It's average. It's not really bad or anything (it's definitely better than SO4 on the cringe scale) but its story and cast were definitely the worst out of all the Tales games I've played. If you had no problem with SO4 you'll have no problem here though. Just be prepared to hear the word protect five hundred times by the time the credits roll. The game does deserve credit for the PS3 extra chapter though, the idea of an extended epilogue-extra story hybrid is one I'd quite like to see more RPGs try.At what level is ToGf's story good/bad/boring? I dealt and "enjoyed" Star Ocean 4's story mind you.
Me too! I haven't played Tales games in English in what feels like forever. I didn't play Vesperia in English even though I have a copy (no 360 yet), so it's probably... er, I haven't played a Tales game in English since... Radiant Mythology, I think? I don't even remember. :lol
Agreed. I really like 8-4's work in general. So great.
Yes.
Well, I guess it depends on the person. 0 interest in XIII-2, super hyped for ME3 and ToG:F. I have a good amount of friends who'll be picking up all 3. Even though I'm getting ToG:F on Day 1, something tells me I'll be playing it after completing Mass Effect just because I'll have already started it and be talking to people about it.
As long as Malik has some good story scenes, I'll be cool.
You're whack.
That's what the game's theme is partially about. Mind you, they made the promise to be friends forever when they were kids. The genre is 守る強さを知るRPG (The RPG to Know the Strength to Protect).
It's the game's theme song. It's actually arranged in-game in two tracks. Why not include it? It's interesting that the game seems to be getting the English version of White Wishes, though. It isn't my favourite Tales OP theme either. Karma (TotA), Flyaway (RM2), Progress (Xillia) and Like a Dream (ToD) are my favourites.
I felt the same way sometimes. Some of the character interactions were just ludicrous and silly and it drove me nuts sometimes. The plot bits do get a little better, though. But as long as you're enjoying the gameplay parts of it, then that isn't too bad--that's what I come to Tales for. I liked playing around with the FOF Change stuff quite a bit.
There's probably ENOUGH overlap, not to mention both are going to be more significant time investments than, say, the campaign of games like Call of Duty, which when it overlaps may be counteracted by the fact CoD gives a quick action/multiplayer fix, whereas an RPG would be a dedicated singleplayer experience to chew through over time. Still, I imagine most of that overlap is among people who'd end up buying both sooner than later anyway, if I had to wait on one or the other it'd probably end up being ME3 just because Tales could use that support whereas I don't know if I even will want Bioware games post-ME3.
I've been baffled myself. I guess it's because a solid chunk of the people who were going to buy it got used to it under that name, and rather than axe the f decided to just leave it there. Kind of like the inverse of Xenoblade, gaining a lot of momentum under the original name everyone's going to use anyway, yet had Chronicles tacked on.
