Best story in Tales of Desiny Series. I love action RPG's just not enough good non-turned based ones around.
Luckily Tales of Legendia ia one of them in a series known as Tales of Destiny. I have to admit the storyline's were below average in the rest. This time we got a great story worthy of great anime (similar to Castle in the Sky). When you have seen both (game and film) the graphics will jump out at you and remind you of Castle in the Sky. The one thing I don't like about the game is background music looping. I gave a high score on sound for voice acting NOT for the music in-game. Just so we are clear on that. This game needs a good sound track.
The graphics and AI are well made. The battle chatter with teammates is also great. The characters are rich in background and fun to play and watch. I was totally drawn in from the beginning and felt cheated that I needed sleep after several hours of playing.
The combo system was what sold me on buying this game. I am so sick of the turn-based RPG games. I want a game packed with energetic game play. Not repetitive random battles. I control the combos in setup. No longer am I playing a character skills that are predefined by some programmers EXP program-lette.
There is no doubt the story is SOLID and a lot of fun. The entire story is pure genius and I pray to the Game Gods at Namco for another Tales of Legendia to come out soon with the same well thought out characters and amazing storyline.
My hope for the games improvement is to be more immersive in the battle system rather than the flash of white light. Give us some eye candy during the change-over and do stop the after battle repetitiveness. Crystal Chronicles is the best RPG in battle change-overs. Though the glass shattering gets old after 5 hours. But at least we see the creature we are about to fight. Yes I want more fast paced control. Yes I want more of this amazing story to continue. Every game has room for improvement and this is a gold mine to begin with which is a rare find in new games.