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This is especially true since dungeons are usually narrow paths, making avoidance near impossible. The enemies usually rush towards you once spotted so it can be hard to avoid them. Enemies roam the environment and coming into contact with one will trigger a battle. You get a huge sense of freedom since there are plenty of optional places that you can visit. The World Map is grossly out of scale but in typical JRPG fashion, you will eventually get the ability to travel in sea and air, speeding up travel. This system gives the player incentive to keep swapping Tech attacks and trying out new ones, and it ends up being addictive.Īpart from the battle screen, there are dungeons and towns which are relatively in scale with the characters.

Characters learn new Tech attacks not only upon leveling up, but it also depends on the usage of their previous Tech attacks. These give you passive effects which you can mix and match to your own playstyle. There is a skill system in which you equip 'Ex Gems' in order to get Ex Skills. You gain money and experience after every battle.

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Once it is full, you can execute a consecutive series of Tech attacks from each of the party members and depending on your choice of attacks, you might get a special combined move at the end. The Unison Attack is much easier to trigger than Mystic Artes, a gauge near the bottom of the screen fills up as you do combos against the enemy. In addition to the now staple Overlimits where the character doesn't get staggered, and Mystic Artes which are the characters' ultimate moves, there is a feature called the Unison Attack. There's also a multiplayer mode where a second player can use another character during battles. There is a Strategy menu for the player to set high level behaviours, it works okay and the AI isn't that stupid most of the time. Your party consists of four characters with the player controlling one while the AI controls the other three. The Square button is used to block while the Triangle button pauses the action and opens up a menu where you can use items, set strategies and change equipment on the fly. The battle system is real time and you can set up to six Tech moves which you activate depending on the direction you point the analogue stick towards. Tech attacks are special moves of sorts that use up TP. The X button is used for physical attacks while the Circle button is for Tech attacks. The battle system is called the Multi-Line Linear Motion Battle System and takes place in a separate 3D screen (transitioning from the environment, dungeon or cutscene) where the characters move in a straight line towards or away from an enemy. There are plenty of nuances and complexities but is easy enough to pick up and get used to before you start diving deeper into it. Tales games are renowned for their battle system and despite being an earlier title in the series, the battle system is Symphonia's greatest strength and still heaps of fun to this day.

The colorful art style and cel-shaded graphics helps to alleviate some of that though and on the whole, it holds up quite well.

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Despite the upscaling to 720p and general sharpening of the character models and environments, the game is still fairly pixilated, especially when it zooms in during certain scenes.

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Now, it is remastered for the PS3 and PC and is the definitive version of the game. Tales of Symphonia was originally released for the GameCube, then ported to PlayStation 2 where it was only available in Japan. They are both remastered into 720p HD and released as a bundle for the PlayStation 3, complete with widescreen support, Trophies and minor additional content such as extra Titles and moves. Tales of Symphonia Chronicles contains Tales of Symphonia which was originally on GameCube and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World which was originally on the Wii.