Freezasaurus
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I was going to start with the first ToS game, but I think I'll go for the sequel first. I've never played it, and I mostly remember the story from the original game, anyway.
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Tales of Symphonia Chronicles |OT| 60FPS? I lied. Its actually 30FPS
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I was going to start with the first ToS game, but I think I'll go for the sequel first. I've never played it, and I mostly remember the story from the original game, anyway.
RPGCrazied
Member
I got 2 day shipping, oddly its says its going to be here tomorrow early day shipment. Hoping that means afternoon!
Liferebooted
Banned
Uh, Is TOS really 50+ hours for just the main story like how long to beat claims? 
Uh, Is TOS really 50+ hours for just the main story like how long to beat claims?
First time through it took me about as much, yeah.
Nah, I'm going to keep it. Even if I don't play it, I can resell it later.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
Yes it is. Took me about 64 hours to beat myself. There were a lot of times I was stuck and had to result to internet forums.
pssh, can't trust anything you read on those things
th4tguy
Member
I have two day shipping (prime), says it's coming Thursday......
Liferebooted
Banned
Thats what happened to me, even the trick of changing the shipping method then changing it back to two days to get it to change to release day didn't work. Next time complain in an email to Amazon's CS and they almost always will upgrade it to 1 day shipping for free, thats how I ended up getting it tomorrow.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I thought I was the only one, I loved emil and marta's relationship.
th4tguy
Member
I really thought every game pre-ordered was release day guarantee. I've always gotten my items on release day. Kind of surprising to not see it tomorrow.
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Member
Xillia does multiple things from different games celebrating the 15th anniversary.
Was too late for me to complain since I'm getting it Wed.
They gave me a $5 coupon for later use when I contacted them about it though. :v
Finally getting around to my copy. You first get a screen with the new keyart and then you choose which title to start. Install is required but quick. Default opening music is Starry Heavens. Wait on the screen for a minute and then Soshite Boku ni Dekiru Koto will play. Seems to cycle between those two, the orchestral track from the localized GCN release is seemingly missing. That actually bums me out a little as that's still my favorite one
Samurai_Heart
Member
Oh yeah out this week, cannot wait, gonna be nostalgic =D
Shame about it being 30FPS though =/
Shame about it being 30FPS though =/
It's not like Tales of Destiny or Tales of Eternia either, in this case it was a new Sakuraba piece rather than outsourced to Tommy Tolerico which I could see being an issue whereas the former SEEMS like it'd be clean cut, at a minimum they still have a working relationship with him anyway.
EDIT: Though by the same token if they went that route it should've been in the Japanese version anyway, there's always an allure to seeing what people got in a different country especially when it doesn't mean missing out on what you got anyway.
The wiki page says it's there, but I waited at the screen for a while and it only cycled between the two vocal ones. Maybe it's unlocked after a playthrough or something. Or maybe it's random and I'm unlucky not to have it play.
RPGCrazied
Member
Sweet. Nice you get them at the start of the game. Specially if you beat the game many times already, you can use something other than his red garb.
I sure hope so.
I hate to say it again but those two OPs are so freaking inferior to the orchestrated OP it ain't even funny.
I don't think the vocal songs are bad. I just think the orchestrated one fits better with the opening animation, and is more cohesive with the rest of the soundtrack.
Sound Test was unlocked previously by beating the game except for the GC localized version where they dummied it out. I don't think they changed it.
Welp. GG NO RE. This is going to be rather disappointing. I wonder if this means there'll be no framerate drops in DotNW?
Expected.
I hope this doesn't bother me .___.
It will and it should.
Yeah figured as much, it was painfully obvious going from the GC to PS2 back in the day. I shake my head at people thinking it's no big deal when it's apparent they haven't played the PS2 version.
Seda is there a toggle for window styles still? All the screens have type C but HD'd up.
So...
- Disappointing framerate, despite the original version being twice as high, 2 generations earlier.
- Sloppy voice work for the new lines.
- Lacks some HD port features that would be normally expected (selecting a new game without having to quit the game through the XMB.)
- Barely upscalled to 1080p, some if not most texture left like they are.
... :/
- Disappointing framerate, despite the original version being twice as high, 2 generations earlier.
- Sloppy voice work for the new lines.
- Lacks some HD port features that would be normally expected (selecting a new game without having to quit the game through the XMB.)
- Barely upscalled to 1080p, some if not most texture left like they are.
... :/
Happy 10th anniversary Symphonia! :/
Yeah, there's three different styles, each with their own tint, or you can set your own tint on any - and three different menu 'textures'.
Ultimadrago
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dakkumauji
Member
Yeah but (some ugly) cameo costumes and more HATS!
It was clear from the get go that this was going to be a low-end port. Having said that, I think we should've expected this considering how Bamco really operates.
Yeah but when it was announced I expected 60fps and PS2 content at a minimum lol. Then upressed textures and any extras secondary. I don't think anyone thought it'd be this bad.
The Red Wizard
Member
What?!
Fuck it did that on the PS2 version too. They really didn't touch up the performance after porting lol