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Originally Posted by Sir Bolt the Dragoon  I CANNOT stand Abyss. That game itself was an abyss...good god. And we're playing through Legendia now and aren't too impressed. I think Namco has been losing its touch. |
oh god dont' tell me I have to go all "Jay" on you.
Legendia wasn't really anything special. Although apparently Tempest in Japan was far worse. (All I know is that it's only about 10 hours long and has no grade shop so therefore minimal replay value)
Spoiler Below And Shirley's useless when she finally does join - At least until the very end of the game if she learns Tidal Wave.
I absolutely loved Abyss. Aside from Natalia using items when I tell her NOT to or melees not being able to run away from a mystic arte it had some rather good AI. It needs improvement in some areas though, like Natalia's voice which I found kind of too high-pitched. (And her battle cries sounded like she stepped on something sharp or something.) Another thing that sort of bothers me is that Luke sounds liek he's saying "Tick Tock Tick Tock" if you like make him attack while swinging the sword upwards. Another thing I'd have liked is
Spoiler Below To see Dist the Runny using that Mystic Arte cut-in people found.
I am fully aware Luke is whiny and matures, but I think that's actually somewhat realistic. I always found it strange how someone annoying whiny dude matures instantly and never reverts to his old habits of whining, although not as bad as it was originally. Same with the "Reformed villains" (Except for Tatjana of Arc the lad 4) who always change their ways and become good. I also liked the role reversal of the boy being the whiny one and not the girl. Same with how Tear can actually defend herself unlike a specific Colette Brunel. Other than Mieu, Ion, and Natalia the voice acting was also very well done. Tear and Anise have the best U.S. Voices. (But having even Natalia's voice actress would have been an improvement over that squeal that was Anise's Japanese VA. D: )
one thing I also liked was
Spoiler Below That Ion and Sync as well as Asch and Luke had teh same voice actors. they WERE replicas of each other after all.
IMO what Tales really needs to do less of is trying to make that "The hero is not exactly evil". Yes it was a very good twist that made Dhaos memorable - Great job Namco. Now stop using it before Dhaos becomes a stock character.