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"So, Tales of Symphonia..."

Got Tales this morning. Coldest game I've ever got (erm.... yeah).

But it seems good. At first the combat seemed a bit crappy, just a shallow PSO-type system, but now it's starting to get good. Only played it for half an hour, but I can see it getting very good in a few hours (of play, not just time).

Oh, and It's published by Nintendo. Something I didn't know. And it's got two discs.

Now, how in gods name am I going to get the time to play this, Metroid Prime 2, Paper Mario 2, Halo 2 and still leave my social life intact?

Sheet.

Yay, got this today and had a good go on it. I was just in a Deserty place and then I got captured :( Anyway, so far I can't fault the graphics and story which have both kept me engrossed, and the battle system is beginning to grow on me (I still prefer turn-based though, Heh).

A few niggles. The skits should have been voiced like in the Jap version. You're left staring at the characters mouths moving silently after you've already read the subtitle. Can you skip? I can't find that you can. And the battle system still seems all a bit random, especially when fighting in a large party - I wish I had more control over the other party members.

Still, looking like I will enjoy it alot.

I found that in the skits you almost didn't have enough time to read all of it before it went on to the next one, so voice acting there would have helped a lot.

Not enough time?

How slow do you read :|

Well you probably set the timings for the skits for a much slower setting, so i set it to just within my reading speed so it can be a challenge for me.

Argh another game to get i can't afford.... where's paper mario?

Heh, mine's on the way.

Hopefully

Better had be SR

PsY©Ho FoX 19 wrote:
> Well you probably set the timings for the skits for a much slower
> setting, so i set it to just within my reading speed so it can be a
> challenge for me.

*Shakes head*

I am a very fast reader and the first thing I did was put the text to it's quickest setting. Skits aren't controlled by this setting however - unchanged from the Japanese version the text is timed to match speech (which is no longer there).

This is quite a strange game but.. random battles are ENJOYABLE must be a good RPG if I love random battles :D
Hardest battle I've fought is with a bloody fake tresure chest..

I hate fake teasure chests.
Why does every game have to have them?
They're just mean.

Hmm just got unison attacks confusing they are.. but cool if I can pull it off.