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Tales of Symphonia Chronicles |OT| 60FPS? I lied. Its actually 30FPS
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Uh oh...
You never played Symphonia? Lloyd isn't exactly smart.
EDIT: Oh you meant Zestiria.
Slay looks like a dumbass so he'll end up as one.
flatearthpandas
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Still my favorite Tales. Possibly nostalgia but I love that cast.
Not enough to double dip but maybe I'll start up another run on the cube
Not enough to double dip but maybe I'll start up another run on the cube
Lloyd is kind of dopey but in an endearing way. Asbel isn't intended to be seen as a moron.
He already looks the part
Nice to see Link recycling himself as a Tales of protagonist.
Symphonia was my first Tales game. Phantasia was my second.
Having said that, I fucking hate Lloyd, Colette, Genis, Presea, and Refill. I liked Regal, Kratos, and Zelos. Oh yeah, Sheen sucks too.
He already looks the part
The fact that he is naive as hell makes me worry. I thought it wouldn't be possible to be worse than Asbel but it might happen. He might say something like "Why does the world work this way? I don't get it. This isn't right!" or something stupid and shitty.
Lloyd redeems himself with his unintentional trolling . Asbel never had that.
He was the amusing sort of stupid to me, rather the kind that makes me want to smash my head into a wall. Could be that he tends not to spare enemies that are obviously going to try to kill him again, could be the other characters around to mock him and offer a smarter idea, could be nostalgia.
Okay, we're gonna clear up something right now.
Her name is Raine.
I don't give a shit what her Japanese name is. It's RI-DI-CU-LOUS!
What's wrong with Sheena and Raine? They're great characters.
They're both equally bad names! I will say that there are only a handful of characters in the Tales universe I actually like. Many of them suck. Hard. Especially the female characters.
I was so happy when Raine joined my party.
They absolutely are not. Raine is an actual name. Refill is just stupid.
They absolutely are not. Raine is an actual name. Refill is just stupid.
Fair enough!
Sheena I can understand it as she was probably the weakest in terms of combat
and she has to be one of the worst assassins in videogames.
Raine while she has dumb moments
when they find old ruins and the hydrophobia
He already looks the part
How were Malik and Richard annoying? Hubert is more of a dick than genuinely annoying, but he lightens up.
I'll give you Asbel, Cheria, and maybe Sophie. Personally I thought Sophie was better than I thought she'd be.
Also I thought Slay was already confirmed/implied to be generally smart.
I will say that I loved the puzzles in Symphonia but I hate pushing and moving things around. It annoys me to no end because it takes forever...
Academic smart != common sense smart
Academic smart != common sense smart
Jude 2.0. I hope they dont have the constant thinking animation Jude had tho. That was quite absurd.
This seems like 4:3 stretched?
Dolphin 16:9, widescreen "hack." (Swiss Widescreen Hack works with less bugs IIRC.)
I remember being annoyed about this because the plotline came from literally out of nowhere. Granted I was sort of young so I might've missed the signs but my gosh... the knowledge bomb in
Derris Kharlan
DXLelouch153
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meh this is the first time ive ever played it
Basileus777
Member
Are you stretching the image? Those screens look pretty bad.
Both Malik and Richard feel like they were designed specifically to breed a new wave of terrible weeaboo fangirls. Hubert isn't just a dick, he is an awful dick. He's not even entertaining. He's not subtle about it. He's just a jerk for the sake of being a jerk and I can't believe the other characters don't just beat him up all the time.
Googling them cause I was lazy
What? No. If that was the intent then they did a horrible job. Also, you don't really breed a new wave of terrible weeaboo fangirls. On the other hand Asbel is designed to be totally for the fangirls.
The beating up part is how I feel about Anise. I wish she was in Vesperia so Yuri could have killed her.
I don't know. Sheena by herself in the main story isn't so interesting, but I found her sub plots entertaining. Also, I quite liked her chemistry with other party members.
The...uh, ruins bits were offputting. But healers.
COURAGE IN THE MAGIC THAT TURNS DREAMS INTO REALITY!
COURAGE IN THE MAGIC THAT TURNS DREAMS INTO REALITY!
COURAGE IN THE MAGIC THAT TURNS DREAMS INTO REALITY!
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Jude was pretty smart for the most part, Alvin stuff aside. Certainly nothing like Lloyd or Asbel (who mostly just has too much blind faith).
O...K. I don't agree at all. They were both good characters.
Hubert really isn't that bad either.
Yes
Pretty much
Change the top and he would be a decent design.
I think that contradiction is intentional. He's not a very by-the-books type of guy. He doesn't let emotion really run its course all the time. He judges things and views justices on a per situation basis. What he says in one situation doesn't necessarily apply in another. It's what sets him apart from Flynn who is very by-the-books and follows a concrete set of laws.
Having said that, Alvin doesn't fuck around either for the most part.
Jude is academically smart but incredibly naive. Being naive isn't bad but at the same time the way they did it on Jude wasn't necessarily great. I like to use Kiritsugu Emiya from Fate/Zero as a character who has naivety done well.
Nailed it. When I played the import version I'm like "wat? teh fuk Jude?"
Jude's major black spot, but those 10 mins don't devalue him enough for me. I'd say he's one of my more favorite JRPG protags and I heard he gets a lot better in Xillia 2.
I usually let that part slide. It was a mental breakdown. It wasn't so bad after that.
Asbel just didn't have many redeeming qualities for me outside of skits...
There were a few I think. They're not too bad.
If you were on a mental breakdown you would be puking kittens and rainbows?
I didn't think it was too bad.
Don't really understand the hate for Asbel when Emil+Marta, Kyle were worse. You should all be playing the series for gameplay first anyway, otherwise you won't enjoy Rebirth if it ever got localized in a future port. 
... Though that story is laughably bad so it's enjoyable in its own way.
... Though that story is laughably bad so it's enjoyable in its own way.Dimentionalist
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Agreed on Marta. Very cute outfit, she got me into Okumura designs. I actually don't mind Emil's design much, aside from that irritating ahoge.