Tales of Symphonia?

I love this game, it has a great storyline one of my faveorites..anyone else play it before?

I preordered it a EB Games. Still haven't gotten my artboook. But anyway, yes. I've played it, I've beaten it, and loaned it to a friend who also beat it. The storyline seems to range from somewhat cheesy to extremely cheesy, but that's something I like about it. Then there's Zelos. Good game. The New Game+ mode only improves it.

I have played it twice already.
It is my favorite game and best RPG I have played so far.

Ive finished the whole game in 2 weeks and its really really good. =)

man, this is a killer game. ive beaten it twice already, and working on my third. if you ever need help with it, just ask me, i should be able to help you ppl all that i can. but yeah, this really is a good game, good storyline,good graphics, great gameplay, and good replay value. yeah, this really was a $50 well spent, i love this game.

It was...meh...to me. It's graphics weren't all that great, but the animations were well done, and the anime scenes, although few, were really good too. I like the old Tales games better though, even without all the eye candy. Oh, and the cheesy voice acting.

I got it, and I'm stuck in it right at the cutoff for the 2nd disk. I love the game. It's now one of my top favorite RPG's.

i absolutely loved this game. easily one of the top 3 cube games, and my favorite game released this year. ive beaten it 3 times i think, then i got side tracked on other stuff. anyway if you dont have it yet, get it.

^^ Tales of Symphonia is a very good game. I've gone through it at least three times, and I still haven't all the side quests done,so the game is definitely not short on side quests, and the storyline is very good in my opinion.

Just a note on sidequests, Symphonia's definition of alot (not all) of them are very much relish onto the already built plot, so the majority are essentially a string of scenes of which you don't gain anything other than character or setting insight.

Oh, and I got my hands on Eternia, and certainly ToS outdoes the VA in Eternia. Eternia's VA didn't really have their hearts into it..

I love the storyline, I love the characters. I love the music.

But I hate the horrible backgrounds, the battle system, and the battle music.

Needless to say, I haven't gotten far enough into it to beat it. I'll likely retry it...eventually.

Real-time just doesn't work in 2-D, especially when playing single-player. The faulty battle system is made up for by the multi-player. I prefer real-time RPGs such as PSO and Fable to games such as this, simply because real-time and 2D don't mix very well. If it had been 3D, free-roaming real-time battle (Fable-style) I'd have loved it.

You can't see anybody else in multi-player, the camera focuses on Player one. As for the battle music, it's fine I know your not very far in the game but I'm assuming you haven't gotten to a specific part where the music changes. Just play it till you get past the Tower of Salvation.

Originally Posted by jehuty

You can't see anybody else in multi-player, the camera focuses on Player one. As for the battle music, it's fine I know your not very far in the game but I'm assuming you haven't gotten to a specific part where the music changes. Just play it till you get past the Tower of Salvation.

It's too hard to force myself to play... *sigh*. I quit.

I'll try again, once I'm in the "I'm excited about video games" mode again (likely won't be til the release of Zelda '05.)

The battle system has been core of the series since day one, and sprites were used consistantly in all its games. It's a tried and true method, and I see it being satisfactory to most RPG gamers. Then, 3D RPGs have their own category.

Oh, and for the curious the PS2 version has rid of the multiplayer fault where it focuses on one player.

The first time through i didnt do any sidequests so i beat in 40-45 hours....but the second time i did do all the sidequests so it took me longer.

Originally Posted by Sir Chuc

The battle system has been core of the series since day one, and sprites were used consistantly in all its games. It's a tried and true method, and I see it being satisfactory to most RPG gamers. Then, 3D RPGs have their own category.

Oh, and for the curious the PS2 version has rid of the multiplayer fault where it focuses on one player.

Hold it...its coming out for the PS2...where?! When!? Must...geeet....bleagh!!!!!!!!

PS: Anyone know some good songs, I'm too lazy to listen to all of them. The number of Mp3 sites I've found are incredible...

Yeah. Only in Japan. Only in Japan. So for you, it must be..well.. a breeze! It's got added extras like more costumes, titles, Anime CG (only 2 though) skills, sidequests and most importantly.. Hi-Ougi!

And one of the best additions to the credits. A CG series of all the characters. The CGs are actually pieces of Fanart.

http://www.psx2tech.com/talesofforum/viewtopic.php?t=87 (topic with nearly all changes, but it has media with it)

http://n.ethz.ch/student/wmartin/ (Hi-Ougi Videos can be found here)

As for songs, these are my pics:

Lloyd theme
Kratos theme
Full Force
Rest of the Heart
Water Symphony
Romany Caravan
Escape from Enemy Base
Collet ~it is sad~
Presea's theme
On the Hill one night
Like a Glint of Light
Shihna's theme
Rest of the Heart - Sanctuary
Forest of Treant
Zelos ~Serious Arrangement~ (brings a tear.. ;_; )
Fighting of the Spirit (Symphonia's Remix is so cool!)
The Law of Battle
The End of the Thought (goes really well with Kratos' Theme)
Beat the Angel
Last Battle ~Decisio