This game has been okay so far but it has a few issues. Voiceless skits with unskippable dialogue, sound levels are really off, jaggies galore, and some odd animations. It's fun but it also feels like a really cheap port.
The voices sound fine through the 3DS speakers to me. But what would I know? Several "fire!"s later and I slid the sound off. And Luke is annoying; without spoilers does he ever develop out of an ignorant little shit? I like the other characters so far.
The combat is pretty fun but I remember what I played of Symphonia being more fun. I think Symphonia moved along much more quickly, and you had access to a full party earlier so maybe that's just why.
Well the fun thing about that. . . That's how the original game was domestically! Ho ho ho (voiceless skits etc etc)
Lol, yep. And that didn't stop it from being a great game. I think I'll pass on the 3DS version though. 30fps battles sound like a real downgrade I don't want to experience.
And Luke is annoying; without spoilers does he ever develop out of an ignorant little shit? I like the other characters so far.
picking this up and never played before.
one thing that annoys me about tales games are the side quests since it can be very easy to miss stuff and then you can only try again on your next play through.
when I played tales of vesperia I used this sidequest guide:
http://forum.draekon.com/showthread.php?t=21
I found it to be a great guide to do all the sidequests on my first play through without spoiling the plot as I went along.
anyone know of any similar sidequest guides exist for abyss?
It looks quite unprofessional, also the descenders still look like they're still above the baseline. Yuck. It probably looks worse to me because I've experienced the older English font before, which flowed with the game's theme of music a little more. Japanese font seemed fine to me based on the pics I've seen of it.I still don't understand why people are complaining about the text, they look fine to me...
Framerate is waaaaay better in this version. I never liked Abyss's world map much, though; didn't really like how boring it was or the colour palette.But you experienced 10 FPS on the map on PS2.
Framerate is waaaaay better in this version. I never liked Abyss's world map much, though; didn't really like how boring it was or the colour palette.
Is it just me, or is this game harder than other Tales games?
Maybe it seems harder because I was just playing the rather easy Destiny 1.
Does the camera rotate faster? It takes 30 seconds or so to rotate the camera 360 degrees on PS2.
I played a bit of it last night. The game runs MUCH better than the PS2 version. From what I played of it, the thing I hate most is how the bottom screen is blank. I wish they would have added maps or anything to the bottom screen. It would have been nice if the world map displayed on the bottom screen. It's so small on the 3DS screen that I can't tell anything about it.
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I got the special copy?
Maybe he hasn't gotten it from the Mayor yet.
How long is this game?
Realistically, probably anywhere between 25 to 30 hours.
So it's like 1/10th of Tales of Symphonia?
It took me 30 hours to beat symphonia.
I should note that these number are just the main story.
It still feels slow to rotate the camera, which is weird and ridiculous.Does the camera rotate faster? It takes 30 seconds or so to rotate the camera 360 degrees on PS2.
Oh, and do certain spellcasters still cast Resurrection after they've cast Resurrection already? I always thought that was funny.
Hikari62 said:======================================
3b. You already casted Resurrection!!!
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This isn't really a glitch, but more a flaw in programming that I felt like
mentioning. When someone dies Tear and Anise will immediately start casting
Resurrection if they are free. After they cast it and the feather starts
coming down (before you're revived) they'll start casting it again if they
have the AD Skill Magic End. This happens because the AI reacts so fast to
KOed characters and Resurrection takes too long to take effect, so they think
you still need reviving while the spell is taking its time to do its effect.
It's nice they can react so fast, but they should have made Resurrection a
faster spell. You can simply give them another order, but this can be
beneficial because (1) it gives you another light FOF circle, (2) if
someone dies before the 2nd Resurrection goes off they'll get revived mere
seconds later, and (3) it will heal the target that just got revived.
I wonder if Graces f will have a limited print too?
It will.
Uh... confirmation please!!!! Also, text does look like ass. Something out of the GBA generation or something. Geez. Also, I assume loading is faster, yeah?
Uh... confirmation please!!!! Also, text does look like ass. Something out of the GBA generation or something. Geez. Also, I assume loading is faster, yeah?
Realistically, probably anywhere between 25 to 30 hours.
Realistically, probably anywhere between 25 to 30 hours.
I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on this since I'd really like to have a JRPG to play on the go on my 3DS, but I'm just not 100% sure yet... I don't want to spend $40 on a game I won't enjoy. I know I'm in a thread of Tales fans so this is a silly question, but can someone sell me on this?
My history with the Tales series is thus: I've played Symphonia (which I loved and finished) and Vesperia (which I liked quite a bit because of the characters, but never finished because the story just seemed to go on... and on...). I've also played a bit of Legendia but didn't like it much at all, and I skipped out on Symphonia: Dawn of the New World despite being interested in it because I heard it was horrible and had too much else to play at the time.
So where does Abyss fall in terms of quality in the series? Fans seem to praise it and most reviews seem to say it's a JRPG worth playing if you've never played it on the PS2 (which I haven't) but that it's not truly *great*... anyway, I just need that final push to decide to purchase it (or not). I will literally go out and get it tonight if I'm sold on it, though.
Help? Thanks!
Realistically, probably anywhere between 25 to 30 hours.
Not too far in yet, but the cast has great chemistry (with Jade being a standout as the snarky bastard he is). The main character starts out a bit insufferable, though.I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on this since I'd really like to have a JRPG to play on the go on my 3DS, but I'm just not 100% sure yet... I don't want to spend $40 on a game I won't enjoy. I know I'm in a thread of Tales fans so this is a silly question, but can someone sell me on this?
My history with the Tales series is thus: I've played Symphonia (which I loved and finished) and Vesperia (which I liked quite a bit because of the characters, but never finished because the story just seemed to go on... and on...). I've also played a bit of Legendia but didn't like it much at all, and I skipped out on Symphonia: Dawn of the New World despite being interested in it because I heard it was horrible and had too much else to play at the time.
So where does Abyss fall in terms of quality in the series? Fans seem to praise it and most reviews seem to say it's a JRPG worth playing if you've never played it on the PS2 (which I haven't) but that it's not truly *great*... anyway, I just need that final push to decide to purchase it (or not). I will literally go out and get it tonight if I'm sold on it, though.
Help? Thanks!
Just played the first 20 minutes.
I totally forgot how insufferable Luke is, whiny brat! Everything looks good so far, the load times are really fast now. The 3D is lame, I would actually advise against playing with the 3D on. Waste of battery life and it doesn't seem to add any aliasing to anything because the hair still has jaggies.
The text is ugly as sin, why did they choose it? Other than that, the port is fine, no major complaints thus far. The voiceacting doesn't really sound all that compressed to me honestly.