The all encompassing Tales thread, Because some more recent RPGs don't posess the awesomeness. Options

[Raijinili]

Why the hell has no one thought to start this yet? (And yes Sturm, I searched, and only found threads for the games individually.)


Anyway, back on topic, I believe this series to be the greatest RPG series ever. The battle system is much more fun than say FF or Dragon Quest. I have played all but two of the games, including the handhelds, and I must say, the games have blown me away. I think the only other person at LCN who enjoys this series more than I is Ash.

My favorite game in the series so far is Tales of Rebirth(which hasn't been played by many Americans due to no international release, like most of the series).

I have yet to finish Abyss fully yet, so when I am, it might replace Rebirth as my favorite.



But I digress, this thread is for talking about the Tales games(all of them), why you love or hate them, which is your favorite and such, etc.


Now, begin.

[Raijinili]

And yes Sturm, I searched, and only found threads for the games individually.

I would only say anything were there a Tales thread already, so quit playing the witch until you're actually accused.

Anyway, back on topic, I believe this series to be the greatest RPG series ever.

I disagree, and "best RPG series" award is not exactly saying much.


Anyways. Been through Symphonia five or six times, tried to force myself through DeJap Phantasia and failed, and I'm currently working on Abyss. Abyss is okay. Kind of.

[Raijinili]

Then I recommend you play more Tales games.

And yeah, ToP Phantasia failed miserably. The SNES version and PSX version are much better.

[Raijinili]

"ToP Phantasia" seems kind of redundant, and I said I played the SNES version, you dolt.

[Raijinili]

I thought you meant officially.

Anyway, I just started ToP PSP and Tales of the Tempest. Both are good so far, though the only difference between PSX and PSP vesions of ToP are updated sprites, improved graphics and the addition of a grade system. I think there are a few new techs too.

TotT on the other hand is pretty cool, it uses a modified version of ToS's battle system except with 3 people.
The graphics are awesome, but the opening fails for not being completely anime.

Werewolves are awesome...

[Raijinili]

Why the hell is "DeJap" synonymous with "official" in your mind?

[Raijinili]

I'm not thinking straight currently. I just moved down to Florida on Tuesday, and I'm still getting settled.

[Raijinili]

My favorite Tales game is Tales of Symphonia. (which possibly is my most favorite RPG of all time... ... Wait... ... It is. =D)
I take great joy in memorizing randomness from the game, but really, the only things I have down word-for-word are the prologue, "it's a washtub" scene, and possibly end of disc one. >_>;

Tales of Phantasia I'm still playing slowly on GBA, and I've played some of Tales of Destiny and Destiny II (AKA, Eternia) at a friend's house. Maybe I can talk her into getting Tales of the Abyss. That, or letting me borrow her PS2 so I can play ToEternia. n_n;

[Raijinili]

I've only played Symphonia, so it's the only one I can praise out of the Tales series...

But hey, I gotta say, Symphonia was a damn good game. Forgot how many times I beat it but I always had to kill Zelos and get Kratos back in my party for coolness reasons...

[Raijinili]

For those who like Tales of Symphonia... Here's a link that I found today that you might find interesting:

http://ova-tos.com/

[Raijinili]

It'd be nice if it were translated to English, but it probably won't... (based on the fact that the ToP series wasn't translated... ... right?) ... So... The next best thing is for someone to translate it on You Tube or something. n_n;

[Raijinili]

If I recall correctly, there is no ToP "series."
There is a single game that has been remade half a dozen times, though. One of the remakes having been published in America, and the original having been fan-translated many years ago.

[Raijinili]

I guess my post was too vague... It kinda is... (I was afraid of using wrong terminology.)

I was reffering to that there was a ToP (I think it's ToP...) OVA, or anime, or whatever in Japanese, but it never became dubbed to English because of Megaolix's post with the link to the website mentioing ToS's OVA.

[Raijinili]

It never got dubbed because there was no point.

[Raijinili]

but guys who do u think is the strogest main character of all the tales series?