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The Tales of Symphonia PC-Port is a mess!
- Thread starter Chairmanchuck
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Saiyan-Rox
Member
Reading the steam community is making me question humanity
Suzushiiro
Banned
Yeah, for most PC ports the worst thing you can say about them is that they don't do enough to take advantage of what the PC platform can do, capping framerate/resolution/AA/etc. at whatever the console version used. It's relatively rare that a PC ports is flat-out worse than a console version.
Of course, even if that was Symphonia's only problem it would still be bad because unlike most other recent Japanese PC ports the original's platform has been emulated by now, so we know exactly how good it can look when ported competently.
I hope Kaldaien and DrDaxxy take a look at this mess, if Namco doesn't give a shit (which they clearly don't, releasing this in the state they did), that's probably the only way we'll get this running properly.
But if this uses a DRM that makes it impossible to do any hooks, then I dunno. Fuck.
But if this uses a DRM that makes it impossible to do any hooks, then I dunno. Fuck.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Wow, after the praise Zestiria got on PC, this is definitely not a good way to follow up. Who did the port job of this one?
Oh boy
Novum_Veritas
Member
Thanks for the info, I will consider it that way, finding the HD HUD shouldn't be hard to find too. I'm fine with 4:3 I always play the games like they were intended, but thanks
UcchedavÄda
Member
VAC bans are visible even for private profiles, but if they wanted to hide it, then they could just make a new profile for their community interactions. On the other hand, I'm not sure why people care about a 10 year old infraction, except perhaps as a point of amusement, nor why hiding it would be the "decent" thing to do.
I like the sound of this.
iNvid02
Member
unleash your bright firey pasion dude
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
I kinda figured this would be a mess due to the lack of any media coverage before launch but i didn't think it would be this big of a mess
oh boy
oh boy
YianGaruga
Banned
No! Don't lose contorol!
Hope you're not going to pointlessly burn bridges to rage over a shitty ToS port!
Tizoc
Member
Are koei tecmo featured in it?
Thanks for doing this, kindly don't lose your temper, even if it's hard to do.
We want them to fix it.
Senhua
Member
Before and after I think.
How many gaming media reporting a bad PC port? none afaik
Even a PC centric one like PC Gamers or RPS.
Novum_Veritas
Member
The problems is Tales of Symphonia isn't an AAA game or even that popular.
So most game reporting sites or magazines do not report about the abysmal port or anything.
Not relevant enough and that is sad.
Lmao. Yeah, it's probably better that they do stay out of it :lol.ToS is always readily available for me in Dolphin should I for some reason want to replay it.
Well PC Gamer said they're always happy to have more articles by you right?
Why do I sense you're rubbing your hands together mischievously over this situation
Tizoc
Member
I look forward to reading your article.
If I had any video editting or writing talent to speak of, I'd do a video about disappointing PC ports and simply title it 'A good PC port goes a long way'
delicious
Sure, I'll put it on my blog.
I dunno! Wanna buy a bridge to the moon?
Kindly share it with us when you are
done.
Novum_Veritas
Member
Not bad, interested in your report.
Chairmanchuck
Member
Just an example. Not sure how much you know, but the Pirate Warriors 3 port uses a mix between Vita and PS3 settings and till now if you change the settings besides the resolution, there is no difference at all.
To unlock the render distance, you have to use a mod. Otherwise you can only see bigger objects and models for like 10-15m.
I am actually quite sad to see that some publishers act like that. I mean I am okay when they release the games like that, but fix it down the line. But K-T added Trading cards to One Piece, but havent issued any patch since release.
CrispyBoar
Banned
This. Most people have only purchased Zestiria just for Symphonia (which is a better Tales game than Zestiria to begin with).
This port comes as a huge slap in the face to all of their fans, in which they have hoped that they would finally have the definitive version of the game with all of the extra content from the PS2 version included.
Cameron122
Member
My body is ready
Huge Succeeded
Banned
i certainly wouldn't say never.
I couldn't disagree more with that. I can't even think of a single aspect of the game (story, graphics, characters, battle system, stats, even dungeons) which Symphonia does better than Zestiria. And I played both of them quite close to one another.
But really, that's for another thread. This one is for righteous fury.
Make the opening sentence:
"A spectre is haunting (some) Japanese developers—the spectre of actually giving a fuck about PC ports."
Huge Succeeded
Banned
i don't understand what point you think you're making with this post.
ps4 ports are never better if you don't own a ps4 to play them on, either.
Just ignore him, too many people on here don't like PC gaming being a successful platform.
MrCunningham
Member
Jim Sterling plays the PC port: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fumYUzVDTuI
Paltheos
Member
I don't know if I'd go that far - If just because I played Symphonia 10 years ago - But I believe Zestiria's allot better than many GAFers are giving it credit for. It's got several, very frustrating design decisions to be sure, but it also has many, very good ones, and the overall product is allot of fun.
Looking forward to your review by the way. I've enjoyed your others.
Just to make sure expectations are set straight, this is not a port review like my others. There's very little to review.
Spotty Ren
Member
Here are what the trading cards and badges look like, for the curious.
Besides the fact that they look kinda bad, there is also this.
They really didn't give a damn, did they?
Besides the fact that they look kinda bad, there is also this.
They really didn't give a damn, did they?
Oh wow!
How many instances of the word 'fuck' being used?