New "Tales of" game Tales of Graces information and discussion

I think they'll release it here in NA. All of the last mothership Tales titles since Symphonia have been released here and I think they sold pretty well. I'm actually more concerned that the port Tales of Vesperia for PS3 won't be localized. It is going to be Tales mania for me if both are released in NA at the end of this year!

roboccs

purple and red haired main characters?!....

must. not. be. biased. against XP

didnt like tales of the abyss cause of the characters and stories.... must not hold the clown colored hair against them >: P

i hope this team is better than the dotnw team... but i dont actually think its the teams fault... i think it was the lack of money/ effort overall put into the sequel/spinoff.... i mean, more than anything the voices and terrible sound (the footsteps i cannot get over how terrible they are) is the biggest complaint... along with maybe some gameplay choices that might not have been development team's decision

And Alexsays, I have a question for you: Did you like Symphonia 2 better than the original? Which one did you play first? I played the original first and just loved everything about it. I'm about 22 hours into part 2 and really like it as well. Not as much as the first but I'm glad the story is a really good one because when it comes down to it, IMO the story and characters are by far the most important part. I love the stories in tales games being all emotional and cliched.

And not to beat the world map topic like a dead horse, but Tales of the AByss did it how you explored the world map like in Symphonia, but then as you progress into the game, there is an auto pilot mode that you can automaticlly transport yourself to places you already went to.

roboccs

I played the second first and liked the second more. Playing in a different order no doubt changed my views on the original though. There were a lot of things in the second game I really missed in the first.

I really liked the cel-shading in the original, but the look of the game was probably the only thing I thought it did better than it's part-sequel. Even though I wish it kept the same look, Tales 2 had more of the little things I liked, like more/better voice acting, free-roam in battle, the monster catching/training.

I also liked the story of (won't give anything away) Emil and Marta more than Lloyd and Collette. Near the end of Tales 2 I was so attached to those too I even got a little teary during one scene. :cry:

Which reminds me, why did they give Collette's thing to Emil, you know how she says sorry after everything? Emil is like the male version of Collette in the original, except less brave. I guarantee Tales of Graces will have a character that apologizes after everything.

And about Tales of Abyss, Symphonia also had one girl that asked you "hey will you take me to this place" and if you said yes you automatically arrived there. Can't remember the port though she asked (Palmacosta maybe? I don't know) or where she asked you to take her (mountain place with that grumpy old guy that you had to beg to borrow his book)

I think that's the only thing like that though in Symphonia, but I'd be happy if Tales of Graces did something similar. As long as you travel somewhere once, have an auto option for those who don't feel like walking again. I mean Lloyd and Emil didn't need to lose weight or anything.

i agree with the previous poster on which game is better in terms of personal opinion. My statement about the second being worse probably is affected by the fact that Tales of Symphonia is the only rpg i beat XP... twice and a half in fact (maybe three but i dont remember)

so, its kinda obvious why i way prefer the original better... but i feel the second one is just so much cheasier... i couldnt stop laughing at parts that i felt were suposed to be touching :P but maybe its personal opinion, but the second ones development VALUE doesnt seem to hold up to the first. the voice acting is worse imo, and the sounds are terrible (no the music, i feel the music is a good remake of the original's... only i wish it had new songs so i could buy another OST cd :D)

and this one complaint might be from hazy memory but the original one's magic seemed WAY cooler looking. the unison attack was more intuitive and fun in the original. maybe its cause i watched it develop from rocks to godam meteors which i couldnt in DotNW but i just felt it was better in the original (near the end at least)

anyway, i havent beat the second one yet but im on chapter eight so im almost done... but i just enjoyed the original more. i really hope i like the new Tales of Grace game (which i cant dislike cause i like the "original" better :P) except i dont like red haired characters... i dont like colorful haired characters... (Except kratos :) and maybe some i cant recall... )

[QUOTE="roboccs"]

And Alexsays, I have a question for you: Did you like Symphonia 2 better than the original? Which one did you play first? I played the original first and just loved everything about it. I'm about 22 hours into part 2 and really like it as well. Not as much as the first but I'm glad the story is a really good one because when it comes down to it, IMO the story and characters are by far the most important part. I love the stories in tales games being all emotional and cliched.

And not to beat the world map topic like a dead horse, but Tales of the AByss did it how you explored the world map like in Symphonia, but then as you progress into the game, there is an auto pilot mode that you can automaticlly transport yourself to places you already went to.

I played the second first and liked the second more. Playing in a different order no doubt changed my views on the original though. There were a lot of things in the second game I really missed in the first.

I really liked the cel-shading in the original, but the look of the game was probably the only thing I thought it did better than it's part-sequel. Even though I wish it kept the same look, Tales 2 had more of the little things I liked, like more/better voice acting, free-roam in battle, the monster catching/training.

I also liked the story of (won't give anything away) Emil and Marta more than Lloyd and Collette. Near the end of Tales 2 I was so attached to those too I even got a little teary during one scene. :cry:

Which reminds me, why did they give Collette's thing to Emil, you know how she says sorry after everything? Emil is like the male version of Collette in the original, except less brave. I guarantee Tales of Graces will have a character that apologizes after everything.

And about Tales of Abyss, Symphonia also had one girl that asked you "hey will you take me to this place" and if you said yes you automatically arrived there. Can't remember the port though she asked (Palmacosta maybe? I don't know) or where she asked you to take her (mountain place with that grumpy old guy that you had to beg to borrow his book)

I think that's the only thing like that though in Symphonia, but I'd be happy if Tales of Graces did something similar. As long as you travel somewhere once, have an auto option for those who don't feel like walking again. I mean Lloyd and Emil didn't need to lose weight or anything.

I need this game. I love the Tales series.

[QUOTE="currentlemon"]there is no info of the NA release yetchang_1910