Tales Of Symphonia Yay or Nay? [Archive]

CompSci

04-01-2006, 09:50 PM

wow its been a long time since i have been on this NGC board, may be due to my pc and ps2/xbox lol, any how, i am in a debockle at the moment, i need a rpg to tide me over till i get a xbox 360, ok i have played paper mario, KoTHR1 and 2 and love them all, now as you can see i love rpg with a good worthwhile story now can some plz tell me if Tales Of Symphonia, has a epic of a story?, i now all about its battle system and what not, but nothing about its story, so without spoiling it can you rate the story out of 10, as i guide line i thought KoTHR 1 story was a perfect so base it on that

Hellfire

04-01-2006, 10:06 PM

The opinions diverge on this aspect, I really enjoyed the story, it's full of twists and turns. No idea what KoTHR is, but I wholeheartidly recommend this game even if it's not perfect.

djamb3

04-01-2006, 10:17 PM

Story is a bit crazy sometimes, with a LOT of twists, but it is a great one. 9/10

CompSci

04-01-2006, 10:30 PM

cool, i guess it is, al KoTHR = Knights of the old rebulic

Ten10

04-01-2006, 10:43 PM

Tales of symphonia is the one game I have that has lasted a year before getting boring. Well worth the £37.99 price tag it had, and I don't regret one penny I spent on it.

Hellfire

04-01-2006, 10:51 PM

Oh you mean KoTOR :P You silly you.

Domstercool

04-01-2006, 11:30 PM

Tales of Symphonia is a RPG that needs playing by any person who likes RPGs. Buy it and enjoy it for what it is, a great fun RPG. :)

Marshmellow

05-01-2006, 01:04 AM

10/10 second favorite game behind RE4 great game great story line full of surprises bonuses second time through like RE4!!! Great game

Raven

05-01-2006, 02:28 AM

i cant recommend it highly enough.
good story, more twists and turns than ... uhh. a twisty turny thing...

and you can change the difficulty of the battles, just in case you have fears of launching into an easy game.
if you have played tales of phantasia, it is very similar in style.

Android18a

05-01-2006, 05:48 AM

Yay, Symphonia is fab. A lot of people don't like the skits, but I loved em ^_^

Babooo

05-01-2006, 09:28 AM

anyone know where I can find a good price for this? Its still pretty expensive....

Enigma

05-01-2006, 10:31 AM

Symphonia is a must-have. Simply awesome.

Android18a

05-01-2006, 12:26 PM

anyone know where I can find a good price for this? Its still pretty expensive....

Check Amazon, you might find it for as low as £30.

Pit-Jr

05-01-2006, 02:26 PM

I loved ToS but now im playing Dragon Quest 8 and it seriously shits all over ToS. Its now my favorite RPG of all time without even finishing it yet. If youve got access to a PS2 (im using my brother's) do yourself a favor and pick up DQ, its seriously that good

Fresh

05-01-2006, 03:13 PM

ToS + a good mate who has lots of time is fantastic!

Colin

05-01-2006, 03:16 PM

I didn't like it really. It was the story that killed it for me..................and the game never knew whether it was serious or if it was ment to be full of jokes........this did add depth to the characters, but I just felt that there was two conflicting styles for the script. The skits were a stroke of genius, as they didn't have to be read at all, but they added so much more for each characters development.

Also the main basis of the story was just soooo old and cliche, but with different names chucked in to spice things up........I'm bored of these mana stories now, and especially considering nearly every cutscene or piece of the script has the characters mentioning it non-stop.

The battle system and item management during battles is the best part of the game...........and it's the best use of real-time battles I've ever seen in a rpg.

The game overall gets a 7/10 from me.

It's still a great game, but just not for me I think..............more people have come out praising it then giving a bashing. So it's probably worth picking up if you like rpg's.

anyone know where I can find a good price for this? Its still pretty expensive....

I've got a mint copy of TOS which I may be putting on ebay tonight/now tomorrow along with a few other rare games (Gitaroo Man anyone :wink: ). It typically sells for quite abit aswell, as it's getting harder to find nowdays.

I'll edit this post with the link later. (ends shameless sale plug :laughing: )

Miharu

05-01-2006, 07:13 PM

I give this game 10/10. I haven't enjoyed a JRPG this much in a long while. Probably last with Suikoden II. I like the voice actors, story, graphics, side-quests, battle mode, world, characters...

Rolf

05-01-2006, 11:11 PM

This thread's tipped me over to getting ToS. I've been umming and aar-ing for... eons. But I'll go hunting for it now.

The3rdChildren

06-01-2006, 11:51 AM

ToS is awesome, buy it now guys. I won't say anything else as everyone has already said all that can pretty much be said.

casper_uk

06-01-2006, 05:57 PM

its a great game i just love RPG with bril stories such as TOS. I would highly recomend it as its worth a play if your into RPG's. Think i might check out Dragon Quest 8 next tho as i have nearly completed TOS :)

Babooo

06-01-2006, 07:01 PM

Found a pre owned copy of this game in GAME today!!

Started playing it today and its awesome. Its my first proper RPG that I've played and its awesome. Hopefully it'll keep me busy for a long time...even though I've got 3 pieces of coursework due in on monday and I haven't even started them yet!!!

Lovin it at the mo tho!! :D

darksnowman

06-01-2006, 09:36 PM

Thats one heck of a big yay.

Weve had gigantic thread or two on it so that says it all.

ThePigMarcher

07-01-2006, 11:44 AM

Yep , definately would recommend it.

I did find that the game/story would drag in places , but it was still a highly enjoyable experience. I do plan on going through it again at some point when I get time.

Karl619

08-01-2006, 01:39 PM

Would you say its better than skies of arcadia??? cos that was ace even though its quite old now. If it i any where near as good as that game then I'd buy tales

Babooo

09-01-2006, 09:21 PM

For me, so far, Tales of symphonia is better but only because I didn't really get on with Skies of Arcadia. Played it for a hour but then I just wasn't feeling it.

I've only recently got tales of symphonia (7hours in) and I must say its brilliant. I am really enjoying it, taking my time and exploring everything. Its the first RPG that I've found to be accessable (well for me anyway) and its goood.

Colin

09-01-2006, 10:44 PM

As it's Tales of Symphonia related I thought I'd post the link here aswell like I said I would.

Tales of Symphonia Ebay item (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tales-of-Symphonia-Nintendo-Gamecube-PAL_W0QQitemZ8250398119QQcategoryZ27221QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem)

And I had the same experience as you bambooo, with preferring ToS over Skies (even though I rated ToS 7/10).

Skies is brilliant, but it just seems quite dated presentation wise..........but it's story definitely beats ToS's.

tpfkanep

12-01-2006, 05:16 AM

[...]Its my first proper RPG that I've played and its awesome.1st RPG = awesome. For the die-hard fan of the genre = derivative. I did not particularly find it challenging, both the story (save the world = old hat) and battle system (which is about the only reason I still play RPGs) are mediocre. The gfx style (cell shaded) is also mundane.

Hopefully it'll keep me busy for a long time...Spent a good 60+ hours with this.

Raven

15-01-2006, 07:11 AM

im up to 100+ hours now...

anyway. i thought that id put a post in, because i was having an epic battle with the 2nd sword dancer, things were looking grim... then for some reason Colette stuffed up the spell she was casting...

yes thats right. this is the first time ive EVER seen her cast the 'holy judgement' spell, and i didnt know it existed until an hour ago. couldnt believe it!
the spell, needless to say, made mince meat of the sword dancer... but christ thats powerful!

vicious77

16-01-2006, 04:34 PM

Raven

17-01-2006, 08:07 AM

wow 100+ that's what it said on the back of the box guaranteed although i finished it in 61 hours or so. it was still one of the best games i ever bought for my cube though and I loved it from start to finish. I wish they'd put more anime style cut scenes in though as they really brought it to life in the rare occassions they did use them. Also the final boss was surprisingly easy I thought... I never managed to get the whole co-op thing working but i heard it does and sounds fun, although hardly essential as it is really intended as a single player experience.. i would definitely recommend people who dont have it and own a cube go out and buy it!
it took me about 40hrs the first time through... im doin it for a 3rd time now :heh:

yeah. the last boss is quite easy, but you need to go out and find the superbosses! they are quite a challenge!
There is the sworddancer boss, which is an undead skeleton guy who appears only 3 times in the game (leave it too late and he wont appear again) and there is also a guy that looks somewhat like a supersaiyan who appears when you get all the devils arms items... look it up! thats what the nets for!

Enigma

18-01-2006, 02:35 AM

but you need to go out and find the superbosses! they are quite a challenge!
Not to mention getting everything (Titles, full Item-Collection/Monster List etc).
That takes quite some time and effort to accomplish.

vicious77

18-01-2006, 02:47 AM

oooh superbosses? sounds rad.. shame i traded it in for BK..

Beanie

22-01-2006, 01:45 AM

I'm going through TOS at the moment. I like the battle system but the story is a clone of FFX. After completing RE4 just before starting this, it makes the storyline even worse.

Why can't they ever put in a decent story in an RPG? (Well...SoA's story was a break from what seems to be the norm in RPGs, although it's still about someone trying to take over the world, Pinky!)

But yeah, I'm liking it so far. Thought I would have seen some of those excellent Anime cutscenes shown in the trailer, but not yet. Hope they aren't just saved for the ending.

The-Ironflame

22-01-2006, 01:48 AM

I'm going through TOS at the moment. I like the battle system but the story is a clone of FFX. After completing RE4 just before starting this, it makes the storyline even worse.

If you haven't played it all the way through how can you say the story is a clone of FFX. I've heard of those claims early on in the game but it does take a twist.

spirited away

22-01-2006, 10:52 AM

its a great games but i found soem of the dungeons really dull until u get to the awesome boss battles

Beanie

22-01-2006, 05:43 PM

If you haven't played it all the way through how can you say the story is a clone of FFX. I've heard of those claims early on in the game but it does take a twist.

You're right, it does change. And one of those twists is just like in FFX! "We can't let Yuna/Colette die; there must be some other way!", states Tidus/Lloyd. It does have enough in the middle to stop it from being a full-on clone but there are many similarities.

And just to nitpick: Any else noticed the typos? Like having colons between words instead of a space and having "[]j" at the end of a sentence instead of some other characters?

Obviously it doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the game but I've never seen it in any other game.

MunKy

22-01-2006, 06:42 PM

I finished it in 40 hours first time and I found quite a few secrets. Actually thats a lie, the first time I played I somehow managed to skip all the parts in the desert (sorry forgot the names of places) and went right to the water dungeon. So I started again and did it right because my characters were too weak because they werent supposed to be there.

The-Ironflame

23-01-2006, 12:57 AM

You're right, it does change. And one of those twists is just like in FFX! "We can't let Yuna/Colette die; there must be some other way!", states Tidus/Lloyd. It does have enough in the middle to stop it from being a full-on clone but there are many similarities.

And just to nitpick: Any else noticed the typos? Like having colons between words instead of a space and having "[]j" at the end of a sentence instead of some other characters?

Obviously it doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the game but I've never seen it in any other game.

It's a bad translation while they had to convert and put in the several other languages for the PAL. It makes you wonder whether it's actually as simple as copying the dialogue English from the American version and whether they actually checked it for errors.

Raven

23-01-2006, 10:34 AM

You're right, it does change. And one of those twists is just like in FFX! "We can't let Yuna/Colette die; there must be some other way!", states Tidus/Lloyd. It does have enough in the middle to stop it from being a full-on clone but there are many similarities.

And just to nitpick: Any else noticed the typos? Like having colons between words instead of a space and having "[]j" at the end of a sentence instead of some other characters?

Obviously it doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the game but I've never seen it in any other game.
yeah. noticed those square thingys... didnt mind too much.
heh. still think its like FFX? i bet the story is still changing... like when:
Lloyd finds out that he is his own cousin! nah joking. but you really shouldnt have read this if you havent played the game through...

Beanie

25-01-2006, 03:11 PM

heh. still think its like FFX? i bet the story is still changing...

No, it's not like FFX. It gets less and less like it the further I go on. It was just the whole "Chosen One" thing and the temples. The meat of it isn't FFX-ish at all, which I'm glad for.

The skits are good for developing the relationships between the characters and I find myself searching for those glowing things dotted around to see what they say. That Genis is a cheeky mofo! I feel myself wanting to come back with an answer.

But I'm enjoying it more now I've fully got to grips with the Unison Attacks and what everything does. I'll take a guess and say I'm 2/3 of the way through, and so far it's a "yay" from me.