The PSP version of the “Tales of Eternia”, purported by many to be the best game of the series. The animated sequences, fields, combats, towns etc. are all readjusted for the wide screen, showing details and elaborateness beyond that of the original. Gamers who have played the PS version can play this with refreshed sensations, and explore Inomata Mutsumi’s artfully designed world view with out-of-the-ordinary characters, embarking on a legend known as “Eternia”.
English Version If you love this game, but can't read Japanese, you could always buy the European version. It has the same voiceovers as the US playstation version (Tales of Destiny 2)
An above-average RPG Tales of Eternia is a port of the Playstation classic to the PSP. Although the game is older, I found the graphics quite good. The background art and character animations are very charming if not particularly state of the art.
The story and the characters are not as compelling as that found in, say, Final Fantasy VII, yet are much more compelling than those found in the average Japanese RPG.
As for whether or not the game is "import-friendly", the answer is no. First, there is very little English in the game. The opening menu and the screen that appears after successful completion of a battle are in English. Everything else is in Japanese. Since the game is heavy on story, there is a lot of Japanese dialogue to wade through. Some of the dialogue is voiced -- and the voice-actors do a wonderful job --
while the rest is merely rendered in text. So, if you don't know any Japanese, you will not enjoy this game.
If you do have some Japanese, the game provides two challenges. On the one hand, the Japanese used is very colloquial, quite unlike the Japanese taught in textbooks. On the other hand, the Chinese characters
are highly pixelated. Given the limited number of pixels available for each kanji, bits and pieces of some kanji are necessarily left out. This makes some of the kanji, particularly those with a high stroke count, difficult to recognize, let alone read.
If you can handle the colloquialisms and the pixelated kanji, and don't mind playing an older game, then Tales of Eternia comes highly recommended.
And never did I ask you questions why: Is the game in Japanese ONLY or is there a way to switch it to english? first time around here and I want that game badly..
Improved Perfection Thought to be one of the best in the series TOE gets ever better on PSP. First off the new widescreen ascept ratio makes the scrolling battle system much better. It allows for a wider view and makes it much easier to see what your whole party is doing all the time. If you can read Japanese the story line is pretty awesome too. The new highresolution(high compared to PSX) allows of the maps to become extra smooth and look much better. Also another thing your gonna notice is no more grainy PSX quality videos. You're getting DVD quality Widescreen cut scenes. Also no more 3 disk as you have it all on one nice 1.8gb umd. As for the general respect of the game I think its the best Tales of game thats 2d. TOS still plays a lil funner but this has much more deepth.
Highly recomend picking this up weather it be the Japanese or ASIA release. They is no difference except you save some money picking up the asia version. I however bought the Japanese version because the asia one wasnt out at the time.
