Tales of Legendia - Anyone playing it?

[josiskrazy]

ive only just started Chapter 2 and i gotta say i liked it so far...the characters are fun except the VO are kinda sucky...to me Will and Senel sound alike so i get confused as to who's talking...Shirley's VO is so damn annoying...her character is a bit like Colette from ToS but so much more annoying...so far ToS is funnier, but when the characters break out into a song and dance, its pretty amusing...i havent played to much of ToL yet to say how the story compares to ToS...but ToS' story was kinda cliche'.

also any1 notice that Pippo has the same voice as Chiepoo?
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[Takemura]

[fuji]

If you think everyone is a graphics junkie, you're sorely mistaken. Not everyone thinks like you, others do have different interests. While graphics are nice, add to the game even. Just because a game has poor graphics doesn't mean it's crap.

I guess I'm just not that shallow.
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[Locke]

Graphics are nice, but they don't make a game. Katamari Damacy by todays standards doesn't have the greatest graphics but it is fun to play. Unlimited Saga has beautiful graphics, to bad thats the only beautiful part of that game.

If the next great RPG went back to say, the same graphics of Final Fantasy 6, I would not mind. As long as it had a great story and great features along with play control I'd be a happy gamer. Super Mario World to me is still the most fun Mario game.

I was playing Suikoden 1 at college one day after I finished finals to wind down and all people were saying is that the graphics were ugly. But once I explained to them the story and they watched for a few minutes as Gremio did his thing in Milichs castle they were hooked. I could go on, by my point has been made I believe.
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Legendary Locke


3 Time Suikox WWE Fantasy Champion

[Himuro]

I can't believe someone on a Suikoden forum is talking about how graphics are the most imiportant in games.

[Celes Tilly]

Locke:

Yeah, I'm way past that. When did he join... yeah, he does meet up with you in the waterways. He doesn't join your party right then and there, but shortly afterward he does. I'm in chapter five, and I'm pretty sure I'm damn near the end of it. Things are really starting to get interesting now (not that they weren't before, but now it's like AH MUST PLAY...)

I was thinking that Will is like Raine, too... did you dislike her? I thought she was funny, and I like Will. I can't tell by your comment, heh.

I'm not too fond of Norma (she was pretty annoying at first, but I've warmed up to her somewhat... at least she's funny), but eh. She's not as bad as she was at the beginning.

Shirley is annoying. -_- Geh.

Anyhoo... I dunno who else said it (outside of moi), but yes, the music is really good; I don't generally get OSTs, but I'm contemplating it for this game.

Graphics... these graphics don't bother me at all; I liked Final Fantasy VII enough, and it had some of the worst graphics ever. It's not really about graphics for me, but the story and characters and such. I guess pretty graphics never hurt, but eh. Never judge a book by it's cover, as they say.

But the graphics for this game aren't bad. They add to the personality of the game. I rather like them.

And why would anyone expect another Tales of Symphonia? Games are only fun because of variety.
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[Locke]

I'm just miffed at ToS, well actually my whole Gamecube right now. My memory card that had virtually ALL my cube data stopped working last Sunday. But Raine was okay. My favorite character in ToS was Zelos. I just liked the character arc he had.

And I agree, Shirley annoys me.
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Legendary Locke


3 Time Suikox WWE Fantasy Champion

[Himuro]

Hopefully Legendia sells well so we can get Abyss.

[Synchysi]

I haven't come across anyone who likes Shirley, other than one weird person on the GameFAQs boards. Most people seem to favor Norma, despite the obnoxiousness. My personal favorite is Jay, by far.

There are seven chapters in the main quest, then character quests for each character other than Senel and Shirley that act as the second part of the story, but center on specific characters. I just finished the second character quest (about 42 hours in), and so far the game hasn't disappointed me. It's no ToS; that game had me hooked for a good two months, but ToL has a much better story. I've enjoyed it more than I did ToD.
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[Takemura]

:off topic:

[Leb]

I sort of consider the game blasphemy, simply because Tales Studio has perfected what they do, and it pains me to see the development team behind Legendia really undo a lot of stuff that Tales Studio moved beyond-- bad AI, a plan, single line of combat, no Hi-Ougis(!).

...That said, I'm still playing it. Not nearly as far as some of you, having just entered Chapter 2. Am I the only one slightly irritated by the fact that there's no control of the attack chain? You used to be able to do different chains by holding up, down, forward, (and in Rebirth, back) on the D-Pad or nothing at all. Now it automatically selects the appropriate one between a regular chain and a single aerial. I'd take it off Semi-Auto and see, but when I do that I always seem to turn and face the wrong direction when I'm attacking.

[Locke]

All I have yet to say about graphics yet if graphics were everything and the only thing I based buying games on I wouldn't own most of the games I own now. Just my opinion, but play control > story > graphics. I grew up playing Pac-Man and Galaga, not 2 highly detailed graphic engine's there. And if graphics were so great how come I have yet to play an XBOX 360 game that to me is any good? Beautiful graphics, blah everything else. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And quite frankly the art style in ToL fits the game. I liked Grandia's graphics.

I miss the battle engine from ToS. There is just something from that I enojoy. Star Ocean 2 and ToS have it down pat. 3D battle screen + button mashing + some strategy = FUN!

I get lost on the world map to much in ToL. Whats up with having mountains everywhere? To get to X you have to go all the way around mountains. Sure are a lot of mountains considering really where this game takes place.
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Legendary Locke


3 Time Suikox WWE Fantasy Champion

[Celes Tilly]

Has anyone gotten really high 'combos' or whatnot? I can't break 100 hits... the highest I got was a 98. How annoying...

I like Jay, but I still think he's actually a girl pretending to be a boy. >_>

Oh yeah, Curtis and company... when they started singing I was so happy I was the only one home. Haha.

The single line of combat bugged me at first, too. I've been playing ToS almost non-stop for the past three weeks, so it was an odd adjustment. Still, I think it would have been retarded if they had just pumped another ToS.

People like Norma? She's just barely tolerable. I keep wishing I had the option of leaving her in a dungeon or a ditch or something. Urgh.

OT: ToS in Japanese = totally awesome.
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"God? God is love. I don't love you."

[Synchysi]

Combos build up in climax mode, so if you can start off a large boss with 30 or so hits, you can enter climax mode and surpass 100 easily. I did that on one of the larger bosses later on and got up to about 120 hits before the thing finally died on me. I still had about 1/3 of the climax meter left to go, too.

An easy way to extend combos is to map skills with high combos (Chloe's sword rain or one of its many incarnations or Jay's Ill Wind, for example) to L2 and R2 and have them execute their move right as Senel's combo is finishing, then start yours back up when they finish. This is especially easy in climax mode.

[Locke]

Bionic Commando, now there is a game that needs a sequel. And Moses happy dance cracks me up everytime. I wasn't to sure at first, but this game is growing on me.
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Legendary Locke


3 Time Suikox WWE Fantasy Champion