However, you can’t spam that skill as there is a recovery animation before you can use start attacking again but you can combo a higher level skill from a lower level one so a level 1 skill can be linked into a level 2 skill and so forth. The other party members are controlled by the AI (they can also be controlled by another human player which is a neat feature) which does a competent enough job of getting things done but you can also set up certain tactics for each member to follow such as prioritizing healing over attacking. You can also open up a menu during battle to manually select a command to give to a certain character.Battles require you to be aware of your enemies in order to dodge or guard accordingly.

Feb 20, 2014  Tales of Symphonia Chronicles brings both games together on the PlayStation 3 with a decent graphics upgrade, making it the best way to experience the original Symphonia’s still-great adventure. Review: Tales of Symphonia Chronicles. While only half of the package is truly worth the price of entry, the fact of the matter is Tales of Symphonia is required reading for JRPG fans.

Guarding has two forms; one is effective against physical attacks and the other against magical attacks. Knowing what type of guard to use when is a very important skill that will save your behind on more than one occasion. There is also something called Overlimit which is a state that a character goes into after taking a certain amount of damage.

During this state damage is lessened and enemy attacks cannot knock you back or down. On top of all the above mechanics, there is also Unison Attacks, which is a powerful move that can be activated once the Unison bar is filled where you can activate skills from each character in an all-out attack at no extra cost to your TP (Technical Points).There is a surprisingly deep battle system in this game but normal battles does boil down to button mashing at times. There is also a harder difficulty mode if you’re looking for more of a challenge. While normal battles are cake-walks, the difficulty of boss battles spikes tremendously in later parts of the game and you really have to hone your reflexes if you hope to have any chance of survival.There is not much in the way of customization in this game though. Besides your usual equipment, skills are learnt automatically during battles and there are titles which characters can earn by meeting certain criteria that boost certain stats during battle and when a character levels up. Tales of Symphonia does however have what is called the EX gem system which is never really explained properly and it’s quite annoying as it is a bit of a complicated system.Each character has 4 EX slots in which they can equip EX gems.

Each EX gem comes in 4 levels and each gem has 4 different skills. Once you equip a gem you can never remove it and that slot is filled until you overwrite that one with another EX gem. Each skill that a gem provides doesn’t really do much on its own, but if you have certain skills equipped they’ll form what is known as Compound Skills which grants much better advantages such as increased mobility in battles and being able to run faster in towns. Added to all of this, each skill also has a type, S or T. When you have a majority of a certain type of skill equipped you will learn skills in either the T or S category, but this means little to the player as you don’t know really what type better suits the character at first. This is a neat little system but it does require some experimentation.This game was released in 2003, and even though the visuals have been remastered, it obviously doesn’t look as good as some of the newer titles.

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This is especially apparent on the world map where things look particularly jarring. That said, this is by no means an ugly game.

Towns and characters are brimming with colour and the world really feels alive. While character animation is quite stiff, they still look good and manage to bring their persona to life. The voice acting is neither here nor there. I wasn’t too fond of the English voice acting, but if you’re like me and prefer the Japanese audio then you’re in for a tasty treat.Tales of Symphonia Chronicles features a dual audio option for voices that you can change on the fly. I played the majority of the game with the Japanese voices on as I felt it portrayed much more emotion than its English counterpart. I loved having this option and it was a major plus for me.

The music was serviceable and falls into the typical Sakuraba territory, with a few exceptional songs, such as Fighting of the Spirit, but it does a great job of invoking those old nostalgic feelings.Tales of Symphonia is an excellent JRPG and even though the graphics are a bit dated, its story and gameplay has stood the test of time and is testament to solid video game design. If you’ve never played any game in the series or like me you’ve missed out on this one, now is the time to go out and get this gem. The sequel however, is a different beast altogetherbutton link=”2 – Dawn of the New World/buttonLast Updated: March 25, 2014.