I just got Tales of Symphonia today.

[1-up Salesman]

Let the fun begin.

[Nomyt]

Yup. Remember Dwarven vow number seven! Justice and love will always win.

[I am nobody]

Also remember that Kratos is boring.


...


Which is almost as hard to forget as that vow. (I heard it at least 30 times during the game)

[Nomyt]

*unleashes Kendama attacks on ian*....Grrrrr...You fail sir. Kratos is awesome.

[1-up Salesman]

Kratos is good when you play as him, but so far he's a jerk. It's kind of annoying.

[Rainbow Dash]

kratos is awesome

zelos is a loser

[X-3]

Kratos is meh. I liked Zelos better. Neither are particularly outstandingly unique characters, though.

[Nomyt]

kratos is awesome

zelos is a loser

This. *Hits X-3 with a Kendama*


Genis and sheena are awesome too.

[Marilink]

My advice: Have someone play the beginning of the game for you and give you a quick overview of what happens. Then pick the game up until just before the end, and have someone summarize the ending for you.

You'll thank me.

Also, I hated both Kratos and Zelos. =/

[I am nobody]

Why would you do that? The last hour was by far the strongest part of the game, and the first few were vital to the story. You're going to get a much, much weaker experience from it if you only play the middle.

[Apollo the Just]

I've played all of it. Four times. Go me. *waves obsessivefan flag*

Personally I like most of the characters. I didn't use to like Colette, but she kind of grew on me after I realize what a sucky life she'd had. Hell I dressed up as her for Halloween last year. x{D

[1-up Salesman]

O_O

The game is so long, I think I'm going to play through it once. Truthfully, I only play as Lloyd Irving.

[I am nobody]

O_O

The game is so long, I think I'm going to play through it once. Truthfully, I only play as Lloyd Irving.

30 hours is actually not even in the top 10 for my longest. Off the top of my head, Okami, TP, FFTA2 (112 hours, still not 100%), FFXII:RW, KotoR, Red, Blue, WW, Single Civ III games, and several obscure things took much longer than it.

[Marilink]

Why would you do that? The last hour was by far the strongest part of the game, and the first few were vital to the story. You're going to get a much, much weaker experience from it if you only play the middle.

The beginning of the game was hopelessly dull and the end of the game turned into nothing but a social commentary on racism. The middle was fantastic.

[Apollo the Just]

Well if you think about it, the ending wouldn't have worked any other way.

[spoiler] The middle was all about the two worlds and stuff and how they were split by dear ol' Yggy. Origin tells you, however, that he did it by 'betraying' him, after he went all nutso when his sister died. So the main conflict of the game is him going crazy when humans killed his sister, causing him to be all HUMANS SUCK. So really, the ending wouldn't have worked any other way.[/spoiler]

'Sides, I like the game just fine. All the Tales Of games are cliched. :{P

speaking of which I have recently gotten myself re-obsessed with Abyss. Woot!

[Speed]

It's awesome-sauce.

Much better then Symphonia 2

And almost as good as Vesperia ^_^

[Rainbow Dash]

CURLY BRACKET

WHAT DOES THIS EVEN INDICATE

[Apollo the Just]

Btw, note to anyone planning on playing this game-- BEWARE OF THAT ONE SAVE POINT IN THE TOWER OF SALVATION SECOND VISIT. There's no way to turn back and you're stuck there with no possible monsters to fight for leveling up. Don't be the dumbass I was and get through the entire game on Mania mode until that point and have to give up and go to Hard just because you weren't leveled up enough. >_>

Also it is official- all green-haired people in Tales Of games are awesome, with the exceptions of Ion and Florian.

That is all.

[Sim Kid]

Too bad I can't play the game now. @_@ It's not that I can't find it anywhere, I can get it if I want on Amazon, but I've been way too spoiled by the battle systems in other Tales of games. The 3D movement in Tales of symphonia is just so awkward and clunky compared to even Abyss's. I could readjust to Eternia's, and I really need to finish that game since all I've really got left are Sekundes and Shizel's castle.


And 1up, Symphonia's not the longest. I had well over 40 hours at the end of Legendia, and that game doesn't even give you 50,000 hidden items, sidequests, and sub-events like most of the other Tales of games do. (Maybe I have 50 but if it was then 10 were spent wandering around the Forest of No Return in Chloe's character quest. GOD I HATE THOSE THINGS!!!)

[Apollo the Just]

Symphonia's too short. It needs to be longer so I don't have it memorized by my fourth playthrough. :{P

[spoiler]CL needs a life.[/spoiler]