Tales of symphonia chronicles gameplay series#

Now, I won't say this OVA won't be enjoyable if you haven't played the game, but you will notice that there are big gaps in time which they are supposed to be filled in in the She is joined by her friends and they go on the journey for her to become an angel, which she needs to become to save the world. Story: This OVA is based off the game by the same name 'Tales of Symphonia' basically there is a girl that is the 'chosen' and she is to go on a mission to save her world from dying of a mana shortage. However, despite that, it's still a pretty enjoyable watch since there's a lot of emotion and, well, it's really just fun to follow it along, even if you haven't played the video game.

The fights were very short and curt, and rarely involved a lot of intricacy or really just intensity, especially the battles against the seals.

They didn't really get too develop themselves very much, which is unfortunate and disappointing, but I don't think it is fair to degrade the show for that, since it's simply 4 episodes.Įnjoyment would have been a 9 if the battles were better. The characters are all pretty cool, and each have a different personality, making them very likable. The ED is actually a song that Collette, the Chosen One, sings in the series, so I guess it was a nice idea to have it as the ED. It, for some reason, just felt so perfect for the overall mood and tone of the show. The OP, I feel, couldn't have been better for this OVA. The background music isn't spectacular, but serves its purpose and is fairly good. The voices really fit the characters greatly. The voice acting really couldn't have been better. It's more of a simplistic style, which is actually quite nice. Everything is nicely drawn, and the motions are pretty fluent. The artwork is similar to the cut scenes from the video game. The OVA ends really like only about half-way through the game, so it does not give you a feeling of closure whatsoever, but that's exactly why more episodes are supposed to be made at a later date. However, after Lloyd (the main character) learns something serious about becoming an angel, the story takes a pretty big twist, which it pretty interesting. It starts really being a kind of 'save the planet' storyline, as a girl who is the Chosen One and her friends set out for a journey to a tower where she'll become an angel and rescue Sure, it's based on it, but it's not gonna be an exact copy of it.

However, I don't think it is quite right to say that just because of that the story isn't that good.

So, the story is the same, however theres quite a few parts left out. Expect lots of grinding to over-level boss encounters if you haven't mastered the infinite combos.Well, this OVA of course comes from the video game Tales of Symphonia. If you can stomach the high difficulty and frustration factor and look beyond ToS major flaws then you could find somewhat of a solid JRPG but beware, this one isn't for the faint-hearted or newbie JRPG player. For 'new players', they'll either give up really early in the game due to the poorly balanced combat, or the fact you'll get a 'game over' a dozen times over until you get a certain 'healer' join your party and even then, the gameplay is still extremely difficult until you can master the combat system to a point you can infinity stunlock enemies, without that - expect alot of frustration.

Tales of symphonia chronicles gameplay series#

Don't believe any of the hype or fake reviews, ToS is one of the worst in the series by far - Its plagued with terrible A.I scripts, poor and Don't believe any of the hype or fake reviews, ToS is one of the worst in the series by far - Its plagued with terrible A.I scripts, poor and bland plot points and awful combat that is very unbalanced and tedious.