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"Got Tales of Symphonia today"

After waiting two hours for a 2 minute blood test..


Seems good so far, no point trying to give an opinion yet cause I haven't played long enough so I'll put up my views in a few hours or so.

Thinking about it, my original post was completely pointless. So I shall make an effort to write something about the game now, to keep you happy.


ToS opens with some dramatic cutscenes and landscape shots accompanied by some dynamic orchestral music, very similar to the sequence you get in Skies of Arcadia if you leave it long enough. The title screen pans across a beautiful background of a tree and some water, while some flashing text helpfully reminds you which disc you have inserted - there are two possible combinations for this; DISC 1 and DISC 2, it is not possible to have both appear together.

It also displays the three selectable options, the last of which, 'Customize', allows you to change all manner of things about the game, including difficulty and window colours. Along with the pretty background art, large logo and serene yet expectant musical score, this title screen really makes you want to click that 'New Game' selection, unless you've already started, in which case you probably want to select 'Continue' instead.

Overall I give this title screen a 7 or maybe 8 out of 10.

I was thinking of importing but there are too many games coming out to import at the moment. Still haven't even got myself Shikigami no Shiro 2, which looks pretty nice.

After waiting two hours for a 2 minute blood test..


Seems good so far, no point trying to give an opinion yet cause I haven't played long enough so I'll put up my views in a few hours or so.