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7
Good
Tales of Phantasia
posted by realkoaboy (HONOLULU, HI) Apr 24, 2006
Member since Sep 2005
16 out of 18 gamers (89%) found this review helpful
First things first: I hate random battles! And there will be those random battles almost everywhere in the game. Second: When I played Tales of Symphonia I loved it, and when I heard that this had real time battles and a lot of the other features, I couldn't wait. (sigh) True, there are real time battles but the attacks are very slow to execute, and escaping takes some time.
What I liked about this game is the places you can go, go anywhere on the over world map,
and all the other RPG elements(buying, weapons, leveling up, learning new skills...). As I said before " random battles", they can slow down the game severely, but the story is excellent and the music is also good but plays the same for almost every battle. Diologe is good, few chuckles, and the characters speak in battles for every move they do. Pros and Cons aside, it's a pretty good game.
What I liked about this game is the places you can go, go anywhere on the over world map,
and all the other RPG elements(buying, weapons, leveling up, learning new skills...). As I said before " random battles", they can slow down the game severely, but the story is excellent and the music is also good but plays the same for almost every battle. Diologe is good, few chuckles, and the characters speak in battles for every move they do. Pros and Cons aside, it's a pretty good game.
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GF Rating
10
Perfect
Pure RPG Bliss
posted by billsnizzl (SPARTA, NJ) Feb 7, 2008
Member since Aug 2006
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
Wow. That was a beautiful game. Lets go into the categories shall we?
DISCLAIMER- you need to like RPGS to enjoy this
Graphics-10-Like the RPGs of old. Nothing beats the pixel days! Then again, its up to personal preference. I thought they were good, and to be honest, the look really takes you back to a day where RPGs were a dime-a-dozen...but a good one came rarely. This is one of those.
Gameplay-8-Ah, thank you "Tales Of" games. On the whole, the Tales Of games have a phenomenal combat system. Its all real-time, its all quite fast-paced and action-loaded, the attacks are cool and unique-and they each have strategic values which must be balanced to play effectively. This would earn a 9 (it would be 10 if there was a targeting system) BUT there's still RANDOM BATTLES! AARGH! These things really get old. However, it wouldn't be so retro if it didn't do random battles.
Storyline-10-10-10-10- 10- Very good. Deeply engrossing and emotionally involving. Plot lines flow gloriously, and when a twist comes, it rocks you so hard. I won't lie-my lip was trembling at the big twist... :,-(
Length-9-Most RPGs are long. This was a doooooozy. I mean, honestly. 92:some-odd hours. Thats roughly a month of playing 12 hours a day.
Overall Rating-9.5(which rounds to a 10). Final opinion- DON'T MISS THIS GAME!
DISCLAIMER- you need to like RPGS to enjoy this
Graphics-10-Like the RPGs of old. Nothing beats the pixel days! Then again, its up to personal preference. I thought they were good, and to be honest, the look really takes you back to a day where RPGs were a dime-a-dozen...but a good one came rarely. This is one of those.
Gameplay-8-Ah, thank you "Tales Of" games. On the whole, the Tales Of games have a phenomenal combat system. Its all real-time, its all quite fast-paced and action-loaded, the attacks are cool and unique-and they each have strategic values which must be balanced to play effectively. This would earn a 9 (it would be 10 if there was a targeting system) BUT there's still RANDOM BATTLES! AARGH! These things really get old. However, it wouldn't be so retro if it didn't do random battles.
Storyline-10-10-10-10- 10- Very good. Deeply engrossing and emotionally involving. Plot lines flow gloriously, and when a twist comes, it rocks you so hard. I won't lie-my lip was trembling at the big twist... :,-(
Length-9-Most RPGs are long. This was a doooooozy. I mean, honestly. 92:some-odd hours. Thats roughly a month of playing 12 hours a day.
Overall Rating-9.5(which rounds to a 10). Final opinion- DON'T MISS THIS GAME!
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GF Rating
3
Bad
Isn't worth your time.
posted by Zoidburg (FAIRBORN, OH) Jun 30, 2006
Member since Dec 2005
2 out of 3 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
A little background. This is another installment of the "Tales" series, which features Real Time random battles. Now, Real time is sort of like... Zelda. But, these are random battles, with HP, magic, ect.
Story 4/10.
I made it through the first two hours of the game before I decided I didn't like it. VERY generic. I've played a few games with most of these plot elements. You and a friend go out into the woods... kill something, find out your town is in trouble, and BAM, everyone is dead, including your parents, and you want revnge... Then, you find out who does it (in a matter of... 20 minutes), and they summon this evil king character who has amazing powers, and basicly kills everyone, and you escape into the past. Thats as far as I got.
Graphic 7/10.
I enjoyed the smooth looking characters and backdrops. Sometime, I'm actually amazed by them. Others... it gets repeditive.
Sound 4/10.
The only points this gets... is from the music. Which is okay. The begining has VOICE OVERS (?!), which are poorly done, and you can't hear them. Then, well, when you cast a spell or something, your character shouts the name of the spell, which is mostly misunderstood, unless you know the name of the spell.
Controls 2/10.
Horrible. The controls aren't grid based, and I had loads of trouble getting on a savepoint a few times. RT battles are slow, and you barely have control over your character.
Battles 5/10.
Aside from the RT standplint, you have strategies your party members can use. Other than that, it is a bunch of button mashing, and even then, you really don't have full control over your character.
Overall 3/10.
I've had some trouble getting this game from GF (they sent me the wrong game, then it took another week or so to get it sorted out...) and come to find out, this game isn't worth it. The other files on the game were only played for ~4 hours. I'll be sending this one back today.
Story 4/10.
I made it through the first two hours of the game before I decided I didn't like it. VERY generic. I've played a few games with most of these plot elements. You and a friend go out into the woods... kill something, find out your town is in trouble, and BAM, everyone is dead, including your parents, and you want revnge... Then, you find out who does it (in a matter of... 20 minutes), and they summon this evil king character who has amazing powers, and basicly kills everyone, and you escape into the past. Thats as far as I got.
Graphic 7/10.
I enjoyed the smooth looking characters and backdrops. Sometime, I'm actually amazed by them. Others... it gets repeditive.
Sound 4/10.
The only points this gets... is from the music. Which is okay. The begining has VOICE OVERS (?!), which are poorly done, and you can't hear them. Then, well, when you cast a spell or something, your character shouts the name of the spell, which is mostly misunderstood, unless you know the name of the spell.
Controls 2/10.
Horrible. The controls aren't grid based, and I had loads of trouble getting on a savepoint a few times. RT battles are slow, and you barely have control over your character.
Battles 5/10.
Aside from the RT standplint, you have strategies your party members can use. Other than that, it is a bunch of button mashing, and even then, you really don't have full control over your character.
Overall 3/10.
I've had some trouble getting this game from GF (they sent me the wrong game, then it took another week or so to get it sorted out...) and come to find out, this game isn't worth it. The other files on the game were only played for ~4 hours. I'll be sending this one back today.
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