Tales of Shakonia
by Alisha Karabinus 
{ Oct 3rd 2007 at 5:00PM }
We know a lot of people have mixed feelings about Tales of Symphonia -- some people are just rabid for it, while others found it disappointing -- but how's Knights of Ratatoskr striking you?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gigatron @ Oct 3rd 2007 6:01PM
The problems with Tales of Symphonia:
1. Terrible localization.
2. Akwared cut scenes. During the cut scenes there were akward pauses between characters speaking, something that's just plane unacceptable when you can't skip a cut scene. Take a lessong from MGS and make it snappy.
3. Stupid story line. But that would be acceptable if problems 1 and 2 were fixed.
I love the Tales games, especially the multiplayer aspect. I was an early adopter for Symphonia, but I will never do that again. If they can fix the horrible cut scenes and keep that awesome fighting system, I'm completely on board.
Macha88 @ Dec 29th 2007 3:41PM
Akwared spellong day eh?
Trashman @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:20PM
Looks amazing. Cant wait. Hope it gets here soon
wukong @ Oct 3rd 2007 8:43PM
I'm more interested in that scene where they showed Lloyd. Love Tales of Symphonia, and those problems listed weren't even that major. Loved the story, localization was pretty good, and I do know what they were talking about with the cut scenes (hard not to notice) but once again, not that bad. I will get this game.
Tamyu @ Oct 3rd 2007 9:47PM
I seriously can`t wait for this one. I honestly loved Tales of Symphonia - the only Tales I felt compelled to play through a second time.
I can`t comment on the problems cited, as I played the original Japanese version. Obviously no problems with localization, and I get the feeling that awkward pauses in cut scenes may have had something to do with the difference in length between Japanese an English.
Loved the story, although it did start out a bit stupidly. By the end it was great in my opinion.
I will definitely be reserving this the second I can.
Macroy @ Oct 4th 2007 2:30AM
Tales of Symphonia was about the most fun RPG I've ever played. Looking forward to this!
Dei76 @ Oct 4th 2007 5:07AM
Personally, TOS was my favourite Gamecube game. A lot of people seem to think the voice acting wasn't very good, but I thought it was a lot better than most dubbed films.
What I don't understand is why the title at the end of the vid showed the words "Tales of Symphonia", where'd this 'Shakonia' come from?
Oh, and Lloyd's in it. I'm betting it will continue from the ending with Collette (you know, there's that cutscene where the person who liked you most decides to do something).. Oh and he's probably evil as well. :p
Macha88 @ Dec 29th 2007 3:41PM
Tales of Shakonia Camera work
mark richardson @ Oct 4th 2007 7:35AM
i dont know much of this game or its background but i can say it sure does look pretty!
JodyAnthony (FDF - Hedonism Bot) @ Oct 4th 2007 11:10AM
i had to stop playing tales of symphonia after about an hour because the lack of sound effects made me nauseous.
Vaati @ Oct 4th 2007 12:18PM
Cant comment on the problems listed,I personally had no problem with the game.
I am PSYCHED for this, and I really hope a few more original characters will return (Zelos,Kratos & Shena mostly.)
I did see a part where the male character was running inside the school, I hope the hole Collette left is still there (Y) this could also indicate 1)Raine is still teaching or 2)Genis is now the teacher.
I honestly cant wait.. 2008 wont get here fast enough.
Vaati @ Oct 4th 2007 12:20PM
Also-Is that Collette's house burning? I sort of see the porch when I watch closely. Anyone else see it?
wukong @ Oct 4th 2007 5:30PM
@Vatti
I do not see the porch. If it is Collete's house, then this game may be more awesome then I originally thought. Yeah...I didn't like Collete. Personally, choose Lloyd and Sheena since they ended up pretty good, more so then with each other's alternate pairings.
Anywho, it looks like you can fight with monsters on your side. Somewhat intrigues me.