9/23/2023 0 Comments Tales of symphonia remaster steamLoad times also seem to take much longer than they should on modern hardware. It’s disappointing when there’s so much to like in terms of the game’s story, characters and battles. In contrast, the GameCube original managed to mostly achieve 60FPS back in 2003. The game is also capped at 30 frames per-second (and yes, we're well aware of claims about the GameCube source code being lost).īandai Namco appears to have opted for what is essentially the PS3 and even Steam version (featuring new content, some QoL changes & oddly cut some dialogue) which are both based on the PlayStation 2 release (exclusive to Japan & capped at 30FPS). It seems to have mostly just been upscaled with minimal changes. While the resolution has been improved, bumping this modern version from 480p to 1080p and now providing somewhat sharper UI, menus and text, unfortunately, there are seemingly no visual enhancements as you might expect from a remaster. Where things fall short for the remaster of Tales of Symphonia are graphics and performance. Again, if you haven’t already played Tales of Symphonia, it’s one of the most endearing RPGs. RPG veterans will notice all the usual themes - with story, conversations, exploration, battles and levelling all playing a significant role in progression. This adventure to save the day is mixed in with real-time 3D battles (where your party of fighters can actively hack, slash and unleash powerful attacks on enemies), levelling up, some beautiful cel-shaded characters, anime cut scenes, a 3D world map filled with enemy encounters & channelling old school RPGs, and all sorts of interesting and dangerous locations to visit. As the player, you start out by taking control of an aspiring swordsman named Lloyd Irving, who puts his hand up to guide his friend on her journey to rejuvenate Sylverant – a world running low on mana, which is used to power magic and protect humanity from the Desians (a half-elf race who have returned from ancient times to enslave humanity and generally just cause chaos). You’ve got an epic adventure about good and evil as well as the fate of two interlocked worlds. To put it lightly, it’s a very subtle update that will probably have you doing a double-take if you played the original and have still got your original copy of the game lying around, as there aren’t exactly drastic improvements in this latest version.įor anyone who hasn’t played Tales of Symphonia before, it’s very much a traditional RPG built on the back of the next-generation console hardware of the early 2000s. We’ll say this now – returning players are definitely going to have some mixed feelings about this “remaster”.
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