Tales of Symphonia (Wii) Knights of Ratatosk Pics (56k) UPDATED

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I'm glad it's a sequel and not just a enhanced port. But I'm not to fond of the new cast.

I usually like sequels to expand the adventures of the original main characters. After playing over 45~50+ hours into their lives, seeing them merely as supporting casts in the sequel is kind of a bummer. Shining Wind is another example of this.

I think that's the difference between how Japanese devs. do sequels compared to Western devs. I usually see Japanese devs doing sequels with a whole new cast while western devs. continue the adventures of the original characters until they kill them off or something. Kind of like how manga is handled vs Marvel comics for example.

I like sequels that prolong the original main characters. Only then do I consider it a true sequel. So far, Tales of Symphonia for the Wii looks more like a new Tales game with the original cast as guest stars...I kind of don't like this way of doing sequels, but this is just my own opinion about it.

Is it just me, or do the monsters look really low poly in these pics?

After seeing how Mario Galaxy and MP3 look, I'm a bit disappointed at how other games are in their presentation. Especially in a game where, at least in the previous incarnation on the GC, the fighting area wasn't that large.

Maybe I just need to see videos in action, but I'm a bit concerned about this... :?

Is it just me, or do the monsters look really low poly in these pics?

After seeing how Mario Galaxy and MP3 look, especially in a game where, at least in the previous incarnation on the GC, the fighting area wasn't that large.

Maybe I just need to see videos in action, but I'm a bit concerned about this... :?

Brain3000

It looks like ALL the other previous Tales` games to me. The Tales` was never known for pushing the graphics to its limits like Final Fantasy for example, so it looks the same to me.

The anime-style in Tales` has always what made it separated and charming for the series, so I expect no different. With that said, the Wii is perfect for niche games like these...NIS and Atlus should follow as well and milk it on the Wii as much as they can.

[QUOTE="Brain3000"]

Is it just me, or do the monsters look really low poly in these pics?

After seeing how Mario Galaxy and MP3 look, especially in a game where, at least in the previous incarnation on the GC, the fighting area wasn't that large.

Maybe I just need to see videos in action, but I'm a bit concerned about this... :?

ASK_Story

It looks like ALL the other previous Tales` games to me. The Tales` was never known for pushing the graphics to its limits like Final Fantasy for example, so it looks the same to me.

The anime-style in Tales` has always what made it separated and charming for the series, so I expect no different. With that said, the Wii is perfect for niche games like these...NIS and Atlus should follow as well and milk it on the Wii as much as they can.

But then again, this is an unfinished game, so I'll wait on my final judgement as for how well the battle graphics look. I do like the fact that the in-town areas look a lot better.

Looks like crap.

But then again it's a Wii screencap. (because the Wii doesn't do screencaps well).

Meh, I didn't like Symphonia, I doubt I'll like this. I have yet to try the 2D GBA game(s?), though. So I haven't completely written the series off. I want to play that/those(?)... if only I could find it/them.

What happened to the beautiful ToS cell-shaded 2d graphics?! :cry:

Seriously, though, I'm not expecting too much from this sequel; I don't really expect much from any sequel these days though.

Well the backgrounds look nice. I'll still end up passing on it though. The Tales games have always been good, but I would never consider them to be great. Just can't force myself to get interested enough.Robio_basic

That's how I feel about them too.

I actually liked Baten Kaitos more than TOS, but TOS seems to get more love from most people. I didn't feel either game was in the ELITE league of RPG's, though. Then again, I didn't feel many RPG's were, last gen.

[QUOTE="Robio_basic"]Well the backgrounds look nice. I'll still end up passing on it though. The Tales games have always been good, but I would never consider them to be great. Just can't force myself to get interested enough.EdgecrusherAza

That's how I feel about them too.

I actually liked Baten Kaitos more than TOS, but TOS seems to get more love from most people. I didn't feel either game was in the ELITE league of RPG's, though. Then again, I didn't feel many RPG's were, last gen.

Baten Kaitos COULD have been in that elite league. It had potential. However, the developers cared so much about how "gorgeous" they wanted it to be that they made that stupid decision with the pre-rendered backgrounds. And, while the story had a whole lot of potential, it just wasn't handled very well. Overall, the game just wasn't too polished, either. Which is too bad, it had a lot of things going for it.

Baten Kaitos Origins was a lot more polished, and had a good story, but it lost a lot of the things that the original BK had, or could have had. (plus, the story was killed by the terrible ending)

Looks just fine to me, and why did you (tc) say " 56 k no sorry", those small pics are no problem for my dial up?briguyb13

where did you find those pics anywayssalty5674

Excellent, can't wait for this! Personally I loved Symphonia... I like it over most of the other RPG's that everyone else thinks are better.

Just got to play the waiting game now :(

Does anyone know anything about the game?

Excellent, can't wait for this! Personally I loved Symphonia... I like it over most of the other RPG's that everyone else thinks are better.

Just got to play the waiting game now :(

Does anyone know anything about the game?

bulby_g

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Nice one!