One of the best features Tales has is that equipment can be freely changed in the midst of combat, which comes in handy when going up against bosses that have elemental attacks to help defend against or ailments such as poison that can be blocked with a change in gear. Like many RPGs there’s also options for strategies AI-controlled characters will take such as priority for attack and healing. While the combat itself is simplistic, it does offer some small depths such as this version having Unison Attacks that can be used after the Unison Gauge is filled, and Mystic Artes which can be earned and used in specific situations throughout the story. Players will typically take control of one player of their choosing, but it’s worth noting that Symphonia does also support local co-op with up to four players at once for those who want to give it a whirl with friends. TP can be restored by hitting enemies with normal attacks, with items or a small amount at the end of every successful fight. Techs act like both magic and special attacks depending on the character and use up TP, or tech points, in order to pull off. Combat consists of attacks and techs which can be combined together for small combo hits. The basic combat of Symphonia will be somewhat familiar to anyone who has picked up any title in the series prior to Arise. What fate awaits them will soon be uncovered as they continue to try and save the world of Sylvarant they love so much. Things just don’t seem to add up, but with their world in decline they still want to see things through to the end. The journey sees Colette praying holy seals and slowly becoming an angel, but the further into their journey they go the more things just don’t seem to be as amazing as they appear. While Lloyd and Genis aren’t initially able to join along with her after her abrupt departure, a deadly series of events on their village sees the two boys outcast and they decide to catch up with her and see the regeneration through to the end. After the Tower of Salvation appears in the sky, it becomes clear that it’s time for Colette to begin her journey to regenerate the world. Colette is the chosen of regeneration who was ordained at birth to be the one who will regenerate the world and help save the people from a nefarious group known as Desians and keep the world from descending into chaos as mana slowly disappears. The story begins with a young boy by the name of Lloyd Irving living in a small town alongside his best friends Genis and Colette. While the title has had a lot of acclaim throughout the years, one has to wonder now nearly twenty years later just how well does this classic title hold up? In Japan it would also see a PS2 port which added new content that wouldn’t see the light of day in English until ten years later in the Tales of Symphonia Chronicles port which featured it and its sequel, and now another nine years later where we’ve finally come to Tales of Symphonia Remastered. It went on to have the highest sales for a Tales title at the time for North America and gain a large amount of fans of the series for years to come. While the Tales Of series had been around since the Super Nintendo days, none of them hit as fast and hard as Symphonia. The first release of Tales of Symphonia was 2003 in Japan with it coming to North America just a year later and taking JRPG fans by storm.
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