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How long must I wait for a new shipment?
Two weeks and counting. What the fuck Scamco.
?So I'm 30 minutes in and hate most of the characters. Is this normal?
Ok I need guidence. Im not the biggest rpg fan around but I thought this looked cool and I never played a Tales game before and wanted to start with this on my 3DS. I didnt get it yet because Ive been spending a lot on games lately but now Im seeing that its selling out everywhere. Even tho Ive been buying a lot and this is $40, should I get this even if Im not a huge RPG fan/never played Tales before but want to try it? I feel like I should go for it if I find it (might be too late anyway tho).
Sorry for the wall of text :\
?So I'm 30 minutes in and hate most of the characters. Is this normal?
Ok I need guidence. Im not the biggest rpg fan around but I thought this looked cool and I never played a Tales game before and wanted to start with this on my 3DS. I didnt get it yet because Ive been spending a lot on games lately but now Im seeing that its selling out everywhere. Even tho Ive been buying a lot and this is $40, should I get this even if Im not a huge RPG fan/never played Tales before but want to try it? I feel like I should go for it if I find it (might be too late anyway tho).
Sorry for the wall of text :\
If you have a PS3 why not pre-order Tales of Grace instead,coming out next week.
If you have a PS3 why not pre-order Tales of Grace instead,coming out next week.
Haven't played Abyss, but Tales games have a reputation of having terrible stories with a nice combat system. If you think you can put your brain on hold for 50 hours, then you could go for it, but if you're not that big of an RPG fan I'd recommend going with safer bets.
I like playing RPGs more on handhelds. I dont know why.
Thanks, Ill think about it.
Disclaimer, my experience with the Tales franchise is minimal, so just take what I said as my own opinion, most in this thread appear to be enjoying the game a lot.
if you like RPG's on handhelds you could go with PSP or DS games.
I like playing RPGs more on handhelds. I dont know why.
Thanks, Ill think about it.
22 hours or so in.
The backtracking is getting ridiculous.
I'm currently stuck in the Abandonned Factory,even reading the walkthrough over at Gamefaqs,I can't seem to find the pipe he is talking about to fill that oil barrell...
also,how do you change members on the 3DS,he says he switched to Natalia over Tear for the Boss fight,if I ever get the hell out of there lol...
This is from my memory of about a week ago:There should be a pipe right above the oil barrel that bents when you walk on it (if you're talking about the one you can push around: push it under the one pipe that bents). Your problem might be, that you first have to turn a valve in the lower right of the map to redirect the oil flow.
In the main menu, press right and then X (I think, look at the legend at the bottom) to switch members.
Is it bad that I finally received my copy and now have basically no desire to play it? : /
Too bad I have to deal with imports right now. Play-Asia, where you at?Just to let people know, Amazon has the game back in stock.
?So I'm 30 minutes in and hate most of the characters. Is this normal?
The backtracking in this game is ... weird.
Just spent like an hour doing the whole thing at Meggiora Highlands, with the different entrances, only to be told 'we don't know how to do this so lets go back to __ city and ask someone there
There's a lot of those types of moments in this game. I don't know if it's a normal JRPG thing (I don't play them that often) but it's becoming really irritating lol.
Yeah...that's one of the major flaws of Abyss. Lots and lots of somewhat unnecessary backtracking. Better get used to it.
Yeah...that's one of the major flaws of Abyss. Lots and lots of somewhat unnecessary backtracking. Better get used to it.
I think I've got a third or so left of the game (I hope). I just want to finish it. I've heard Vesperia and Graces are better games than Abyss, but Abyss is the first Tales game I've ever played.
I finally beat the game last night! My final clock time was 54:42. I loved it. Loved the characters, loved the battle system, and loved the ending. Field of Fonons seemed a bit useless at first but as characters leveled up and more Artes that generated full fields in a single cast became available, their use became pretty frequent and strategic. But damn did it suck when a boss managed to drop an FoF Change on your face.
Tear wins best JRPG female of the ever IMO - not weak, not the damsel in distress, not naive, not the martyr, and not typically tsundere. She tries to hide her emotions as a soldier, but she's also not afraid of interacting with other people as a human being and even shows empathy frequently. In addition, having Luke be an unlikeable jerkwad at the start did a lot for his character growth. I felt he was a better character than the gung-ho do-gooder Lloyd or the dark, "get in our way and I'll kill you" nature of Yuri. Luke actually got to develop and change over the course of the game. Instead it waswho never changed. I also felt the final villain was more compelling than either Symphonia or Vesperia and less of a left-field insert.Asch
Of the three Tales games I've played, I think I'd place Abyss tops, Symphonia second, and Vesperia third.
I do agree that it seems a bit padded out. A lot of the backtracking could have been streamlined and more quick exits from the bottom of dungeons would have been nice. They do give you Autopilot on your ship to warp around after about 60% of the game which helps.
And damn,is way more hidden here than it was in Vesperia.Nam Cobanda Isle
So was this the wrong game to try to get me into the Tales series? Most of you guys don't seem like you're having fun and the combat....I just don't get it. It's like a weak action RPG but there's not a lot of action you can perform (at least early in the game) and it seems like it's going to be a long time until they explain the point of the plot at all.
Should I have started with another Tales get to ease myself into the series' customs and traditions before hitting this one?