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Re: Tales of Symphonia by FABIO 08/28/2004, 4:33pm PDT
Rafiki wrote:

It'll probably just end up as, "slightly decent RPG plot." I want to murder Colette, though. Stupid bitch doesn't do anything but whine and say, "I'M SO SORRY, YOU GUYS!"


I pretty much hated all the characters up till when I quit. Colette is like you said, Flonne from Disgaea without the charm by developers who "get it". Rayne is an abusive bitch. talks like what a pre-teen sounds like when they're trying to act smart, and is constantly arriving at ridiculous conclusions from equally ridiculous evidence (just like Sonja from Advance Wars, another annoying female character that needs a good raping). Lloyd is a fucking idiot that not only let's the imposters go (see below post), but also, despite the fact that his wanted posters all depict him in his red marching band outfit and enemy soldiers refer to him as "the kid in red", it never once dawns on him to change his fucking outfit. I've seen sreenshots of characters in different outfits, so maybe that happens later on, but not doing it after a week of being on the run just shows how slow and retarded he is.

I'm flipping through the old manual to Tales of Destiny and fuck me if all the characters aren't the exact same. There's the spikey-haired kid hero swordsman wanting to prove himself (also Claude from Star Ocean 2). There's the cold, more experienced swordsman who mentors him through tough love (also Dias from Star Ocean 2). There's the little kid genius (also Leon in Star Ocean 2). There's the meek healer female that depends on the hero (also Rena from SO2). And finally the rogue type cleavage chick.


Bonus character fact: Every "older woman" (18-21 for the adolescent audience) character in a Japanese game is always either a teacher or a nurse.


I actually really like the combat system, but I haven't played SO2 so I can't make that comparison. There is actually a slight 2D element to it in that you can jump (not attack + up, but just pressing up) so you can run and jump over and enemy and hit them from behind, but it's obviously not exactly deep. The thing I really REALLY REALLY like is it's not the fucking Final Fantasy piece of shit stand-opposite-each-other-and-trade-blows system. You can actually run around (sort of) and have real control of the character. And with the techs + attacks + chaining of attacks and techs into combos + chaining techs into longer combos + unison attacks + special tech combos in unison attacks + ordering NPCs to perform attacks which can make bigger combos and other things, the game keeps making me think I can have big fancy battles where I leap around and counter and do a bunch of cool shit if I figure out how to do everything in just the right way.


The ONLY thing the combat does better than SO2's is letting you map more than 2 skills at once. SO2 limited you to the L1 and R1 buttons and didn't let you change what they were mapped to during combat. Oddly enough, you could still cast all the spells you wanted.

Also, the artwork is great*. They use more than 8 colors and aren't afraid to have sunlight. The overworld map is nothing special, but I didn't think it was as terrible as the reviews were making it out to be.


Okay yes, another plus. Cel shaded graphics where the characters all look straight out of Viewtiful Joe.
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Tales of Symphonia by FABIO 08/15/2004, 10:49pm PDT NEW
    Re: Tales of Symphonia by Creexul :( 08/16/2004, 12:15am PDT NEW
        Re: Tales of Symphonia by Mysterio 08/16/2004, 4:30pm PDT NEW
            Re: Tales of Symphonia by Creexul :( 08/16/2004, 9:27pm PDT NEW
        than The Punisher? Probably not NT by FABIO 08/17/2004, 1:48am PDT NEW
            Than everything. And on the contrary: definitely yes. NT by Creexul :( 08/17/2004, 5:09am PDT NEW
                time for an objective look at the two by FABIO 08/17/2004, 1:31pm PDT NEW
                    My HL2: Lumberjack mod has this covered. by Jay Schilling Softworks 08/17/2004, 3:38pm PDT NEW
                    Im assuming that by spiders you mean ant lions by The Joosh 09/02/2004, 9:40pm PDT NEW
                        Those aren't SPIDERS, those are TRITES! TRITES! NT by id 09/03/2004, 7:31pm PDT NEW
                    thq torture contest by Asmo 09/03/2004, 6:15pm PDT NEW
                    Torture is going to feel wierd if all the faces look so nonchalant. NT by Worm 09/03/2004, 7:52pm PDT NEW
                        they all look like that by FABIO 09/04/2004, 12:02am PDT NEW
                            Re: they all look like that by Worm 09/04/2004, 10:29am PDT NEW
                        Re: Torture is going to feel wierd if all the faces look so nonchalant. by Quentin Beck 02/03/2006, 2:18pm PST NEW
                        thx wrom NT by laudablepuss-bot 08/20/2007, 3:13pm PDT NEW
    Re: Tales of Symphonia by wireface 08/16/2004, 10:49am PDT NEW
    Re: Tales of Symphonia by Rafiki 08/17/2004, 3:19pm PDT NEW
        Re: Tales of Symphonia by FABIO 08/28/2004, 4:33pm PDT NEW
    okay change this one to negative by FABIO 08/28/2004, 12:04pm PDT NEW
    Re: Tales of Symphonia by Pearson 11/15/2004, 3:02pm PST NEW
        Re: Tales of Symphonia by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/15/2004, 3:21pm PST NEW
        Perhaps you should lick a few less Japanese asses, this game sucked. NT by kthor 11/15/2004, 3:35pm PST NEW
        Re: Tales of Symphonia by False 11/15/2004, 4:32pm PST NEW
        dastardly review! by FABIO 11/15/2004, 6:27pm PST NEW
            Re: dastardly review! by Pearson 11/15/2004, 10:54pm PST NEW
                You're stupid and have bad taste and lick and suck and cuddle dicks NT by kthor 11/16/2004, 1:03pm PST NEW
                    No need to be irrational or obscene by Pearson 11/16/2004, 5:20pm PST NEW
                        Fuck you. Go die. by Worm 11/16/2004, 6:21pm PST NEW
                        To quote Mr. Scarface - by kthor 11/16/2004, 6:46pm PST NEW
                        Go back to fucking Kuro5hin, you fucking faggot. NT by OMM OP OPP OG PHD 11/16/2004, 8:49pm PST NEW
        Re: Tales of Symphonia by john 08/20/2007, 9:16am PDT NEW
            What Your Talking About vs. Get Off Ur Religious High Horse NT by Whoever Wins, We Lose 08/20/2007, 11:38am PDT NEW
            It's ripping of Christianity? NT by Grumah 08/20/2007, 3:14pm PDT NEW
            Re: Tales of Symphonia by motherfuckerfoodeater 08/20/2007, 9:35pm PDT NEW
                Thanks for reminding me that FABIO liked SO 2 by Lizard_King 08/21/2007, 11:22pm PDT NEW
    Re: Tales of Symphonia by Bananadine 09/09/2007, 7:26pm PDT NEW
        Same thing for Tales of Destiny/whatevery for the PS1 that me and joh cooped by Grumah 09/10/2007, 12:20am PDT NEW
        the old "it really takes off after hour 6!" j_RPG defense by FABIO 09/10/2007, 1:08pm PDT NEW
            Re: the old "it really takes off after hour 6!" j_RPG defense by Quentin Beck 09/11/2007, 8:27pm PDT NEW
                but now I am embarrassed :( NT by Bananadine 09/11/2007, 8:27pm PDT NEW
    Re: Tales of Symphonia by Mysterious Stranger 01/30/2010, 12:07am PST NEW
        Re: Tales of Symphonia by This is Chris's Blood 01/30/2010, 10:36pm PST NEW
        Welcome to Caltrops! NT by Strunk and White 01/30/2010, 10:49pm PST NEW
 
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