not as challenging as Tales of Eternia’s battle system. The music isn’t too bad, but it could have been better if it were orchestrated. The graphics were very good for a cel-shaded GameCube game. Also, I really liked the character designs for the main characters. They story was very clichéd in the beginning, but it got more interesting as the game progressed. At first, Lloyd and his friends go on a journey to “regenerate the world” but that all changes when they found out the truth behind the existence of the co-existing worlds Sylvarant and Tethe’alla.
Way better, more like a 'completed version' The new hi ougis are better than ever, and the new outfits are always a pleasure to get. my favorite however, was some new bosses and the new difficulty it presented. the new unision attacks were great too! I encourage anyone to get it, whether you've played a tales game or not!