Jaith Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Recently, a friend allowed me to barrow a game of his! It was... Tales of Symphonia! A nice real time combat RPG! and what's better... it's for the game cube! With the story was just mind blowing, I thought I was finishing the game TWICE to end up having been kicked out of the final dungeon area XD and the best part is... the main character uses TWIN SWORDS...and is overly cheap with his vast amount of techs XD The battle system is like a fighting game, all real time, which is the type of combat I LOVE I actually can't stand turn based RPGs... I really can't... and the music is nice >_> Or I think it is... and it's got some nice Anime cutscenes too... soooooo who here has also played this little gem of a game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeWalker Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Okay, I need to get this stupid game now and try it. I've heard nothing but good reviews on it. Too bad I don't have the time to devote to RPGs anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaith Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 >_> Er... well good luck finding the time to beat it XD Took me a good 40 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeWalker Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 It's sad because there are a lot of good RPGs out there that I'll just never play because I don't have the time. Not to mention I'd love to get and replay Chrono Cross and Grandia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wilopolis Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Bah, I prefer Presea over Lloyd any time. Yes, I can play as a great Presea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaith Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 KRATOS! >_> ;;;; ok..so I like him despite him being overrated... XD But he's still better then that damn womenizing bastard Zelos e_e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Kratos cannot infinite combo. Hell, I don't even know if Lloyd can. Zelos, despite being a womanizing bastard, can. He's an awesome fighter, and he gets some awesome lines with Sheena. "C'mon, is your chest the only thing that's well-endowed?" *gets smacked* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaith Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 :? I don't think I made a combo of more then 20 hits ever while playing, but the last boss was too easy... >_>; Zelos, when I fought him (Because I did the Kratos and Lloyd scene in Flanoir) was pritty tough actually and I died on the one on one battle with Kratos... but then came back and whooped his ass! I don't think I ever got a gameover more then once on any boss... I always whooped them the first or second time... cept for Efreet because I was a noob and didn't buy any Life Bottle e_e;;;; I...just...can't...stand...Zelos...for...some...reason I don't know why but I just DON'T like him...even though he looks hilarious with his Masked Swordsman costume XD and I felt a little bad when I killed him ;;; e_e damn positive emotions... The only character I know how to play is Lloyd XD since he's just... a TP spammer... that's why I love the fairie ring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I'll give you that. Lloyd's easy to use for newbies and casual players (not insulting, cause I use him too). When add up the damage totals and combo possibilities, though, you'll find that even Collete's better than him. Though I'm pretty sure he's better than Regal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wilopolis Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Not really. Regal's a combo monster. So many linkable attacks. It dazes me... @_@ And I play as Presea mainly in Nifleheim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Bah, I just know Lloyd's not the worst. I think that award goes to Sheena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wilopolis Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Wrong again. All of them are great in their own way. Sheena's summons really kill stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaith Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 Summons are a bitch to use, not as hard as executing Falcon Crest with Lloyd (Because I had Raine set to spam Revitalize..) but still a pain, having to be overlimit.... and it costs a lot of TP, but by the end of the game it's not that much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Summons are way overrated. And they're not really worth it. And they waste an Overlimit. Basically, they look fancy, for the most part. Besides, Indignation works just as fine, and comes out faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wilopolis Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Summons are way overrated. And they're not really worth it. And they waste an Overlimit. Basically, they look fancy, for the most part. Besides, Indignation works just as fine, and comes out faster. ^Has obviously never seen the Maxwell summon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 ^Is wrong. Besides, you can only use that once per overlimit. Indignation has unlimited use, provided you have the mana/gels for it. Anything Sheena can do, someone else can do better. Except maybe some status affects, but I don't bother with those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wilopolis Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 ^Is wrong. Besides, you can only use that once per overlimit. Indignation has unlimited use, provided you have the mana/gels for it. Anything Sheena can do, someone else can do better. Except maybe some status affects, but I don't bother with those. Then, if that's the case... Zelos/Kratos would also fall under the line of 'Horrid characters'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaith Posted October 1, 2006 Author Share Posted October 1, 2006 *gasp* How dare you place Kratos under that Catagory XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 The difference between Kratos and Sheena? Kratos has some good stuff for him. Light Spear Cannon and Super Lightning Blade are pretty easy to chain for massive combos. He's got pretty good strength, and can also serve as a backup healer with First Aid early on, Healing Wind later. Sheena can't combo worth ****, her attack's mediocre at best, and...well, she's not really all that useful, honestly. Giving elemental attributes to weapons, the occasional Pyre/Demon Seal (whichever one throws the enemy back), and MAYBE Purgatory Seal (I believe is what it's called). Kratos is one of the best fighters in the game; the only one who can truly replace him is Zelos. Sheena...just about any party has elemental attacks, and most of her spells/techs are practically worthless. Besides, http://whatisjudgment.ytmnd.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaith Posted October 2, 2006 Author Share Posted October 2, 2006 That...link...is...pure...awsomeness XD *Sings "Judgement, Judgement, Sacred Power, Judgement, Judgement, rest in peace sinners!"* >_> But Judgement's overrated, misses too much, Ray's much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Wilopolis Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 The difference between Kratos and Sheena? Kratos has some good stuff for him. Light Spear Cannon and Super Lightning Blade are pretty easy to chain for massive combos. He's got pretty good strength, and can also serve as a backup healer with First Aid early on, Healing Wind later. Sheena can't combo worth ****, her attack's mediocre at best, and...well, she's not really all that useful, honestly. Giving elemental attributes to weapons, the occasional Pyre/Demon Seal (whichever one throws the enemy back), and MAYBE Purgatory Seal (I believe is what it's called). Kratos is one of the best fighters in the game; the only one who can truly replace him is Zelos. Sheena...just about any party has elemental attacks, and most of her spells/techs are practically worthless. Besides, http://whatisjudgment.ytmnd.com *sigh* I'm not gonna bother. Obviously, you'll just keep saying plain out that 'Sheena sucks because she isn't a massive damage nuke machine that kills all in one blow.' this'll just keep going on and on. I say Sheena has some good strengths of her own... But they're tough to pick up on. I noticed she get's interrupted less than Kratos, and is a LOT faster than Lloyd I'll just end with this: NO character is useless. Each was meant to fulfill a certain role. Now can we go back on-topic before this turns into a debate thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 I thought that was on-topic... Mind you, all that was coming from someone who had Sheena in his party for most of the game. I like having her around for support. Plus, you gotta love her Evade EX skill and Coin Bag weapon. You're right; she's not utterly useless. I just find her less useful than several others. ...But if that's not on-topic...what was the topic? I'm serious here. o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol-Ratcht Saporro Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Question, how did I miss this topic....? Well, I for one like the game! But, sadly I haven't gotten far. I kinda stopped after I got into Tethe'Alla. >_>; But, what is this I hear? Sheena useless? Bah! If anyone's useless to me it's that Zelos guy. And maybe Raine. Kratos! Why have you forsaken me!!!111!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Hmm, Aside from the lack of a few more anime cutscenes this game is literally perfection to me, I usually prefer turn based games but this one is just so awesome, and the way the designed the characters to all be unique and equally powerfull, and if anyone on here is over rated then its definatley Lloyd, the simple reason why hes the strongest, is because people use him the most, try controlling Kratos/Zelos through the whole game and let Lloyd do what he wants, youll see hes actually not that strong... However saying he is weak would just be wrong, he is very powerfull because he is easy to use, but if you take the time with any of the other characters then they will be just as strong, well most of them... Especially Sheena and Regal... My opinions on everyone are made from me playing through the whole game as just that character (Well, when I got them) Lloyd - Definatley one of the easiest, Alot of potential, but he lacks support skills and magic, I find that Kratos/Zelos are just as effective as Lloyd except they also have healing magic, as well as some attack magic which can help with the right Ex-skills, However the one advantage Lloyd has the best is attack techs, he has so many different combos that can just rack up alot of damage, All in all, he may look the strongest, but hes just a strong as everyone else Kratos - In my opinion the one with the most potential... He has some techs that do nice damage, attack magic and healing magic, as well as significantly higher defense than most other characters. He also has Judgement which may miss alot, but when it hits it is usually stronger than 2 hits of Ray, he takes more skill to use than Lloyd, and is a slight bit slower, but he is definatley very powerfull Zelos - The same as Kratos really... Except Zelos' attacks have a shorter reach as he tends to spin around too much with his attakcs and he holds his sword to close to himself, The only thing that could make Zelos better than Kratos is that he can have Last Fencer, the strongest weapon in the game (Aside from the Devils Arms) But with Last Fencer, his attack will suprass even Lloyds, I just prefer Kratos for Judgement, as well as Kratos is just so cool ;;>> Sheena - Sheena is the most difficult to use effectivley, However if you can use her correctly she is very strong, her 2nd levels techs, Life and Spirit Seal, reduce the ammount of gels you will use, as well as Pyre and Demon Seal hit alot of damage, Purgatory Seal is a very unique tech and is just as effective as ressurection, and her elemental seals really come in handy, She also has some nice Unison Attacks with Lloyd and Kratos/Zelos, and comparing her summons to Indignation is just COMPLETLEY wrong, Origins damage will hit 3 times the ammount Indingation will, and unlike Indignation that has a very high chance of missing, her summons cant miss, as well as the give characters a nice stat boost for a long time if theyre close to the summon Regal - Regal is just fun to use, all of his techs link together so well, not to mention he is very good at fighting in the air, he has Healer and Grand/Chi Healer which are both very nice, His main drawback is that he uses the same types of armor that Genis does, which usually gives him more magical than physical defense which isnt too great for a physical fighter Presea - She -IS- the easiest to use, she hits tremendous damage which can total up to another characters combos in just one attack, After playing through the whole game as her, Its kinda easy to realize that she was meant for a kid to control, however if you use her correctly, she will hit the most damage out of all the other characters with no exceptions, the only problems is her attacks are very hard to link correctly, as well as she has a short reach Colette - In my opinion, If I were to have to say someone is weakest, its definatley Colette, Aside from Holy Song and Holy Judgement, as well as Angel Feathers, she really doesnt have any good techs, she has Para Ball and Stardust Cross, but those arent that great, However she has some of, if not the strongest and most Unison Attack combinitaions Genis - Whats to be said, hes a mage, he hits damage that is rediculous at times, as well as he dies rather easily, Regardless of what most people say, I still believe Indingation is one of this weakest techs, it is so easy to have it miss, especially against some of the fianl bosses that keep teleporting too much, Explosion hits the same damage, and doesnt take as long to use, and Meteor Storm, which has horrible accuracy and all depends on luck is even more effective than Indignation Raine - A definate must for most parties, Revitilize and Ressurection are essential to fighting some bosses, contrary to what most people believe, Ray is basically one of her worst spells, after she learns Revitilize I always have her forget Ray, then switch her to strike type and learn Holy Lance, it hits 3 times the damage of one of Rays beams, and it works well on small and large enemies alike... Ive played through the game 9 times now, I have done everything there is to do except for every single title in the game, It wont be long before I have them all, Im on my 10 times exp game and I finally had enough grade to carry over titles, The level 100 titles are all I am missing now, I have Lloyds which is too easy to get, as long as you can stand hearing "Divine Judgement" every 30 seconds he does Falcon Crest on the top level of Mithos' castle And looking past the gameplay itself, this game even has great music, Fatalize, The end of a Thought, It can Waver and Fight, Fighting of the Spirit, Beat the Angel, and Fianl Destination all come to mind, all in all out of every game I have played throughout my whole lifetime, this one is definaltey my favorite, just barely though, Final Fantasy Tactics comes in a very close second P= /end rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaith Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 *Mindblown* Well... I only borrowed the game ._.; if i owned it I'd never be online XD; and most of the music you listed off is what I downloaded off the net to listen too ^^;; Myes... Galbadia Hotel...my presious... and as for Slip's Avatar, WOOHOO KRATOS! *Bows at Kratos's awsomeness* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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